wavfile.h

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// This file stores all the RIFF file type knowledge for the wavfile_*
// gnuradio/blocks.

#ifndef _GR_WAVFILE_H_
#define _GR_WAVFILE_H_

#include <gnuradio/blocks/api.h>
#include <cstdio>

namespace gr {
  namespace blocks {

    /*!
     * \brief Read signal information from a given WAV file.
     *
     * \param[in]  fp          File pointer to an opened, empty file.
     * \param[out] sample_rate Stores the sample rate [S/s]
     * \param[out] nchans      Number of channels
     * \param[out] bytes_per_sample Bytes per sample, can either be 1 or 2 (corresponding o
     *                              8 or 16 bit samples, respectively)
     * \param[out] first_sample_pos Number of the first byte containing a sample. Use this
     *                              with fseek() to jump from the end of the file to the
     *                              first sample when in repeat mode.
     * \param[out] samples_per_chan Number of samples per channel
     * \return True on a successful read, false if the file could not be read or is
     *         not a valid WAV file.
     */
    BLOCKS_API bool wavheader_parse(FILE *fp,
                    unsigned int &sample_rate,
                    int &nchans,
                    int &bytes_per_sample,
                    int &first_sample_pos,
                    unsigned int &samples_per_chan);

    /*!
     * \brief Read one sample from an open WAV file at the current position.
     *
     * \details
     * Takes care of endianness.
     */
    BLOCKS_API short int wav_read_sample(FILE *fp, int bytes_per_sample);


    /*!
     * \brief Write a valid RIFF file header
     *
     * Note: Some header values are kept blank because they're usually
     * not known a-priori (file and chunk lengths). Use
     * gri_wavheader_complete() to fill these in.
     */
    BLOCKS_API bool wavheader_write(FILE *fp,
                    unsigned int sample_rate,
                    int nchans,
                    int bytes_per_sample);

    /*!
     * \brief Write one sample to an open WAV file at the current position.
     *
     * \details
     * Takes care of endianness.
     */
    BLOCKS_API void wav_write_sample(FILE *fp, short int sample, int bytes_per_sample);


    /*!
     * \brief Complete a WAV header
     *
     * \details
     * Note: The stream position is changed during this function. If
     * anything needs to be written to the WAV file after calling this
     * function (which shouldn't happen), you need to fseek() to the
     * end of the file (or wherever).
     *
     * \param[in] fp         File pointer to an open WAV file with a blank header
     * \param[in] byte_count Length of all samples written to the file in bytes.
     */
    BLOCKS_API bool wavheader_complete(FILE *fp, unsigned int byte_count);

  } /* namespace blocks */
} /* namespace gr */

#endif /* _GR_WAVFILE_H_ */