Re: .aiff wrapping?

Quoting Scott Wilson <sdwilson-KaPM4R2U43T2fBVCVOL8/A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

>
> On 27 Aug 2004, at 00:36, Lance Putnam wrote:
>
> > Quoting James Harkins <jamshark70-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> >> Is your recording format int16 or floating point?
> >>
> >
> > It's floating point.  That's what's hard-coded into Server-record.
>
> It's not hard coded, it's just the default. You can change it by
> setting recSampleFormat. Read the Server help.

Sorry, I got it confused with recChannels which is hard-coded.

> >
> >> If floating point, then the signal in the file isn't
> >> really clipped.
> >>
> >
> > So, if it's floating point it will wrap instead of clip?  That doesn't
> > make
> > sense.  Integers wrap, not floats.
> >
> > What's strange is Audacity both displays and plays the aiff properly,
> > i.e.
> > clipped.  Why doesn't Quicktime?
> >
> I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that QT doesn't support FP.
>

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qt/specifications.html

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Lance Putnam
Graduate Student
Media Arts and Technology / UCSB
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