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17 <H1><B>Embedded Sound Files.
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20 By using the open SNDFILE with a file descriptor function:
24 SNDFILE* sf_open_fd (int fd, int mode, SF_INFO *sfinfo, int close_desc) ;
28 it is possible to open sound files embedded within larger files.
29 There are however a couple of caveats:
33 <LI> Read/Write mode (SFM_RDWR) is not supported.
34 <LI> Writing of embedded files is only supported at the end of the file.
35 <LI> Reading of embedded files is only supported at file offsets greater
37 <LI> Not all file formats are supported (currently only WAV, AIFF and AU).
41 The test program
<B>multi_file_test.c
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42 source code tarball shows how this functionality is used to read and write