13 Oct
2003
13 Oct
'03
6:57 a.m.
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:12:48 -0400
Taybin Rutkin <taybin(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 17:15, Pete Bessman wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 06:59:54 +1000, "Erik de Castro Lopo"
> <erikd-lad(a)mega-nerd.com> said:
> > Do you see what I see?
>
> HEH! So I wonder what that WAV header is doing in the file?
> Hmm, and what superior set of heuristics is XMMS using
> to sox and my sundry hacks to determine the files identity?
Actually, no. IMO determining the file type by the use of magic
numbers is preferable.
Isn't one of the definitions of a WAV file is that
it can merely wrap
another file format? And usually that format is RIFF, but not
necessarily?
Actually it is RIFF that wraps WAV.
However, take another look at that hexdump. The 'RIFF' chunk enclosed a
'WAVE' chunk and then the Ogg data is contained inside the 'data' chunk.
Personally I think that is dodgy; a typical hack on top of a bodge etc.
Erik
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