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Software that shows bit stream of wave file

I was wondering if there's a software that show the bit stream (in binary or, better, in decimal or hex) of a wave file. Can somebody help me?

Software that shows bit stream of wave file

Reply #1 –
As it plays, or in a format that you can edit by hand?

Software that shows bit stream of wave file

Reply #2 –
A hex editor (usually considered a programmer's tool) will show you you the hexadecimal values for the bytes in any file, and it will also show the alphanumeric ASCII conversion, so you'll see the text in the file-header (and you'll see some "garbage characters" for the audio data).  XVI32 is a FREE hex editor.  (You won't be looking at a "stream", you'll be looking at static data in a file.)

Depending on what you're trying to do, it might not be that useful to look at raw hex-bytes....  For example, you might want to see the hex bytes represented as decimal values of signed 16-bit integers.  And, if you're looking at stereo files, the left & right data will be interleaved, etc. 

If you need to learn about the WAV format, take a look at wotsit.org.
 

Software that shows bit stream of wave file

Reply #3 –
Quote from: DVDdoug on
A hex editor (usually considered a programmer's tool) will show you you the hexadecimal values for the bytes in any file, and it will also show the alphanumeric ASCII conversion, so you'll see the text in the file-header (and you'll see some "garbage characters" for the audio data).  XVI32 is a FREE hex editor.  (You won't be looking at a "stream", you'll be looking at static data in a file.)

Depending on what you're trying to do, it might not be that useful to look at raw hex-bytes....  For example, you might want to see the hex bytes represented as decimal values of signed 16-bit integers.  And, if you're looking at stereo files, the left & right data will be interleaved, etc. 

If you need to learn about the WAV format, take a look at wotsit.org.



Thanks for the answer, I'll take a look!