filebit

filebit — Returns the number of bits in each sample in a sound file.

Description

Returns the number of bits in each sample in a sound file.

Syntax

ir filebit ifilcod [, iallowraw]

Initialization

ifilcod -- sound file to be queried

iallowraw -- (Optional) Allow raw sound files (default=1)

Performance

filebit returns the number of bits in each sample in the sound file ifilcod. In the case of floating point samples the value -1 is returned for floats and -2 for doubles. For non-PCM formats the value is negative, and based on libsndfile's format encoding.

Examples

Here is an example of the filebit opcode. It uses the file filebit.csd, and mary.wav.

Example 295. Example of the filebit opcode.

See the sections Real-time Audio and Command Line Flags for more information on using command line flags.

<CsoundSynthesizer>
<CsOptions>
; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform
; Audio out   Audio in
-n   ; no sound
; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:
; -o filebit.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform
</CsOptions>
<CsInstruments>

sr = 44100
ksmps = 32
nchnls = 2
0dbfs  = 1

instr 1

ibits filebit "stereoJungle.wav"
prints  "\nbit depth = %d bit\n\n", ibits

endin


</CsInstruments>
<CsScore>
i 1 0 0
e
</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>


The audio file mary.wav is in monoaural CD format, so filebit's output should include a line like this:

bit depth = 16 bit
      

See Also

filelen, filenchnls, filepeak, filesr

Credits

Author: Victor Lazzarini
July 1999

New in Csound version 5.11