Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@ogazitt
Created August 16, 2012 04:36
Show Gist options
  • Star 0 You must be signed in to star a gist
  • Fork 1 You must be signed in to fork a gist
  • Save ogazitt/3366917 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save ogazitt/3366917 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Encode a PCM byte array using NSpeex
// I call EncodeSpeech() with a byte array containing PCM-encoded audio data that I get from the
// microphone (with len being the number of encoded bytes in the buffer, in case this is the
// last chunk and the buffer is only partially filled).
// In my app I send the returned byte array to a service for processing - hence I prefix the
// encoded Speex data it with length information.
// The reason that I prefix the data with both the original PCM buffer size as well as the
// the size of the encoded chunk is that the DECODER needs to know the original buffer size,
// otherwise it does not decode properly. Of course the size of the encoded chunk is to "frame"
// the chunks for the service, which may read multiple chunks off a stream.
private static Microphone mic = Microphone.Default;
private static byte[] EncodeSpeech(byte[] buf, int len)
{
BandMode mode = GetBandMode(mic.SampleRate);
SpeexEncoder encoder = new SpeexEncoder(mode);
// set encoding quality to lowest (which will generate the smallest size in the fastest time)
encoder.Quality = 1;
int inDataSize = len / 2;
// convert to short array
short[] data = new short[inDataSize];
int sampleIndex = 0;
for (int index = 0; index < len; index += 2, sampleIndex++)
{
data[sampleIndex] = BitConverter.ToInt16(buf, index);
}
// note: the number of samples per frame must be a multiple of encoder.FrameSize
inDataSize = inDataSize - inDataSize % encoder.FrameSize;
var encodedData = new byte[len];
int encodedBytes = encoder.Encode(data, 0, inDataSize, encodedData, 0, len);
if (encodedBytes != 0)
{
// each chunk is laid out as follows:
// | 4-byte total chunk size | 4-byte encoded buffer size | <encoded-bytes> |
byte[] inDataSizeBuf = BitConverter.GetBytes(inDataSize);
byte[] sizeBuf = BitConverter.GetBytes(encodedBytes + inDataSizeBuf.Length);
byte[] returnBuf = new byte[encodedBytes + sizeBuf.Length + inDataSizeBuf.Length];
sizeBuf.CopyTo(returnBuf, 0);
inDataSizeBuf.CopyTo(returnBuf, sizeBuf.Length);
Array.Copy(encodedData, 0, returnBuf, sizeBuf.Length + inDataSizeBuf.Length, encodedBytes);
return returnBuf;
}
else
return buf;
}
private static BandMode GetBandMode(int sampleRate)
{
if (sampleRate <= 8000)
return BandMode.Narrow;
if (sampleRate <= 16000)
return BandMode.Wide;
return BandMode.UltraWide;
}
@tianj
Copy link

tianj commented Sep 6, 2012

Hi, I use SpeexDecoder to decode the data, but cannot get the same short[] data as before encoded. Do you have the same issue? or could you give me a sample how to decode the data?

@tianj
Copy link

tianj commented Sep 6, 2012

Here's the code:
private byte[] DecodeSpeech(byte[] buf)
{
BandMode mode = GetBandMode(microphone.SampleRate);
SpeexDecoder decoder = new SpeexDecoder(mode);

        byte[] inDataSizeBuf = new byte[4];
        byte[] sizeBuf = new byte[4];
        byte[] encodedBuf = new byte[buf.Length - 8];            
        Array.Copy(buf, 0, sizeBuf, 0, 4);
        Array.Copy(buf, 4, inDataSizeBuf, 0, 4);
        Array.Copy(buf, 8, encodedBuf, 0, buf.Length - 8);

        int inDataSize = BitConverter.ToInt32(inDataSizeBuf, 0);
        int size = BitConverter.ToInt32(sizeBuf, 0);
        short[] decodedBuf = new short[inDataSize];
        int decodedSize = decoder.Decode(encodedBuf, 0, encodedBuf.Length, decodedBuf, 0, false);

        byte[] returnBuf = new byte[inDataSize*2];
        for (int index = 0; index < decodedBuf.Length; index++)
        {
            byte[] temp = BitConverter.GetBytes(decodedBuf[index]);
            Array.Copy(temp, 0, returnBuf, index * 2, 2);
        }

        return returnBuf;
    }

Copy link

ghost commented Sep 19, 2012

I am also facing issues while decoding. Can anyone share how to decode using Speex ?

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment