libaudiofile(3) 						C Library Functions						   libaudiofile(3)

NAME

       libaudiofile - audio file library

SYNOPSIS

       #include <audiofile.h>

       #include <aupvlist.h>

       #include <af_vfs.h>

DESCRIPTION

       The  audio file library provides a uniform programming interface to standard digital audio file formats. This library allows the processing
       of audio data to and from audio files of many common formats (currently AIFF, AIFF-C, WAVE, NeXT/Sun .snd/.au,  and  IRCAM).   The  library
       also supports compression (currently G.711 mu-law, A-law, IMA, and MS ADPCM) as well as PCM formats of	  all flavors (signed and unsigned
       integer, floating point and double-precision floating point).

       audiofile.h contains all of the public interfaces to the library. aupvlist.h contains the interfaces  to  the  parameter  value	list  data
       structures and routines. af_vfs.h should only be included if using audio file library through virtual file operations.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

       One  premise of the audio file library is that the data presented to an application need not be in the same format as the data contained in
       the file.  Another, however, is that the capabilities of the file format are exposed to the application programmer  should  the	programmer
       wish to take advantage of them.

       To read from a file containing audio data, you typically use the following sequence of function calls:

       AFfilehandle afOpenFile (const char *filename, const char *mode, AFfilesetup setup);
       int afReadFrames (AFfilehandle, int track, void *buffer, int frameCount);
       int afCloseFile (AFfilehandle file);

       To write to a file, you typically use a similar sequence of commands:

       AFfilesetup afNewFileSetup (void);
       AFfilehandle afOpenFile (const char *filename, const char *mode, AFfilesetup setup);
       int afWriteFrames (AFfilehandle, int track, const void *buffer,
       int frameCount);
       int afCloseFile (AFfilehandle file);

       Data  format transparency is achieved in the audio file library by providing the data in a virtual format. The virtual format consists of a
       virtual byte order and a virtual sample format. Virtual byte order is by default set to the host byte order and	does  not  depend  on  the
       native byte order of the file format being used. Virtual sample format is by default in an uncompressed format.

       The current audio file library does not support the concept of a virtual sampling rate, but this may be supported in the future.

       At present, the audio file library supports only CCITT G.711 mu-law/A-law compression.

       An audio file is manipulated through the AFfilehandle opaque data type. Calls to the library are made with this file handle as an argument.
       When opening a file for writing, another opaque data structure called AFfilesetup is used. This structure is then passed to calls that  set
       various	file  parameters at the time the file is created, such as its file type and data format. Such properties cannot be modified for an
       existing file.

   Functions
       The following functions are available through the library:

       afNewFileSetup	       Create a file setup structure.

       afFreeFileSetup	       Free a file setup structure.

       afOpenFile	       Create a file handle structure given a file name and optionally a file setup.

       afCloseFile	       Close an open audio file.

       afSyncFile	       Update an audio file that has been opened for writing.

       afSetVirtual{ByteOrder,CSetnvirtualMformat,forpaudiomdata within a specified track.

       afInit{ByteOrder,ChannelSetaparametersoofaan AFfilesetup structure which will be used to open an audio file for writing.

       afQuery		       Query regarding the capabilities of the audio file library.

       afQueryLong	       Query whether the data is of type long.

       afQueryPointer	       Query whether the data is of type pointer.

       afQueryDouble	       Query whether the data is of type double.

       afSetLoop*	       The group of functions that set loop parameters.

       afGetLoop*	       The group of functions that get loop parameters.

       afSetMark*	       The group of functions that set mark parameters.

       afGetMark*	       The group of functions that get mark parameters.

       afSetInst*	       The group of functions that set instrument parameters.

       afGetInst*	       The group of functions that get instrument parameters.

       afGetAESChannelData     Get AES channel data for a given audio file.

       afSetAESChannelData     Set AES channel data for a given audio file.

       afInitAESChannelData    Specify that storage space is to be allocated for AES channel status data in a given audio file.

       afInitAESChannelDataTo  Specify whether storage space is to be allocated for AES channel status data in a given audio file.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/libaudiofile.so	       Audio file shared library

       /usr/include/audiofile.h        Public interfaces C header file

       /usr/include/aupvlist.h	       Parameter value list C header file

       /usr/include/af_vfs.h	       Virtual File System C header file

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-audio		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       audiofile-config(1), libesd(3), attributes(5)

NOTES

       Written by Ghee Teo, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003. This library is provided as an Open Source project by Silicon Graphics.

SunOS 5.11							     3 Apr2003							   libaudiofile(3)