here is shntool info output for wav file: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- file name: set3-24bit.wav handled by: wav format module length: 45:08.927 WAVE format: 0x0001 (Microsoft PCM) channels: 2 bits/sample: 24 samples/sec: 44100 average bytes/sec: 264600 rate (calculated): 264600 block align: 6 header size: 44 bytes data size: 716782080 bytes chunk size: 716782116 bytes total size (chunk size + 8): 716782124 bytes actual file size: 716782124 file is compressed: no compression ratio: 1.0000 CD-quality properties: CD quality: no cut on sector boundary: n/a sector misalignment: n/a long enough to be burned: n/a WAVE properties: non-canonical header: no extra RIFF chunks: no Possible problems: file contains ID3v2 tag: no data chunk block-aligned: yes inconsistent header: no file probably truncated: no junk appended to file: no odd data size has pad byte: n/a