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diff --git a/ext/audiofile/README b/ext/audiofile/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4c52c050 --- /dev/null +++ b/ext/audiofile/README @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +This plugin wraps the SGI Audiofile +(http://oss.sgi.com/projects/audiofile/) library into a src and sink +element. + +You can read from and write to the supported formats (WAVE, AIFF, AIFFC, +NEXTSND). + +What is supported : +* all the file formats +* integer sample data, both 2's complement and unsigned +* 8 or 16 bit width & depth (haven't tested others) +* sample rate +* some sort of endianness control + +What isn't supported yet : +* float data + +What you can do : +* src element only accepts location argument +* sink element accepts location, endianness and type + - location : file on the system to output + - endianness : at this time endianness is still a bit shady + you can either set 1234 or 4321; + setting it to 4321 will byteswap the buffer data + you might want to keep it at 1234 for now + - type : one of the file types + +Use gstreamer-inspect on afsink and afsrc to see all of the supported +options. + +Examples : + +* tools/gstreamer-launch afsrc location=/opt/media/wav/dark-480-16-m.wav ! afsink type=2 location=/opt/media/wav/dark-480-16-m.aiff + +Future plans : + +* add float support +* wrap up afsink and afsrc with pipe and fork to act like data convertors, + allowing arbitrary choice of sink and src element |