public static void WriteHeader(Stream stream, int sampleRate)
{
const int bitsPerSample = 16;
const int bytesPerSample = bitsPerSample/8;
var encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
// ChunkID Contains the letters "RIFF" in ASCII form (0x52494646 big-endian form).
stream.Write(encoding.GetBytes("RIFF"), 0, 4);
// NOTE this will be filled in later
stream.Write(BitConverter.GetBytes(0), 0, 4);
// Format Contains the letters "WAVE"(0x57415645 big-endian form).
stream.Write(encoding.GetBytes("WAVE"), 0, 4);
// Subchunk1ID Contains the letters "fmt " (0x666d7420 big-endian form).
stream.Write(encoding.GetBytes("fmt "), 0, 4);
// Subchunk1Size 16 for PCM. This is the size of therest of the Subchunk which follows this number.
stream.Write(BitConverter.GetBytes(16), 0, 4);
// AudioFormat PCM = 1 (i.e. Linear quantization) Values other than 1 indicate some form of compression.
stream.Write(BitConverter.GetBytes((short) 1), 0, 2);
// NumChannels Mono = 1, Stereo = 2, etc.
stream.Write(BitConverter.GetBytes((short) 1), 0, 2);
// SampleRate 8000, 44100, etc.
stream.Write(BitConverter.GetBytes(sampleRate), 0, 4);
// ByteRate = SampleRate * NumChannels * BitsPerSample/8
stream.Write(BitConverter.GetBytes(sampleRate*bytesPerSample), 0, 4);
// BlockAlign NumChannels * BitsPerSample/8 The number of bytes for one sample including all channels.
stream.Write(BitConverter.GetBytes((short) (bytesPerSample)), 0, 2);
// BitsPerSample 8 bits = 8, 16 bits = 16, etc.
stream.Write(BitConverter.GetBytes((short) (bitsPerSample)), 0, 2);
// Subchunk2ID Contains the letters "data" (0x64617461 big-endian form).
stream.Write(encoding.GetBytes("data"), 0, 4);
// NOTE to be filled in later
stream.Write(BitConverter.GetBytes(0), 0, 4);
}
}
