[wdmaudiodev] AW: Wav file format tags--updates??

  • From: wdm <wdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 08:16:17 +0200

I have also contacted this address to obtain a "MIDI Manufacturer
and Product Identifier" for my MIDI-driver,  but also received no
response. This is somewhat frustrating...

Tobias

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Dean, James [mailto:James.Dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 22. Juni 2004 22:01
> An: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Betreff: [wdmaudiodev] Wav file format tags--updates??
> 
> 
> The most recent update to the multimedia standards from MS 
> is version 3.0 released in April 1994, and lists definitions 
> for roughly 40 types of wave audio data. (refer to riffnew.doc 
> in file mdrk.exe KB120253)
> 
> The most recent version of mmreg.h I can find is version 1.57 
> and it lists more than 120 format types, HOWEVER, my installation 
> of win2k doesn't recognize many of them--even format tags that 
> windows 98 knows about! (BTW-the properties handler media information 
> summary [under file properties] in win2k is crappy-not nearly as 
> useful as the service under win98--the preview is missing too). 
> 
> Are there any documentation for the remaining types defined since 
> early 1994?  I need the data formats "byte-by-byte" for a number
> of new the wave_format types that look promising for new audio
> codecs. These are *supposed* to be supplied to Microsoft as part
> of the registration process (which doesn't seem to be available
> anymore). 
> 
> Recently, I've also seen even more new format tags listed in the 
> file "Registered FOURCC Codes and WAVE Formats" in the 2003 SDK 
> documentation, but it is still missing more formats such as the 
> ogg-vorbis and gsm series listed elsewhere and existing in the 'wild'.
> 
> Does Microsoft register these codecs anymore? There is no response 
> from mmreg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx to any questions.
> 
> Regards,
> James Dean
> National Research Council
> Ottawa, ON
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