readAudio {sonicscrewdriver}

Read an audio file

Description

This file is used to read an audio file and return a Wave object, it is an abstraction function for various specific audio reading functions. If no existing method can be identified an attempt is made to use the av package to read the audio.

Usage

readAudio(file, mime = "auto", from = 0, to = Inf, units = "seconds")

Arguments

file

File to read

mime

MIME type of file to read, or "auto". Supported types are "audio/x-wav" and "audio/mpeg" (MP3)

from

Start point in file to return

to

End point in file to return

units

One of "samples", "seconds", "minutes", "hours". Default is "seconds".

Value

A Wave object