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author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-08-15 14:27:07 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libaudioop.tex b/Doc/lib/libaudioop.tex deleted file mode 100644 index e827e76..0000000 --- a/Doc/lib/libaudioop.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,258 +0,0 @@ -\section{\module{audioop} --- - Manipulate raw audio data} - -\declaremodule{builtin}{audioop} -\modulesynopsis{Manipulate raw audio data.} - - -The \module{audioop} module contains some useful operations on sound -fragments. It operates on sound fragments consisting of signed -integer samples 8, 16 or 32 bits wide, stored in Python strings. -All scalar items are integers, unless specified otherwise. - -% This para is mostly here to provide an excuse for the index entries... -This module provides support for a-LAW, u-LAW and Intel/DVI ADPCM encodings. -\index{Intel/DVI ADPCM} -\index{ADPCM, Intel/DVI} -\index{a-LAW} -\index{u-LAW} - -A few of the more complicated operations only take 16-bit samples, -otherwise the sample size (in bytes) is always a parameter of the -operation. - -The module defines the following variables and functions: - -\begin{excdesc}{error} -This exception is raised on all errors, such as unknown number of bytes -per sample, etc. -\end{excdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{add}{fragment1, fragment2, width} -Return a fragment which is the addition of the two samples passed as -parameters. \var{width} is the sample width in bytes, either -\code{1}, \code{2} or \code{4}. Both fragments should have the same -length. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{adpcm2lin}{adpcmfragment, width, state} -Decode an Intel/DVI ADPCM coded fragment to a linear fragment. See -the description of \function{lin2adpcm()} for details on ADPCM coding. -Return a tuple \code{(\var{sample}, \var{newstate})} where the sample -has the width specified in \var{width}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{alaw2lin}{fragment, width} -Convert sound fragments in a-LAW encoding to linearly encoded sound -fragments. a-LAW encoding always uses 8 bits samples, so \var{width} -refers only to the sample width of the output fragment here. -\versionadded{2.5} -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{avg}{fragment, width} -Return the average over all samples in the fragment. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{avgpp}{fragment, width} -Return the average peak-peak value over all samples in the fragment. -No filtering is done, so the usefulness of this routine is -questionable. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{bias}{fragment, width, bias} -Return a fragment that is the original fragment with a bias added to -each sample. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{cross}{fragment, width} -Return the number of zero crossings in the fragment passed as an -argument. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{findfactor}{fragment, reference} -Return a factor \var{F} such that -\code{rms(add(\var{fragment}, mul(\var{reference}, -\var{F})))} is -minimal, i.e., return the factor with which you should multiply -\var{reference} to make it match as well as possible to -\var{fragment}. The fragments should both contain 2-byte samples. - -The time taken by this routine is proportional to -\code{len(\var{fragment})}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{findfit}{fragment, reference} -Try to match \var{reference} as well as possible to a portion of -\var{fragment} (which should be the longer fragment). This is -(conceptually) done by taking slices out of \var{fragment}, using -\function{findfactor()} to compute the best match, and minimizing the -result. The fragments should both contain 2-byte samples. Return a -tuple \code{(\var{offset}, \var{factor})} where \var{offset} is the -(integer) offset into \var{fragment} where the optimal match started -and \var{factor} is the (floating-point) factor as per -\function{findfactor()}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{findmax}{fragment, length} -Search \var{fragment} for a slice of length \var{length} samples (not -bytes!)\ with maximum energy, i.e., return \var{i} for which -\code{rms(fragment[i*2:(i+length)*2])} is maximal. The fragments -should both contain 2-byte samples. - -The routine takes time proportional to \code{len(\var{fragment})}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{getsample}{fragment, width, index} -Return the value of sample \var{index} from the fragment. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{lin2adpcm}{fragment, width, state} -Convert samples to 4 bit Intel/DVI ADPCM encoding. ADPCM coding is an -adaptive coding scheme, whereby each 4 bit number is the difference -between one sample and the next, divided by a (varying) step. The -Intel/DVI ADPCM algorithm has been selected for use by the IMA, so it -may well become a standard. - -\var{state} is a tuple containing the state of the coder. The coder -returns a tuple \code{(\var{adpcmfrag}, \var{newstate})}, and the -\var{newstate} should be passed to the next call of -\function{lin2adpcm()}. In the initial call, \code{None} can be -passed as the state. \var{adpcmfrag} is the ADPCM coded fragment -packed 2 4-bit values per byte. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{lin2alaw}{fragment, width} -Convert samples in the audio fragment to a-LAW encoding and return -this as a Python string. a-LAW is an audio encoding format whereby -you get a dynamic range of about 13 bits using only 8 bit samples. It -is used by the Sun audio hardware, among others. -\versionadded{2.5} -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{lin2lin}{fragment, width, newwidth} -Convert samples between 1-, 2- and 4-byte formats. