SV: SV: [music-dsp] WAV file string format?

[Jens Blomquist]

I think it's more scary than funny. How is it possible to create such a
redundant and stupid format?

And I would say the opposite: A complete formal specification of such a
format would be the real obstacle. 

I quote from the page:
"I've attempted to document only those aspects that you're very likely
to encounter in a WAVE file. I suggest that you concentrate upon these
and refuse to support the work of programmers who feel the need to
deviate from a standard with inconsistent, proprietary, self-serving,
unnecessary extensions."

/Jens

> 
> It's funny, I suppose, on first reading, but after that it 
> just gets in 
> the way. Really it is better to have a specification that is 
> just that, 
> as formal and complete as possible, without this degree of 
> personalization. Let everyone have their own opinions, and 
> just present 
> the spec. The AIFF spec is not without its absurdities either, but it 
> has never been fashionable to bash Apple for that.  But the WAVE spec 
> has suffered especially from Chinese whispers over the years, when so 
> many people publish a selective and often misleading subset 
> of the whole.
> 
> That document also indicates the labl text is null-terminated.
> 
> Richard Dobson
> 
> Jens Blomquist wrote:
> > 
> > ...and the url is:
> > http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tech/wave.htm
> > 
> > /Jens
> >  
> > 
> >>This is the best WAVE file format description I've ever seen.
> >>
> >>I especially love the section called "A Bastardized Standard".
> >>
> >>Everyone should read it.
> >>
> >>/Jens
> >>
> >>
> >>>Anyone here a WAV file expert?
> >>>I'm looking at the spec, and it's showing pascal-format 
> strings, for 
> >>>example in the Label Chunks.  Are those still used or are newer 
> >>>C-style strings used?  Any compatibility issues there?
> >>>Thanks!
> >>>
> >>
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