Re: [solved] Convert multichannel raw file to wav

Rodolfo Medina <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:43:51 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.audio.sox
Message-ID <87jzkp36uw.fsf@lenovo>
Jan Stary <[email protected]> writes:

> That still does not specify the smaple rate and the encoding.
> Repeat the questions:
>
> Why don't you specify the format explicitly?

I suppose I copied/pasted that stuff from somewhere.


> Why do you record multichannel input into a raw file?

As above.


>> and then sox:
>>  $ sox -t raw -r 44100 -e signed-integer -L -b 16 -c 4 dump2.raw output2.wav
>> This way it seems to work. Do you tink it's correct?
>
> How would anyone but you know?
> Is the recording's sample rate actualy 44100?
> Is the encoding actualy signed 16bit integers?
> If so, why don't you say that explicitly in your pacat command?

Mmmmhh...


>> ...number 4 is due to the fact that Behringer UMC404HD is a four-channel
>> audio interface.
>
> The -c 4 tells SoX that dump2.raw is a 4 channel file.
> By then, the Behringer has nothing to do with it.

But dump2.raw is 4-channel because pacat created so and pacat created so
because I told it to and I told it to because Behringer is 4-channels.

Thanks,

Rodolfo