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new_file_type.HOWTO
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Original : Wed May 23 19:05:07 EST 2001
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Update 1 : Fri Jul 11 22:12:38 EST 2003
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This document will attempt to explain as fully as possible how to add code to
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libsndfile to allow the reading and writing of new file types. By new file
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type I particularly mean a new header type rather than a new encoding method
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for an existing file type.
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This HOWTO will take the form of a step by step guide. It will assume that you
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have all required tools including :
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- gcc
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- make (should really be the GNU version)
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- autoconf
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- automake
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- libtool
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These should all be available on the GNU ftp site: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/.
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To help make these steps clearer let's suppose we are adding support for the
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Whacky file format whose files contain 'W','A','C' and 'K' as the first four
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bytes of the file format. Lets also assume that Whacky files contain PCM encoded
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data.
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Step 1
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Create a new .c file in the src/ directory of the libsndfile source tree. The
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file name should be reasonable descriptive so that is is obvious that files of
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the new type are handled by this file. In this particular case the file might
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be named 'whacky.c'.
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Step 2
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Add your new source code file to the build process.
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Edit the file src/Makefile.am and add the name of your file handler to the
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FILESPECIFIC list of handlers. This list looks something like this:
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FILESPECIFIC = aiff.c au.c au_g72x.c nist.c paf.c raw.c samplitude.c \
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svx.c wav.c wav_float.c wav_gsm610.c wav_ima_adpcm.c \
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wav_ms_adpcm.c
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Then, run the script named 'reconf' in the libsndfile top level directory,
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which will run autoconf and other associated tools. Finally run "./configure"
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in the top level directory. You may want to use the "--disable-gcc-opt" option
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to disable gcc optimisations and make debugging with gdb/ddd easier.
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Step 3
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Add a unique identifier for the new file type.
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Edit src/sndfile.h.in and find the enum containing the SF_FORMAT_XXX identifiers.
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Since you will be adding a major file type you should add your identifier to the
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top part of the list where the values are above 0x10000 in value. The easiest
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way to do this is to find the largest value in the list, add 0x10000 to it and
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make that your new identifier value. The identifier should be something like
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SF_FORMAT_WACK.
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Step 4
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Add code to the file type recogniser function.
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Edit src/sndfile.c and find the function guess_file_type (). This function
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reads the first 3 ints of the file and from that makes a guess at the file
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type. In our case we would add:
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if (buffer [0] == MAKE_MARKER ('W','A','C','K'))
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return SF_FORMAT_WACK ;
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The use of the MAKE_MARKER macro should be pretty obvious and it is defined at the
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top of file should you need to have a look at it.
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Step 5
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Add a call to your open function from psf_open_file ().
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Edit src/sndfile.c and find the switch statement in psf_open_file (). It starts
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like this:
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switch (filetype)
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{ case SF_FORMAT_WAV :
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error = wav_open (psf) ;
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break ;
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case SF_FORMAT_AIFF :
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error = aiff_open (psf) ;
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break ;
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Towards the bottom of this switch statement your should add one for the new file
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type. Something like:
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case SF_FORMAT_WACK :
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sf_errno = whacky_open (psf) ;
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break ;
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Setp 6
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Add prototypes for new open read and open write functions.
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Edit src/common.h, go to the bottom of the file and add something like
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int whacky_open (SF_PRIVATE *psf) ;
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Step 7
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Implement your open read function. The best way to do this is by coding
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something much like one of the other file formats. The file src/au.c might be
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a good place to start.
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In src/whacky.c you should now implement the function whacky_open() which
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was prototyped in src/common.h. This function should return 0 on success and
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a non-zero number on error.
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Error values are defined in src/common.h in a enum which starts at SFE_NO_ERROR.
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When adding a new error value, you also need to add an error string to the
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SndfileErrors array in src/sndfile.c.
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To parse the header of your new file type you should avoid using standard read/
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write/seek functions (and the fread/fwrite/fseek etc) and instead use
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psf_binheader_readf () which is implemented and documented in src/common.h.
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During the parsing process, you should also print logging information to
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libsndfile's internal log buffer using the psf_log_printf() function.
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At the end of the open read process, you should have set a number of fields in the
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SF_PRIVATE structure pointed to by psf.
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*** THIS FILE IS INCOMPLETE ***
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