The following code fragment shows how to open a RIFF file for buffered I/O, as well as how to descend, ascend, and read RIFF chunks.
/* ReversePlay--Plays a WAVE waveform audio file backwards
*/
void ReversePlay()
{
char szFileName[128]; // filename of file to open
HMMIO hmmio; // file handle for open file
MMCKINFO mmckinfoParent; // parent chunk information structure
MMCKINFO mmckinfoSubchunk; // subchunk information structure
DWORD dwFmtSize; // size of "fmt " chunk
DWORD dwDataSize; // size of "data" chunk
WAVEFORMAT *pFormat; // pointer to memory for "fmt " chunk
HPSTR lpData; // pointer to memory for "data" chunk
...
/* Get the filename from the edit control
*/
...
/* Open the given file for reading with buffered I/O
* using the default internal buffer
*/
if(!(hmmio = mmioOpen(szFileName, NULL, MMIO_READ | MMIO_ALLOCBUF))){
Error("Failed to open file.");
return;
}
/* Locate a "RIFF" chunk with a "WAVE" form type
* to make sure the file is a WAVE file
*/
mmckinfoParent.fccType = mmioFOURCC('W', 'A', 'V', 'E');
if (mmioDescend(hmmio, (LPMMCKINFO) &mmckinfoParent, NULL,
MMIO_FINDRIFF)){
Error("This is not a WAVE file.");
mmioClose(hmmio, 0);
return;
}
/* Find the "fmt " chunk (form type "fmt "); it must be
* a subchunk of the "RIFF" parent chunk
*/
mmckinfoSubchunk.ckid = mmioFOURCC('f', 'm', 't', ' ');
if (mmioDescend(hmmio, &mmckinfoSubchunk, &mmckinfoParent,
MMIO_FINDCHUNK)){
Error("WAVE file has no "fmt " chunk.");
mmioClose(hmmio, 0);
return;
}
/* Get the size of the "fmt " chunk--allocate and lock memory for it
*/
dwFmtSize = mmckinfoSubchunk.cksize;
...
/* Read the "fmt " chunk
*/
if (mmioRead(hmmio, (HPSTR) pFormat, dwFmtSize) != dwFmtSize){
Error("Failed to read format chunk.");
...
mmioClose(hmmio, 0);
return;
}
/* Ascend out of the "fmt " subchunk
*/
mmioAscend(hmmio, &mmckinfoSubchunk 0);
/* Find the data subchunk. The current file position should be at the
* beginning of the data chunk, however, you should not make this * assumption--use mmioDescend to locate the data chunk.
*/
mmckinfoSubchunk.ckid = mmioFOURCC('d', 'a', 't', 'a');
if (mmioDescend(hmmio, &mmckinfoSubchunk, &mmckinfoParent,
MMIO_FINDCHUNK)){
Error("WAVE file has no data chunk.");
...
mmioClose(hmmio, 0);
return;
}
/* Get the size of the data subchunk
*/
dwDataSize = mmckinfoSubchunk.cksize;
if (dwDataSize == 0L){
Error("The data chunk contains no data.");
...
mmioClose(hmmio, 0);
return;
}
/* Open a waveform output device
*/
...
/* Allocate and lock memory for the waveform data
*/
...
/* Read the waveform data subchunk
*/
if(mmioRead(hmmio, (HPSTR) lpData, dwDataSize) != dwDataSize){
Error("Failed to read data chunk.");
...
mmioClose(hmmio, 0);
return;
}
/* Close the file
*/
mmioClose(hmmio, 0);
/* Reverse the sound and play it
*/
...
}