Converting audio to CAF format for playback on iPhone using OpenAL
I am using the SoundEngine sample code from Apple in the CrashLanding sample to play back multiple audio files. Using the sample caf files included with CrashLanding everything works fine but when I try and use my own samplesconverted to CAF using afconvert all I get is a stony silence ;)
Does anyone have settings for afconvert that will produce a CAF file capable of being played back through OpenAL?
afconvert -f caff -d LEI16@44100 -c 1 in.wav out.caf
References:
- Apple's Multimedia Programming Guide: Using Audio: Preferred Audio Formats in iOS
-
afconvert(1) man page (use
afconvert -h
for complete info)
Simple bash script to convert the mp3 files in a folder to caf for iphone
#!/bin/bash
for f in *.mp3; do
echo "Processing $f file..."
afconvert -f caff -d LEI16@44100 -c 1 "$f" "${f/mp3/caf}"
done
this is the best for size:
afconvert -f caff -d ima4 original.wav
thanks for the info.
also, if you're looking into additional compression with openAL, this might be of interest:
"iPhone, OpenAL, and IMA4/ADPCM" http://www.wooji-juice.com/blog/iphone-openal-ima4-adpcm.html
It looks like the -c is not working today, I got it with following:
afconvert -f caff -d LEI16 input.m4a output.caf