audio

Where to find audio recordings for a 'learn to spell' program?

Where can I find or buy, in bulk, recordings of 20,000+ English words, read by native speakers? (preferably available as individual audio files with an index) I don't want to use a "text to speech" program if possible because the quality isn't good enough for people who are trying to learn a language. ...

wired headphones pluged in and out

Hello, I need an event executing when user plugs in/out wired headphones, it made in HTC sense player. android.media.AudioManager doesn't generate an event, it even doesn't return a correct value with isWiredHeadsetOn() How can i know if wired headset plugged or not? ...

Android ADP2 Sapphire audio chips?

Anyone ever looked under the hood on an HTC phone to see what ic they use for the mic? Stupid HTC support said it was 'proprietary', like if they told me, I'd build a buch of android phones and put em out of business? I've searched the sapphire *.c source files for 'mic'. Seems like there is legacy support for soundblasters, all sorts of...

How does iTunes read/write Audio file tags

I'm wondering how does iTunes read/write Audio file tags, using which framework, api or something. I haven't found any information about this at apple's development document. Due to the open software license, iTunes should only use apple's framework, I think, but can't find any example. Help me please ...

Audio Broadcasting Live to internet

I am trying to develop an application related to Live Audio Broadcasting on internet.I already seen application like Ustream and ipadio.My query is How they are creating a web address to each users..?Is it a server side coading..?any information please ...? I Implemented AQRecorder.mm class to my application for recording and taking as a...

Why does this Audio Unit RemoteIO initialisation work on iPhone but not in simulator?

I am using the Audio Unit services to set up an output rendering callback so I can mix together synthesized audio. The code I have seems to work perfectly on the devices I have (iPod Touch, iPhone 3G, and iPad) but fails to work on the simulator. On the simulator, the AudioUnitInitialise function fails and returns a value of -10851 (kA...

streaming audio with html5 `<audio>` tag

I am trying to stream audio on a site hosted by Dreamhost from a lecture series using the <audio> tag in html5, but without much success. The actual code is <audio id="playerTwo" class="player" controls="controls" preload="none"> <source src="audio.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs='vorbis'"/> <source src="audio.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"/> </au...

modify the audio recorded with microphone

how do i get access to the audio recorded by the microphone before it is accessed by the other applications. ...

Convert MP3 to WAV in Memorystream for Playback with System.Media.Soundplayer

I'm trying to use the NAudio library to do some InLine conversion of some soundeffects for Playback with my application using the Media Soundplayer for the actual playback. (I find NAudio playback is a bit jittery for direct playback, hence the Conversion) I really don't want to be extracting the files to disk to playback instead i'd li...

How should I objectively test my program results?

I have developed two differing methods in MATLAB which aim to analyse a pop song and then automatically create a 30 second audio thumbnail (a preview clip) containing part of the chorus section. Both methods have varying results: The first method can create a thumbnail for each track, managing to find a chorus section in 40 out of 50...

Sound with JOGL?

I have a JOGL app, and I'd like to programmatically play audio files. Is this possible? ...

how to play wav file in java 1.4

as title How can i play a sound file repeatedly in java v1.4? ...

Converting a 32 bit wave form to a 16 bit wave form

I've been capturing audio using the loopback capture mode. The captured waveform is a 32 bit waveform. I'm struggling with converting this to a 16 bit waveform so encoders like lame can deal with it (it says Unsupported data format: 0x0003). I've tried shifting the bits (not my strong point) in the wave stream itself from 32 bit to 16...

A way to play mp3 samples

I am currentyl developing a site for a client who requires artist to upload their music but only play samples of it, sorta like iTunes. The site has a php backend and is currently using a basic mp3 flash player to play mp3s. My question is there a flash player that can be configured to play only samples or is there a way through php or ...

Sound balance keeps jumping

I'm using AudioHardwareServiceSetPropertyData to set the master volume. I'm using the following: AudioObjectPropertyAddress propertyAOPA; propertyAOPA.mElement = kAudioObjectPropertyElementMaster; propertyAOPA.mScope = kAudioDevicePropertyScopeOutput; The problem I'm facing now is that, the sound volume can be set properly in my app, ...

How do I get JetCreator for android to run?

I have a fresh install of python25 with xwidgits for it just like the instructions say. When I try to run the py file I get the following error. C:\development\android-sdk-windows\tools\Jet\JetCreator>python -v JetCreator.py installing zipimport hook import zipimport # builtin installed zipimport hook 'import site' failed; tracebac...

Software: How does software recognize a song?

I was playing with my phone and there is this app on it that when u use it to record 10 seconds of a song, it tells you the title and author of that song. Now as a software engineer I can't help but wonder, How does this work? ...

How do you reconize voice from web app

I want something really simple to identify one word ( "UNO !" ) ...

Seeking cause of Android 'ERROR/CameraInput(57): Unsupported parameter(...' in LogCat output

I am finding Android's MediaRecorder to be very tempermental. I have an application where I have been successful recording, but I see the following LogCat ouput: 09-30 11:34:09.143: ERROR/CameraInput(57): Unsupported parameter(x-pvmf/media-input-node/cap-config-interface;valtype=key_specific_value) 09-30 11:34:09.143: ERROR/CameraInpu...

Playing multiple audio files in Android

I think I should know this, but my mind has gone blank. I'm making an app that has a few hundred small sound files and I want it to play a certain file dependent on a String I pass to the function. Where I hit the brick wall is getting the resId of the sound file. I am using this code: MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create(context, R.raw...