Extracting RAW PCM data from *.wav file

[polarmystery]

Hey folks,

Any of you have any suggestions to software/links that can show how to extract the raw PCM data from a wav file? I'm trying to do some DSP on a few example files I have, and my audio Codec takes in data in 16-bit (per channel) format. I know wav's have some form of data padding between what looks like a RIFF header and some other bytes for file information. I haven't been very successful finding a piece of software that extracts the data. Thoughts?

 

[nickbits]

You could open the files in a hex editor and delete the file header. Generally the header is 44 bytes long then the raw PCM data starts. Or, if you can do any programming it is a 5 minute job.

 

[PottedMeat]

will ffmpeg work?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4854513/can-ffmpeg-convert-audio-to-raw-pcm-if-so-how

 

[sm625]

http://www.sonicspot.com/guide/wavefiles.html

 

[polarmystery]

Greatness.

Thanks for the links guys!