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Function returns a short array, same size as it's compressed byte equivalent
Function returns a short array, same size as it's compressed byte equivalent


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#define LOG10 2.3025850929940456840 //ln(10)
#define LOG10 2.3025850929940456840 //ln(10)
#define LOG2 1.4426950408889634070 //log2(e)
#define LOG2 1.4426950408889634070 //log2(e)
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short* DeCompress(const char *CompressedData,int len)
short* DeCompress(const char *CompressedData,int len)
{
{
short *snap,*OutputData;
        short *snap,*OutputData;


if (!(snap=OutputData=new short[len]))  return 0;
if (!(snap=OutputData=new short[len]))  return 0;
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return snap;
return snap;
}
}
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===C# code===
===C# code===
If the <soundData> is compressed the following (C#) code can be used for decompression:
If the <soundData> is compressed the following (C#) code can be used for decompression:

Revision as of 23:20, 20 October 2011

Introduction

WSS files are used since OFP times to store sound data and its file format is pretty much like the RIFF WAVE file format used for .wav files.

For the purposes of description here, 'Sound' in both wav or wss is recorded as PCM data in 16 bit 'samples'. The quality of that sound is determined by the frequency of those 'samples' per second, referred to as the SampleRate.

Given this: a few important paramaters are define here:

  • BitsPerSample: 16
  • BytesPerSample: 2 (Inferred BitsPerSample/8)


File Format

Offset Datatype Content Description
0 char[4] "WSS0" file signature
4 ulong CompressionType 0 == none. 8== compressed PCM data
8 ushort format Always 1 (WAVE_FORMAT_PCM)
10 ushort nChannels 1=mono, 2=stereo
12 ulong SampleRate e.g. 44100Hz
16 ulong BytesPerSecond SampleRate * BlockAlign
20 ushort BlockAlign nChannels * BytesPerSample
22 ushort BitsPerSecond usually 16
24 ushort <unknown> unknown value
26 byte[fileSize-26] <soundData> here the PCM data of the sound is stored

Decompression

Compression consists of single encoded byte 'samples' versus uncompressed short 'samples'. Each byte is, effectively, extrapolated to a short, thus making the compressed BYTE array, and the resulting decompressed SHORT array the same number of elements(length). The length is the remaining file length (in bytes) after the header.

C++ code

Function returns a short array, same size as it's compressed byte equivalent

#define LOG10	2.3025850929940456840	//ln(10)
#define LOG2	1.4426950408889634070	//log2(e)
#define MAGIC_NUMBER	((LOG10*LOG2)/28.12574042515172)

short* DeCompress(const char *CompressedData,int len)
{
        short *snap,*OutputData;

	if (!(snap=OutputData=new short[len]))  return 0;
	short LastVal=0;
	for (;len--;CompressedData++)
	{
		if (*CompressedData)
		{
			double asFloat = abs(*CompressedData) *MAGIC_NUMBER;
			double rnd = Round(asFloat);
			asFloat = pow(2.0, asFloat - rnd) * pow(2, rnd);// mantissa -
			if (*CompressedData < 0) asFloat *= -1;
			int asInt = Round(asFloat)+LastVal;
			if (asInt > SHRT_MAX ) asInt = SHRT_MAX ;
			if (asInt < SHRT_MIN) asInt = SHRT_MIN;
			LastVal=(short)asInt;
		 }
		*OutputData++ = LastVal;
	}
	return snap;
}

C# code

If the <soundData> is compressed the following (C#) code can be used for decompression:

PCMData = new Int16[soundData.Length];
for (int j = 0; j < PCMData.Length; j++)
{
  SByte srcSample = (SByte)soundData[j];
  if (srcSample != 0)
  {
    double asFloat = Math.Abs(srcSample) / 28.12574042515172;
    asFloat *= 2.3025850929940456840; //ln(10)
    asFloat *= 1.4426950408889634070; //log2(e)
    double rnd = Math.Round(asFloat);
    double mantisse = Math.Pow(2.0, asFloat - rnd);
    asFloat = mantisse * Math.Pow(2, rnd);
    if (srcSample < 0) asFloat *= -1;
    Int32 asInt = (int)Math.Round(asFloat);
    asInt = (j == 0) ? asInt : (asInt + PCMData[j - 1]);
    if (asInt > short.MaxValue) asInt = short.MaxValue;
    if (asInt < short.MinValue) asInt = short.MinValue;
    PCMData[j] = (Int16)asInt;
  }
  else PCMData[j] = (j == 0) ? (Int16)0 : PCMData[j - 1];
}