Size limits for WAV and AIFF files
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WAV files are limited to a maximum size of 4GB, see the following table for how this translates to time durations
Maximum sizes of WAV files in time duration (hours:minutes) Sample Format Stereo Mono 16-bit PCM (default) 6h:18m 12h:36m 24-bit PCM 4h:12m 8h:24m 32-bit float PCM 3h:09m 6h:18m
