convert wave file to binary??

[tengkie]

i'm making a project related to data hiding and i'm gonna using audio file (in wave format) as the carrier.

But, i don't know how to get the binary data from the wave file.
Is there any ways to convert or to show the binary format from the wave files?

I wanna get the binary format from the wave files, modify it and save it again as wave files just like before (but already modified).

Any one could help me how to show the binary format from a wave file?

Thank you before...

 

[JohnH]

You will find some links that explain the file format layout here: WAV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wav files only contains binary data, you probably target the sound data part that follows the header bytes. The FileStream class is likely the tool you will be using to read/write bytes, perhaps the BinaryReader/-Writer can be used too.

 

[jmcilhinney]

Dim data As Byte() = IO.File.ReadAllBytes("file path here")

 

[cjard]

jmc, given that wavs are normally tens or hundreds of megs.. are you sure thats a good idea?

Wave File Format - The Sonic Spot

 

[jmcilhinney]

jmc, given that wavs are normally tens or hundreds of megs.. are you sure thats a good idea?

It's a good idea if the file is of a size where it's reasonable to store all of it in memory at once, otherwise it's not.