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How Do You Record Wav Files?
Hi all,
I could really do with some help, I'm trying to record sound from the microphone, and save it as a WAV file. My program already has WAV playing facilities (.Net 2.0 SoundPlayer, the easy bit) , and I'm analyzing the sound by reading in the binary file and following the WAV specification, as well as cutting the WAV file down and re-writing the file header - so I do get the basics of the format. My main problem is how to get the sound into a memory buffer, via the sound hardware, so that I can then create a WAV file header and save the file?
All help appreciated, and thanks for your time.
I could really do with some help, I'm trying to record sound from the microphone, and save it as a WAV file. My program already has WAV playing facilities (.Net 2.0 SoundPlayer, the easy bit) , and I'm analyzing the sound by reading in the binary file and following the WAV specification, as well as cutting the WAV file down and re-writing the file header - so I do get the basics of the format. My main problem is how to get the sound into a memory buffer, via the sound hardware, so that I can then create a WAV file header and save the file?
All help appreciated, and thanks for your time.
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Peter,
Does that mean that they don't have .NET libraries?
Bob
Does that mean that they don't have .NET libraries?
Bob
@TheLearnedOne:
At the time I used NCT Audio Studio (about half a year ago) they didn't have managed libraries.
Peter
At the time I used NCT Audio Studio (about half a year ago) they didn't have managed libraries.
Peter
Thanks, Peter. I looked at http://www.nctsoft.com/, and they still have ActiveX controls--too bad :( Sounded promising for me, since I am always on the hunt for good and cheap ;)
Bob
Bob
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I appreciate the many comments on the topic, and apologies for a delay in responding.
So the only way to record a wav file from a .Net 2.0 application is to use InteropServices? I was hoping to keep Interop out of the application, as I'm hoping to port it to the Windows Mobile 5 / Compact Framework at a later date - is this at all possible?
So the only way to record a wav file from a .Net 2.0 application is to use InteropServices? I was hoping to keep Interop out of the application, as I'm hoping to port it to the Windows Mobile 5 / Compact Framework at a later date - is this at all possible?
I don't know enough about WM5 and CF to give you advice on that.
Bob
Bob
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Rightie ho, with no new comments forthcoming, I'll award the points. Thanks again for the help.
http://www.nctsoft.com/products/NCTAudioStudio2
You can download the library and test it for free. As long as you dont have a license key installed a dialog box will appear every now and then. Very annoying, but ok to give the library a try.
I found it easy to use from C# for an application where I had to read headerless G.726 files and convert them into compressed WAV files (ADPCM). It was the only working library I found that was able to deal with my G.726 files.
Peter