> On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 00:13 +0100, Roman Haefeli wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I'm trying to build an application that supports loading as many > > different WAV-formats as possible (primarily different bit-depths and > > number of channels). I found, that when focussing on PCM-encoded files > > only, the variety of formats is still big. Actually, i'd like the > > application to auto-recognize the number of channels of loaded files. > > Since [readanysf~] doesn't do that, i use also [ext13/wavinfo] to gather > > some data about the files. Unfortunately, this externals doesn't read > > files with a so-called 'broadcast' format. But this is a different > > story. > > Then i encountered, that there is something called 'interleaved' format. > > Those multi-channel files are read fine by [readsf~], but not by > > [readanysf~]. I have a 8-channel-interleaved file, which [readanysf~] > > seems to play (according to the right most outlet), but all output > > channels are mute. However, 8-channel-files i created myself, seem to > > work well with both, [readsf~] and [readanysf~]. I have another > > 6-channel interleaved files, which only 5 are played from by > > [readanysf~]. > > Now, i wonder what is the magic behind those 'interleaved' files and > > also, if there is a way to play them in Pd _AND_ have a 'seek' option as > > [readanysf~] offers? > > Googling some more makes me believe, that 'interleaved' does mean > nothing more than just 'many audio channels interleaved into one single > file'. So actually both my 8-channel WAV-files are interleaved. Both are > 8ch 16bit 44100Hz PCM files and still they are different in that only > one of them is read correctly by [readanysf~]. > > * How can i get info about PCM-WAV files in Pd? > * How can i reliably play them back (with the ability to seek)? >
Can you put the files online somewhere so I can download them and test them? -august. _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list