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Re: AudioConverter format not supported error
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Re: AudioConverter format not supported error


  • Subject: Re: AudioConverter format not supported error
  • From: Robert Grant <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:26:34 -0400

Thanks everyone - all your suggestions put together got me to a happy AudioConverter :-)

Sorry for the newbie questions. As I said earlier I've been using QuickTime before and it's AIFF file export is much easier - though, as I also mentioned, much less flexible.

Thanks again - time to muddle on :-)

Robert.

On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 03:01 PM, Philippe Wicker wrote:


On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 08:05 PM, Robert Grant wrote:

I'm delving into the realm of AudioFiles and AudioConverters because QuickTime's AIFF support stops short at 48000 Hz and 16 bits.

So I'm trying to build an AudioConverter that'll take a non-interleaved 32 bit float stereo buffer and convert it into interleaved 16 bit integer stereo.

Trouble is I'm getting a 'fmt?' error but I'm not sure which format is causing trouble. Of course my ignorance is a major factor :-)

Here are the two ASBDs:

sampleRate = 44100; // I want to support various sample rates
bitDepth = 16; // I want to support 24 bits too.

The AIFF format:
AudioStreamBasicDescription inFormat;
inFormat.mSampleRate = sampleRate;
inFormat.mFormatID = kAudioFormatLinearPCM;
inFormat.mFormatFlags = kLinearPCMFormatFlagIsBigEndian;

Are you sure you want **unsigned** integer? The AIF files I have played with recently were always "signed integer". Anyway, I had to add "kLinearPCMFormatFlagIsSignedInteger" to make it work.

inFormat.mBytesPerPacket = 2 * (bitDepth / 8);
inFormat.mFramesPerPacket = 1;
inFormat.mBytesPerFrame = 2 * (bitDepth / 8);
inFormat.mChannelsPerFrame = 2;
inFormat.mBitsPerChannel = bitDepth;

The Float format:
AudioStreamBasicDescription rwFormat;
rwFormat.mSampleRate = sampleRate;
rwFormat.mFormatID = kAudioFormatLinearPCM;
rwFormat.mFormatFlags = kLinearPCMFormatFlagIsNonInterleaved | kLinearPCMFormatFlagIsFloat;

You are requesting **little** endian float, if you add "kAudioFormatFlagIsBigEndian" then there is no more error. Maybe that little endian float is an illegal format for AIF files?

I have made a little C routine that prints the format flag in a readable format. I don't know if such a utility is available somewhere in the SDK. If not, I'd be glad to share it whit the list.

rwFormat.mBytesPerPacket = 4;
rwFormat.mFramesPerPacket = 1;
rwFormat.mBytesPerFrame = 4;
rwFormat.mChannelsPerFrame = 2;
rwFormat.mBitsPerChannel = 32;


Create a new audio converter with these formats gets me a 'fmt?' error.

Thanks,

Robert.
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