I need to convert audio file from μ-law to PCM

Question

I need to convert wav file from FORMAT 1 to FORMAT 2

Format 1 : μ-law, 8000Hz, 64 kbps, mono

FORMAT 2 : Container WAV Encoding PCM Rate 16K Sample Format 16 bit Channels Mono

Following is the Code snippet :

File file = new File("audio_before_conversion.wav");
AudioFormat audioFormat = new AudioFormat(16000, 16, 1, true , true);
AudioInputStream audioInputStream1 = new AudioInputStream(
     new FileInputStream(file), audioFormat, numFrames);
AudioSystem.write(audioInputStream1, Type.WAVE, 
     new File("audio_after_conversion.wav"));

Issue : But, this is not working. It playing some noise and also reducing my audio file length.

Edit 1: mu-Law to μ-law

is your input format μ-law ? I have not heard of Mu-Laq – Scott Stensland Jul 06 '17 at 17:32 — Scott Stensland, Jul 06 '17 at 17:32
http://www.tagtraum.com/ffsampledsp/ may get you there. – Hendrik Jul 07 '17 at 03:19 — Hendrik, Jul 07 '17 at 03:19

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 06 '17 at 15:42

Following code worked for me --

File sourceFile = new File("<Source_Path>.wav");

        File targetFile = new File("<Destination_Path>.wav");

        AudioInputStream sourceAudioInputStream = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(sourceFile);


        AudioInputStream targetAudioInputStream=AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(AudioFormat.Encoding.PCM_SIGNED, sourceAudioInputStream);
        System.out.println("Sample Rate1 "+targetAudioInputStream.getFormat().getFrameRate());
    AudioFormat targetFormat = new AudioFormat(new AudioFormat.Encoding("PCM_SIGNED"), 16000, 16, 1, 2, 8000, false);



        AudioInputStream targetAudioInputStream1 = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(targetFormat, targetAudioInputStream);
        System.out.println("Sample Rate "+targetAudioInputStream1.getFormat().getFrameRate());

        try {
            AudioSystem.write(targetAudioInputStream1, AudioFileFormat.Type.WAVE, targetFile);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 29 '17 at 06:40

You need to use the AudioSystem and split up format conversion and audio writing into two different steps:

final File file = new File("audio_before_conversion.wav");
// open the audio stream
final AudioInputStream pcmStream8k = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(file);
// specify target format
final AudioFormat targetFormat = new AudioFormat(16000, 16, 1, true , true);
// this converts your audio stream
final AudioInputStream pcmStream16k = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(targetFormat, pcmStream8k);
// this writes the audio stream
AudioSystem.write(pcmStream16k, AudioFileFormat.Type.WAVE, new File("audio_after_conversion.wav"));

I need to convert audio file from μ-law to PCM

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