bundles / scipy 1.18.0 / scipy / io / wavfile / _read_fmt_chunk

function

`scipy.io.wavfile:_read_fmt_chunk`

source: /scipy/io/wavfile.py:368

Signature

def _read_fmt_chunk(fid, is_big_endian)

Returns

size : int: size of format subchunk in bytes (minus 8 for "fmt " and itself)
format_tag : int: PCM, float, or compressed format
channels : int: number of channels
fs : int: sampling frequency in samples per second
bytes_per_second : int: overall byte rate for the file
block_align : int: bytes per sample, including all channels
bit_depth : int: bits per sample

Notes

Assumes file pointer is immediately after the 'fmt ' id

Aliases

scipy.io.wavfile._read_fmt_chunk