On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:30:10 -0500, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:


If you take the software of a MP3 player apart, you end up with a binary PCM
digital-to-analog conversion device (DAC) that requires a binary PCM input.
That means that the MP3 file is converted to binary PCM and stored in some
working buffer, prior to being shipped off to the sound card.

You are confused. Do not confuse PCM for .wav. I worked as a systems
developer for JPEG Group as early as 1989 as an outboud adjutant via
IBM/Microsoft consulting. PCM and .wav are two distinct entities, one
hardware based the other software. According to your ascertion above
then pcm files are '.wav's in disguise' which they are not. The pages
you referenced add nothing to the definition of a wav file. Read and
study this page and try to understand the complexity of wav formats
and their C code examples. Read and learn ARNY BABY!

http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tech/wave.htm