The NeXT/Sun audio file format.
Sample files:
This page hosts a formal specification of AU audio format using Kaitai Struct. This specification can be automatically translated into a variety of programming languages to get a parsing library.
All parsing code for JavaScript generated by Kaitai Struct depends on the JavaScript runtime library. You have to install it before you can parse data.
The JavaScript runtime library is available at npm:
npm install kaitai-structSee the usage examples in the JavaScript notes.
Parse structure from an ArrayBuffer:
var arrayBuffer = ...;
var data = new Au(new KaitaiStream(arrayBuffer));
After that, one can get various attributes from the structure by accessing fields or properties like:
data.magic // => get magic
// This is a generated file! Please edit source .ksy file and use kaitai-struct-compiler to rebuild
(function (root, factory) {
if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
define(['kaitai-struct/KaitaiStream'], factory);
} else if (typeof module === 'object' && module.exports) {
module.exports = factory(require('kaitai-struct/KaitaiStream'));
} else {
root.Au = factory(root.KaitaiStream);
}
}(typeof self !== 'undefined' ? self : this, function (KaitaiStream) {
/**
* The NeXT/Sun audio file format.
*
* Sample files:
*
* * <https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/b8a7daf077da/Lib/test/sndhdrdata>
* * <ftp://ftp-ccrma.stanford.edu/pub/Lisp/sf.tar.gz>
* * <https://www.mmsp.ece.mcgill.ca/Documents/AudioFormats/AU/Samples.html>
* @see {@link https://www.mmsp.ece.mcgill.ca/Documents/AudioFormats/AU/AU.html|Source}
* @see {@link http://soundfile.sapp.org/doc/NextFormat/|Source}
* @see {@link http://soundfile.sapp.org/doc/NextFormat/soundstruct.h|Source}
* @see {@link https://github.com/andreiw/polaris/blob/deb47cb/usr/src/head/audio/au.h#L87-L112|Source}
* @see {@link https://github.com/libsndfile/libsndfile/blob/86c9f9eb/src/au.c#L39-L74|Source}
* @see {@link https://github.com/chirlu/sox/blob/dd8b63bd/src/au.c#L34-L49|Source}
* @see {@link https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/blob/b62c902/libaudiofile/NeXT.cpp#L65-L96|Source}
*/
var Au = (function() {
Au.Encodings = Object.freeze({
MULAW_8: 1,
LINEAR_8: 2,
LINEAR_16: 3,
LINEAR_24: 4,
LINEAR_32: 5,
FLOAT: 6,
DOUBLE: 7,
FRAGMENTED: 8,
NESTED: 9,
DSP_CORE: 10,
FIXED_POINT_8: 11,
FIXED_POINT_16: 12,
FIXED_POINT_24: 13,
FIXED_POINT_32: 14,
DISPLAY: 16,
MULAW_SQUELCH: 17,
EMPHASIZED: 18,
COMPRESSED: 19,
COMPRESSED_EMPHASIZED: 20,
DSP_COMMANDS: 21,
DSP_COMMANDS_SAMPLES: 22,
ADPCM_G721: 23,
ADPCM_G722: 24,
ADPCM_G723_3: 25,
ADPCM_G723_5: 26,
ALAW_8: 27,
AES: 28,
DELTA_MULAW_8: 29,
1: "MULAW_8",
2: "LINEAR_8",
3: "LINEAR_16",
4: "LINEAR_24",
5: "LINEAR_32",
6: "FLOAT",
7: "DOUBLE",
8: "FRAGMENTED",
9: "NESTED",
10: "DSP_CORE",
11: "FIXED_POINT_8",
12: "FIXED_POINT_16",
13: "FIXED_POINT_24",
14: "FIXED_POINT_32",
16: "DISPLAY",
17: "MULAW_SQUELCH",
18: "EMPHASIZED",
19: "COMPRESSED",
20: "COMPRESSED_EMPHASIZED",
21: "DSP_COMMANDS",
22: "DSP_COMMANDS_SAMPLES",
23: "ADPCM_G721",
24: "ADPCM_G722",
25: "ADPCM_G723_3",
26: "ADPCM_G723_5",
27: "ALAW_8",
28: "AES",
29: "DELTA_MULAW_8",
});
function Au(_io, _parent, _root) {
this._io = _io;
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root || this;
this._read();
}
Au.prototype._read = function() {
this.magic = this._io.readBytes(4);
if (!((KaitaiStream.byteArrayCompare(this.magic, [46, 115, 110, 100]) == 0))) {
throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError([46, 115, 110, 100], this.magic, this._io, "/seq/0");
}
this.ofsData = this._io.readU4be();
this._raw_header = this._io.readBytes(((this.ofsData - 4) - 4));
var _io__raw_header = new KaitaiStream(this._raw_header);
this.header = new Header(_io__raw_header, this, this._root);
}
var Header = Au.Header = (function() {
function Header(_io, _parent, _root) {
this._io = _io;
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root || this;
this._read();
}
Header.prototype._read = function() {
this.dataSize = this._io.readU4be();
this.encoding = this._io.readU4be();
this.sampleRate = this._io.readU4be();
this.numChannels = this._io.readU4be();
if (!(this.numChannels >= 1)) {
throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationLessThanError(1, this.numChannels, this._io, "/types/header/seq/3");
}
this.comment = KaitaiStream.bytesToStr(KaitaiStream.bytesTerminate(this._io.readBytesFull(), 0, false), "ASCII");
}
/**
* don't read this field, access `_root.len_data` instead
*
* value `0xffff_ffff` means unspecified size
*/
/**
* number of interleaved channels
*/
/**
* Most resources claim that this field must be at least 4 bytes long.
* However, most programs don't enforce it, and [Audacity](
* https://www.audacityteam.org/) even generates .au files with this field
* being 0-byte long. According to <https://nixdoc.net/man-pages/IRIX/man4/dmedia/next.4.html>,
* "NeXT files require that this chunk be at least 4 bytes (chars) long,
* whereas this chunk may be zerolength in a Sun .au file."
*
* By convention, size should be a multiple of 4 -
* see <https://github.com/chirlu/sox/blob/dd8b63bd/src/au.c#L132-L133>.
* Page <http://soundfile.sapp.org/doc/NextFormat/> also mentions that for some
* sound playing programs, this field must have an even byte size. So a multiple
* of 4 is probably best for compatibility.
*
* Must be null-terminated. It is usually an ASCII text string, but this space
* might be also used to store application-specific binary (i.e. non-ASCII) data.
*/
return Header;
})();
Object.defineProperty(Au.prototype, 'lenData', {
get: function() {
if (this._m_lenData !== undefined)
return this._m_lenData;
this._m_lenData = (this.header.dataSize == 4294967295 ? (this._io.size - this.ofsData) : this.header.dataSize);
return this._m_lenData;
}
});
return Au;
})();
return Au;
}));