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What is a channel in a .wav file format?Do all channels play simultaneaously when a wav file is played?


I read about.wav file format by googling,all I could figure was that Frames are made of samples(of some defined bit depth) and a wav stereo file has a multiple of something called channels.... The confusion is whether a channel is made up of frames? Do all channels play along when I play some audio file? If a channel is made up of frames,are all channels equal in length(bit wise)? Please answer if someone can,I have to display each channel separately when playing a wav file in waveform


Solution

  • In each frame in wav there are channels. If you have stereo sound, then each frame contains two samples (left and right).

    Yes, unless you chose to play only one channel. Then samples for second channel are ignored.

    Yes.