Re: Writing WAV files through a pipe

From	Ilya Zakharevich <nospam-abuse@ilyaz.org>
Newsgroups	comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
Subject	Re: Writing WAV files through a pipe
Date	2011-03-30 00:15 +0000
Organization	U.C. Berkeley Math. Department.
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On 2011-03-27, Paul Ratcliffe <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> wrote:
>> Get a clue!  Most of multimedia file formats are "defined" by the most
>> common implementations (even when formal specifications exist - which
>> I'm not absolutely sure was applicable to RIFF from the start).  And
>> this uint_32 would be immediately converted to off_t, which for more
>> than a decade would be just signed_int_32.

> Why would anybody in their right mind want to turn an unsigned length
> field to a signed offset?

I see.  You do not know the signature of the corresponding OS APIs...

> Well, I suppose you would, but then you seem to be deranged anyway.

Hmm, I wonder why I do not give a damn about what you think of me?
Really curious...

>> LOL!  If you think so, feel free to risk damage to your audio
>> equipment and/or your hearing by piping raw audio.
>
> More bullshit. How does piping data damage your audio equipment/hearing?
> And yes, I do know what you are really getting at.

So could not you decide whether you know or not before posting?  I
see, this would not give you a possiblity to demonstrate your rudeness
and lack of understanding of the issues involved...

> That's why it makes sense to tell the far end explicitly what it's
> receiving.

Yes.  And the only reliable way is to include it in the stream.

Yours,
Ilya

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Re: Writing WAV files through a pipe Ilya Zakharevich <nospam-abuse@ilyaz.org> - 2011-03-30 00:15 +0000
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