fons adriaensen wrote: > Would it ? It solves the problem, and all other apps will - or > at least _should_ according to the WAV spec - just ignore it. > What problems would be created by adding a new chunk ? > The alternative would be a format that isn't standard at all.
The problems are as follows: - There are many very broken WAV (and AIFF) file parsers. - There is no central registry of the chunk names and hence your chunk name may colide with a current or future chunk name defined by someone else. > > http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/api.html#string > > Yes, been there before I posted. It's probably a matter of taste, > but I don't find this much cleaner than adding a new chunk. It has the advantage of being robuts, future proof and usable now. Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo +-----------------------------------------------------------+ C++: The power, elegance and simplicity of a hand grenade.