Commit cbc75085 authored by Stefan Westerfeld's avatar Stefan Westerfeld

README.adoc: update raw streams description (wav-pipe format related)

Signed-off-by: Stefan Westerfeld's avatarStefan Westerfeld <stefan@space.twc.de>
parent fe2b96dc
...@@ -489,15 +489,10 @@ channels, bit depth, encoding and so forth from the stream itself, and the a ...@@ -489,15 +489,10 @@ channels, bit depth, encoding and so forth from the stream itself, and the a
wav header is written for the program after `audiowmark`, so that this can wav header is written for the program after `audiowmark`, so that this can
figure out the parameters of the stream. figure out the parameters of the stream.
There are two cases where this is problematic. The first case is if the full If the program before or after `audiowmark` doesn't support wav headers, raw
length of the stream is not known at the time processing starts. Then a wav streams can be used instead. The idea is to set all information that is needed
header cannot be used, as the wav file contains the length of the stream. The like sample rate, number of channels,... manually. Then, headerless data can
second case is that the program before or after `audiowmark` doesn't support wav be processed from stdin and/or sent to stdout.
headers.
For these two cases, raw streams are available. The idea is to set all
information that is needed like sample rate, number of channels,... manually.
Then, headerless data can be processed from stdin and/or sent to stdout.
--input-format raw:: --input-format raw::
--output-format raw:: --output-format raw::
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