On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:46:34 +0000
Peter Hicks <peter.hicks_at_poggs.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 08:31:19AM -0800, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
>
> > So, when I want uncompressed audio, I demand AIFF because I know
> > what I'm getting.
>
> I've just imagined a program which will:
>
> 1. Read in an audio stream and decode in to machine-specific binary
> (e.g.
> BBC B, Spectrum etc.)
>
> 2. Interpret the data and store in a generic format, which will be
> smaller
> than a 44kHz-sampled audio stream
>
> 3. On demand, convert this generic format back to audio, which can
> be
> encoded in to an MP3 file with no loss of quality/data - in fact,
> as the signal has effectively been regenerated, a substantial
> quality increase
>
> How difficult is it going to be to write a program like that?
>
>
> Peter.
>
Will the open source 'sox' program come close to doing what you
describe? It's a pretty versatile cross-format audio file converter.
It should, at a minimum, be a place to look for some ideas.
Received on Mon Feb 21 2005 - 16:55:12 GMT