Read LPCM WAVE data

A BAE (Broadcast Audio Extension) chunk

A data chunk

A format chunk

A RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format) chunk

WAVE processing errors

A mismatched block align value

A mismatched byte rate value

Missing chunks

A RIFF size that does not correspond to the file size. RIFF size must be equal to file size - 8

An unexpected end of file

An unexpected format size. A format size of 16 is expected

An unexpected four character code

An unreadable date. Dates have to be of the form “yyyy-mm-dd”, where the minus/hyphen may be any character

An unreadable time. Times have to be of the form “hh-mm-ss”, where the minus/hyphen may be any character

An unsupported bits per sample value. Currently, only values of 8, 16, and 24 are supported

An unsupported format. Currently, only 1 (LPCM) is supported

A channel value of 0. The number of channels must be positive

A FourCC (four character code)

A ZSTR: a NULL-terminated string