"Gene Pool" wrote in message


"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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I was speaking generically - .wav file as an uncompressed binary PCM
format.

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'm not confused. I stated the conditions under which I equated the two,
just above. I said: "I was speaking generically - .wav file as an
uncompressed binary PCM format". It appears that you didn't read my post
very well. How did that happen?

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.

Agreed, and I stated the conditions under which I equated the two, at the
beginning of my post.

According to your ascertion above
then pcm files are '.wav's in disguise' which they are not.

Agreed, and I stated the conditions under which I equated the two, at the
beginning of my post.

The pages
you referenced add nothing to the definition of a wav file.

Agreed, and I stated the conditions under which I equated the two, at the
beginning of my post.

Read and
study this page and try to understand the complexity of wav formats
and their C code examples. Read and learn ARNY BABY!

It appears that you didn't read my post very well. How did that happen?

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

Been there, done that. I stated the conditions under which I equated the
two, at the beginning of my post. It appears that you didn't read my post
very well. How did that happen?