Problem with Apple lossless & Ventura

WaveLab
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Will the current WaveLab Pro version be compatible with Mac Ventura that comes out on Monday?
And I have a massive problem with WaveLab Pro 11.1.10 and Apple lossless. While the former version couldn’t open it at all, now it lasts hours to open a file.
Help, please (MacBook Pro 16’’ 2021, MacOS 12.6

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Yes

Really hours? Or just slow? Any file I could test?

3

Yesterday I sent you a file.
Did you get it and could reproduce the fault?

4

I did not get anything.

5

Strange. Here it is again.

6

This file takes only 2.5 seconds to open in WaveLab (I tested Mac and Windows).
What about you?

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A bit more as you can see in the appended picture.
After over 5 min. I gave up.

endless
endless936×374 32.1 KB

8

Maybe your folders for temporary files and decoded files are wrong. Check these:

image

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Looks like in the appended picture. Something wrong?

Temporary
Temporary2216×902 180 KB

Cache
Cache2216×902 242 KB

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I can’t say. Try to write a big file in any of these folders to see if the speed is normal or not.

11

Hi!

Using any antivirus or similar apps?
Because I have MacBook Air M1 with OSX 12.6 and WL 11.1.10
no problem to open fast as PG does
and playback the file…

regards S-EH

12

No antivirus, no firewall. Don’t know what happens. I changed the temporary folder to something new in my downloads folder but always the same: it lasts endless, WaveLab freezers until I make a forced quit.
iZotope RX 10 opens the same file in a second, JRiver Mediaplayer or Apple music, too.

13

Try another cache folder too.
And there are 3 temporary folders, not just one. WaveLab peeks either of them.

14

I just tried to open a file with command-O and looked to the predicted sample rate and saw a rate that I never have seen before (2135228416 instead of 48000) and a bitrate of 727124. Mediacenter says 48000/16

Samplerate
Samplerate1900×698 229 KB

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Hi, you do run Wavelab 11.1.20 in “Apple Silicon” mode right?

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Yes, I am running in Silicon mode.
The problem only occurs with lossless .m4a files. There is no problem to open lossy .m4a files.
Frank

17

I have exactly the same problem. Did anyone ever find a solution?

18

Hi!

Please give an example file just a short bit to test
even try with WaveLabs render function

regards S-EH

19

Still the same problem with 11.2. I would post a small file but it appears that m4A files are not authorised for uploading to this site… It seems to me that Steinberg really don’t like Apple Lossless format!

20

Hi!

I think it’s possible to zip the file here to test!

I downloaded a M4A file from this site
sample1.m4a
https://filesamples.com/formats/m4a?utm_content=cmp-true

and no problem to load and playback with WL 11.2
with Mac Book Air M1 2020

regards S-EH