READ_WAV

The READ_WAV function reads the audio stream from the named .WAV file. Optionally, it can return the sampling rate of the audio stream.

Syntax

Result = READ_WAV ( Filename [, Rate] )

Return Value

In the case of a single channel stream, the returned variable is a BYTE or INT (depending on the number of bits per sample) one-dimensional array. In the case of a file with multiple channels, a similar two-dimensional array is returned, with the leading dimension being the channel number.

Arguments

Filename

A scalar string containing the full pathname of the .WAV file to read.

Rate

Returns an IDL long containing the sampling rate of the stream in samples per second.

Keywords

None.

Version History

5.3	Introduced