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{lin2ulaw}{fragment, width} -Convert samples in the audio fragment to u-LAW encoding and return -this as a Python string. u-LAW is an audio encoding format whereby -you get a dynamic range of about 14 bits using only 8 bit samples. It -is used by the Sun audio hardware, among others. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{minmax}{fragment, width} -Return a tuple consisting of the minimum and maximum values of all -samples in the sound fragment. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{max}{fragment, width} -Return the maximum of the \emph{absolute value} of all samples in a -fragment. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{maxpp}{fragment, width} -Return the maximum peak-peak value in the sound fragment. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{mul}{fragment, width, factor} -Return a fragment that has all samples in the original fragment -multiplied by the floating-point value \var{factor}. Overflow is -silently ignored. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{ratecv}{fragment, width, nchannels, inrate, outrate, - state\optional{, weightA\optional{, weightB}}} -Convert the frame rate of the input fragment. - -\var{state} is a tuple containing the state of the converter. The -converter returns a tuple \code{(\var{newfragment}, \var{newstate})}, -and \var{newstate} should be passed to the next call of -\function{ratecv()}. The initial call should pass \code{None} -as the state. - -The \var{weightA} and \var{weightB} arguments are parameters for a -simple digital filter and default to \code{1} and \code{0} respectively. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{reverse}{fragment, width} -Reverse the samples in a fragment and returns the modified fragment. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{rms}{fragment, width} -Return the root-mean-square of the fragment, i.e. -\begin{displaymath} -\catcode`_=8 -\sqrt{\frac{\sum{{S_{i}}^{2}}}{n}} -\end{displaymath} -This is a measure of the power in an audio signal. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{tomono}{fragment, width, lfactor, rfactor} -Convert a stereo fragment to a mono fragment. The left channel is -multiplied by \var{lfactor} and the right channel by \var{rfactor} -before adding the two channels to give a mono signal. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{tostereo}{fragment, width, lfactor, rfactor} -Generate a stereo fragment from a mono fragment. Each pair of samples -in the stereo fragment are computed from the mono sample, whereby left -channel samples are multiplied by \var{lfactor} and right channel -samples by \var{rfactor}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{ulaw2lin}{fragment, width} -Convert sound fragments in u-LAW encoding to linearly encoded sound -fragments. u-LAW encoding always uses 8 bits samples, so \var{width} -refers only to the sample width of the output fragment here. -\end{funcdesc} - -Note that operations such as \function{mul()} or \function{max()} make -no distinction between mono and stereo fragments, i.e.\ all samples -are treated equal. If this is a problem the stereo fragment should be -split into two mono fragments first and recombined later. Here is an -example of how to do that: - -\begin{verbatim} -def mul_stereo(sample, width, lfactor, rfactor): - lsample = audioop.tomono(sample, width, 1, 0) - rsample = audioop.tomono(sample, width, 0, 1) - lsample = audioop.mul(sample, width, lfactor) - rsample = audioop.mul(sample, width, rfactor) - lsample = audioop.tostereo(lsample, width, 1, 0) - rsample = audioop.tostereo(rsample, width, 0, 1) - return audioop.add(lsample, rsample, width) -\end{verbatim} - -If you use the ADPCM coder to build network packets and you want your -protocol to be stateless (i.e.\ to be able to tolerate packet loss) -you should not only transmit the data but also the state. Note that -you should send the \var{initial} state (the one you passed to -\function{lin2adpcm()}) along to the decoder, not the final state (as -returned by the coder). If you want to use \function{struct.struct()} -to store the state in binary you can code the first element (the -predicted value) in 16 bits and the second (the delta index) in 8. - -The ADPCM coders have never been tried against other ADPCM coders, -only against themselves. It could well be that I misinterpreted the -standards in which case they will not be interoperable with the -respective standards. - -The \function{find*()} routines might look a bit funny at first sight. -They are primarily meant to do echo cancellation. A reasonably -fast way to do this is to pick the most energetic piece of the output -sample, locate that in the input sample and subtract the whole output -sample from the input sample: - -\begin{verbatim} -def echocancel(outputdata, inputdata): - pos = audioop.findmax(outputdata, 800) # one tenth second - out_test = outputdata[pos*2:] - in_test = inputdata[pos*2:] - ipos, factor = audioop.findfit(in_test, out_test) - # Optional (for better cancellation): - # factor = audioop.findfactor(in_test[ipos*2:ipos*2+len(out_test)], - # out_test) - prefill = '\0'*(pos+ipos)*2 - postfill = '\0'*(len(inputdata)-len(prefill)-len(outputdata)) - outputdata = prefill + audioop.mul(outputdata,2,-factor) + postfill - return audioop.add(inputdata, outputdata, 2) -\end{verbatim} |