iOS Code to Convert m4a to WAV

Question

Does anyone have any code snippets that show how to convert an M4a file to WAV? I know there are libraries that convert the other way around.

Thanks.

Answer 1

If anyone else needs some code to do this here it is in Swift

func convertAudioFile(sourceURL: CFURLRef, destinationURL: 
CFURLRef, outputFormat: OSType , 
outputSampleRate: Float64) ->  OSStatus
{
var error : OSStatus = noErr
var destinationFile : ExtAudioFileRef = nil
var sourceFile : ExtAudioFileRef = nil

var srcFormat : AudioStreamBasicDescription = AudioStreamBasicDescription()
var dstFormat : AudioStreamBasicDescription = AudioStreamBasicDescription()

var audioConverter : AudioConverterRef = nil

audioConverter = AudioConverterRef.init()

ExtAudioFileOpenURL(sourceURL, &sourceFile)

var thePropertySize: UInt32 = UInt32(strideofValue(srcFormat))

ExtAudioFileGetProperty(sourceFile, kExtAudioFileProperty_FileDataFormat, &thePropertySize, &srcFormat)

dstFormat.mSampleRate = (outputSampleRate == 0 ? srcFormat.mSampleRate : outputSampleRate)  //Set sample rate

dstFormat.mFormatID = outputFormat
dstFormat.mChannelsPerFrame = 1
dstFormat.mBitsPerChannel = 16
dstFormat.mBytesPerPacket = 2 * dstFormat.mChannelsPerFrame
dstFormat.mBytesPerFrame = 2 * dstFormat.mChannelsPerFrame
dstFormat.mFramesPerPacket = 1
dstFormat.mFormatFlags = kLinearPCMFormatFlagIsPacked | kLinearPCMFormatFlagIsSignedInteger // little-endian

//Create destination file
ExtAudioFileCreateWithURL(destinationURL, kAudioFileCAFType, &dstFormat, nil,
    AudioFileFlags.EraseFile.rawValue, &destinationFile)

ExtAudioFileSetProperty(sourceFile, kExtAudioFileProperty_ClientDataFormat, thePropertySize, &dstFormat)
ExtAudioFileSetProperty(destinationFile, kExtAudioFileProperty_ClientDataFormat, thePropertySize, &dstFormat)

var size : UInt32 = UInt32(strideofValue(audioConverter))

ExtAudioFileGetProperty(destinationFile, kExtAudioFileProperty_AudioConverter, &size, &audioConverter)

var canResume : UInt32 = 0

size = UInt32(strideofValue(canResume))

error = AudioConverterGetProperty(audioConverter, kAudioConverterPropertyCanResumeFromInterruption, &size, &canResume)

let bufferByteSize : UInt32 = 32768
var srcBuffer = [UInt8](count: 32768, repeatedValue: 0)

var sourceFrameOffset : ULONG = 0

print("Converting audio file")

while(true){

    var fillBufList = AudioBufferList(
        mNumberBuffers: 1,
        mBuffers: AudioBuffer(
            mNumberChannels: 2,
            mDataByteSize: UInt32(srcBuffer.count),
            mData: &srcBuffer
        )  
    )

    var numFrames : UInt32 = 0

    if(dstFormat.mBytesPerFrame > 0){
        numFrames = bufferByteSize / dstFormat.mBytesPerFrame
    }

    ExtAudioFileRead(sourceFile, &numFrames, &fillBufList)

    if(numFrames == 0){
        error = noErr;
        break;
    }

    sourceFrameOffset += numFrames

    error = ExtAudioFileWrite(destinationFile, numFrames, &fillBufList)
}

ExtAudioFileDispose(destinationFile)
ExtAudioFileDispose(sourceFile)

let audioAsset = AVURLAsset.init(URL: destinationURL, options: nil)
if(audioAsset.duration.seconds < 5.0){
    error = -2500
}

return error;