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doc/PCM-file-formats: establish "robe" format
author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
date Wed, 14 Dec 2022 22:40:31 +0000
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14 pcm16-raw2wav converts from raw format to WAV 14 pcm16-raw2wav converts from raw format to WAV
15 pcm16-wav2raw converts from WAV to raw format 15 pcm16-wav2raw converts from WAV to raw format
16 16
17 Both utilities take a mandatory command line argument specifying the endian 17 Both utilities take a mandatory command line argument specifying the endian
18 order for the raw format - there is no default. 18 order for the raw format - there is no default.
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20 Going forward, I (Mother Mychaela) prefer big-endian format for raw PCM16 files:
21 aside from it being the network byte order on the Internet, 16-bit and 32-bit
22 numbers appear "naturally" in hex dumps in BE, but not in LE. Therefore, newly
23 developed utilities will read and write PCM16 data in "robe" format - "robe" is
24 English pronunciation play on "raw BE", and it is also the ritual garment worn
25 by Themyscira telecom priestesses. :-)