Capturing microphone audio in PCM format Windows Store App

Question

I have a requirement of capturing microphone audio in PCM format.

How it is possible in Windows Store App (Windows 8.1)

Following is the wave format i required

Channels = 1
FormatTag = Pcm
SamplesPerSecond = 8000
BitsPerSample = 16
BlockAlign = 2              
AverageBytesPerSecond = 16000

Thanks in advance for providing sample codes

Answer 1

You can browse and view sample code here:
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Windows-8-Modern-Style-App-Samples

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Answer 2

Hi 

I have tried the below example and i could capture pcm data. but the wave format of the captured pcm data is CD quality. when i set the above mentioned wave format, exception occurring 

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/525620/Recording-audio-to-WAV-with-WASAPI-in-Windows-Stor

Is it possible to capture pcm data in 8000 samples per second ?

Answer 3

Hi All

With the help of following example code, 
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/525620/Recording-audio-to-WAV-with-WASAPI-in-Windows-Stor 

I could success to write an application for capturing microphone audio in PCM format.
Following is the wave format of the captured PCM audio.

    Channels = 2
    FormatTag = Pcm
    SamplesPerSecond = 44100
    BitsPerSample = 32
    BlockAlign = 8           
    AverageBytesPerSecond = 352800


I want to re sample the PCM audio to the following wave type.
    Channels = 1
    FormatTag = Pcm
    SamplesPerSecond = 8000
    BitsPerSample = 16
    BlockAlign = 2              
    AverageBytesPerSecond = 16000

Forums saying that we can capture audio in CD quality only from windows store apps, is it true?
How it is to possible re sample wave type of PCM audio in windows store app?

Thanks in advanced for providing samples

Answer 4

I'll ask our media guru to respond.

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Answer 5

Hello,

WASAPI only supports the mix audio format specified by the device configuration. This audio format is set at the factory and cannot be changed programmatically or by the user. If you want to continue to use WASAPI you will need to do the High Pass filtering and sample rate conversion yourself. Unfortunately you can't use the sample rate conversion DMO directly from your code.

If you choose to use the Media Engine you might be able to create a sink that will allow the sample rate conversion DMO to be automatically loaded in the topology. Going this route will greatly change your architecture.

Supported Microsoft Media Foundation APIs for Windows Phone 8

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/jj681688%28v=vs.105%29.aspx

I hope this helps,

James

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