--- src/backend/CrawSoundTranslator.cpp.orig
+++ src/backend/CrawSoundTranslator.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,13 @@
 		// get user preferences for saving the raw data
 		static bool parametersGotten=false;
 		static AFrontendHooks::RawParameters parameters;
+
+		// init parameters which cannot be changed by the RAW parameters dialog
+		parameters.channelCount=sound->getChannelCount();
+		parameters.sampleRate=sound->getSampleRate();
+		parameters.dataLength=sound->getLength();
+		parameters.dataOffset=0;
+
 		useLastUserPrefs&=parametersGotten;
 		if(!useLastUserPrefs)
 		{
--- src/frontend_fox/CRawDialog.cpp.orig
+++ src/frontend_fox/CRawDialog.cpp
@@ -137,8 +137,11 @@
 
 	if(execute(PLACEMENT_SCREEN))
 	{
-		parameters.channelCount=atoi(channelsCountComboBox->getText().text());
-		parameters.sampleRate=atoi(sampleRateComboBox->getText().text());
+		// don't apply values of hidden GUI controls
+		if (showLoadRawParameters) {
+			parameters.channelCount=atoi(channelsCountComboBox->getText().text());
+			parameters.sampleRate=atoi(sampleRateComboBox->getText().text());
+		}
 
 		switch(sampleFormatComboBox->getCurrentItem())
 		{
@@ -158,19 +161,22 @@
 
 		parameters.endian= byteOrderToggleButton->getState() ? AFrontendHooks::RawParameters::eBigEndian : AFrontendHooks::RawParameters::eLittleEndian;
 
-		if(atoi(dataOffsetTextBox->getText().text())<0)
-		{
-			Error(_("invalid negative data offset"));
-			return(false);
-		}
-		parameters.dataOffset=atoi(dataOffsetTextBox->getText().text());
-
-		if(atoi(dataLengthTextBox->getText().text())<0)
-		{
-			Error(_("invalid negative data length"));
-			return(false);
+		// don't apply values of hidden GUI controls
+		if (showLoadRawParameters) {
+			if(atoi(dataOffsetTextBox->getText().text())<0)
+			{
+				Error(_("invalid negative data offset"));
+				return(false);
+			}
+			parameters.dataOffset=atoi(dataOffsetTextBox->getText().text());
+
+			if(atoi(dataLengthTextBox->getText().text())<0)
+			{
+				Error(_("invalid negative data length"));
+				return(false);
+			}
+			parameters.dataLength=atoi(dataLengthTextBox->getText().text());
 		}
-		parameters.dataLength=atoi(dataLengthTextBox->getText().text());
 
 		return(true);
 	}
--- src/frontend_fox/CRawDialog.h.orig
+++ src/frontend_fox/CRawDialog.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 	CRawDialog(FXWindow *mainWindow);
 	virtual ~CRawDialog();
 
-	bool show(AFrontendHooks::RawParameters &parameters,bool showOffsetAndLengthParameters);
+	bool show(AFrontendHooks::RawParameters &parameters,bool showLoadRawParameters);
 
 	//long onRadioButton(FXObject *sender,FXSelector sel,void *ptr);