Application doesn't work with this type of infile for 1 or 2 chan

[pmarq108]

Hi,
   I'm getting the error "Application doesn't work with this type of infile" regardless of whether my files are 1 or 2 channels. Here's an example.

++++++++++++++ Start command output ++++++++++++++
## 2 channel input file
marqrdt$ strange shift 1 SingingBowlHit01.wav SingingBowlHit01-shifted.wav -1000 -l
Application doesn't work with this type of infile.

marqrdt$ sndfile-info SingingBowlHit01.wav
========================================
File : SingingBowlHit01.wav
Length : 4203184
RIFF : 4203176
WAVE
fmt  : 16
  Format        : 0x1 => WAVE_FORMAT_PCM
  Channels      : 2
  Sample Rate   : 44100
  Block Align   : 4
  Bit Width     : 16
  Bytes/sec     : 176400
data : 4203140
End

----------------------------------------
Sample Rate : 44100
Frames      : 1050785
Channels    : 2
Format      : 0x00010002
Sections    : 1
Seekable    : TRUE
Duration    : 00:00:23.827
Signal Max  : 30200 (-0.71 dB)

## I can de-interleave it into a pair of single channel files...
marqrdt$ sndfile-deinterleave SingingBowlHit01.wav
Input file : SingingBowlHit01
Output files :
    SingingBowlHit01_00.wav
    SingingBowlHit01_01.wav

marqrdt$ strange shift 1 SingingBowlHit01_00.wav SingingBowlHit01-shifted.wav -1000 -l
Application doesn't work with this type of infile.


## sndfile-info tells me it's 1 channel. File size is about half, which seems to confirm.
marqrdt$ sndfile-info SingingBowlHit01_00.wav
========================================
File : SingingBowlHit01_00.wav
Length : 2101614
RIFF : 2101606
WAVE
fmt  : 16
  Format        : 0x1 => WAVE_FORMAT_PCM
  Channels      : 1
  Sample Rate   : 44100
  Block Align   : 2
  Bit Width     : 16
  Bytes/sec     : 88200
data : 2101570
End

----------------------------------------
Sample Rate : 44100
Frames      : 1050785
Channels    : 1
Format      : 0x00010002
Sections    : 1
Seekable    : TRUE
Duration    : 00:00:23.827
Signal Max  : 30192 (-0.71 dB)
++++++++++++++ End command output ++++++++++++++

I get this for pretty much any command I run. I'm running on OS High Sierra 10.13.2 running the cdpr71mac-07-16 distribution. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, as this toolkit appears to be quite powerful.

Regards,

Paul M.

[rwdobson]

Strange, like many other CDP programs, works on "spectral files", i.e. those generated using pvoc (.ana file extension), not directly on PCM sound files.

[pmarq108]

Thank you. I'm working my way through the docs which show how to create and use them.