toaiff.py

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"""Convert "arbitrary" sound files to AIFF (Apple and SGI's audio format).

Input may be compressed.
Uncompressed file type may be AIFF, WAV, VOC, 8SVX, NeXT/Sun, and others.
An exception is raised if the file is not of a recognized type.
Returned filename is either the input filename or a temporary filename;
in the latter case the caller must ensure that it is removed.
Other temporary files used are removed by the function.
"""

import os
import tempfile
import pipes
import sndhdr

__all__ = ["error", "toaiff"]

table = {}

t = pipes.Template()
t.append('sox -t au - -t aiff -r 8000 -', '--')
table['au'] = t

# XXX The following is actually sub-optimal.
# XXX The HCOM sampling rate can be 22k, 22k/2, 22k/3 or 22k/4.
# XXX We must force the output sampling rate else the SGI won't play
# XXX files sampled at 5.5k or 7.333k; however this means that files
# XXX sampled at 11k are unnecessarily expanded.
# XXX Similar comments apply to some other file types.
t = pipes.Template()
t.append('sox -t hcom - -t aiff -r 22050 -', '--')
table['hcom'] = t

t = pipes.Template()
t.append('sox -t voc - -t aiff -r 11025 -', '--')
table['voc'] = t

t = pipes.Template()
t.append('sox -t wav - -t aiff -', '--')
table['wav'] = t

t = pipes.Template()
t.append('sox -t 8svx - -t aiff -r 16000 -', '--')
table['8svx'] = t

t = pipes.Template()
t.append('sox -t sndt - -t aiff -r 16000 -', '--')
table['sndt'] = t

t = pipes.Template()
t.append('sox -t sndr - -t aiff -r 16000 -', '--')
table['sndr'] = t

uncompress = pipes.Template()
uncompress.append('uncompress', '--')


class error(Exception):
    pass

def toaiff(filename):
    temps = []
    ret = None
    try:
        ret = _toaiff(filename, temps)
    finally:
        for temp in temps[:]:
            if temp != ret:
                try:
                    os.unlink(temp)
                except os.error:
                    pass
                temps.remove(temp)
    return ret

def _toaiff(filename, temps):
    if filename[-2:] == '.Z':
        fname = tempfile.mktemp()
        temps.append(fname)
        sts = uncompress.copy(filename, fname)
        if sts:
            raise error, filename + ': uncompress failed'
    else:
        fname = filename
    try:
        ftype = sndhdr.whathdr(fname)
        if ftype:
            ftype = ftype[0] # All we're interested in
    except IOError, msg:
        if type(msg) == type(()) and len(msg) == 2 and \
                type(msg[0]) == type(0) and type(msg[1]) == type(''):
            msg = msg[1]
        if type(msg) != type(''):
            msg = `msg`
        raise error, filename + ': ' + msg
    if ftype == 'aiff':
        return fname
    if ftype is None or not table.has_key(ftype):
        raise error, \
                filename + ': unsupported audio file type ' + `ftype`
    temp = tempfile.mktemp()
    temps.append(temp)
    sts = table[ftype].copy(fname, temp)
    if sts:
        raise error, filename + ': conversion to aiff failed'
    return temp