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Compressing Data with Audio

Hi,

Anyone know how to store data within an audio file?

I need to put together an audio CD that has embedded data in it that I can use to sync the embedded hardware to.

Any help or pointers appreciated.

Cheers

Mark

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  • Hello Alex,

    Thanks for the information on .WAV files.
    Can you make the datachunk array any size you like?
    The application I had in mind requires regular data elements so that the embedded side syncs with the music. Can I do this with the .WAV format?

    Thanks again

    Mark.

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  • Hello Alex,

    Thanks for the information on .WAV files.
    Can you make the datachunk array any size you like?
    The application I had in mind requires regular data elements so that the embedded side syncs with the music. Can I do this with the .WAV format?

    Thanks again

    Mark.

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  • Can you make the datachunk array any size you like?

    I think so Mark, I don't know how much is the size limit ( if it really exist ) but, remember that you can have just one track of music inside a CD, it means 74 seconds, something around 650MB of data in just one WAV file, so I'm not sure about a limit.


    I also think that these regular elements can be put inside the file without problems.

  • the data on an audio CD isn't a WAV file; when you burn an audio CD (ie, one you can play on an audio CD player) your burner performs the conversion.

    BTW: that's 74 minutes, not seconds!

  • that's 74 minutes, not seconds!

    Thanks Andrew.

    the data on an audio CD isn't a WAV file

    Oh that's why I didn't found the WAV structure inside the binary image of my Audio CD... hummmm..

    I really wasted a lot of time dumping 473MB of binary numbers in my hex editor...