[python-win32] using the wave module for reading wave files

[Tim Roberts]

Tony Cappellini wrote:
>
> In the wave module, is the term "frame" synonymous with sample?
> That is, does the method wave.readframes(1) read a sample that is 
> getsampwidth() bits wide, where each sample was sampled at the 
> frequency found at wave.getframerate() ?

The nice thing about Python is that you can go look in the source.  
wave.py is in the standard library.

Each "frame" is sample width X number of channels.  If you have a 
44100-S-16 audio stream, each frame is 4 bytes (stereo x 16 bits per 
sample).

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