Question

Im trying to record a little endian PCM file with AudioQueue. According to the docs I should clear the kAudioFormatFlagIsBigEndian bit in the AudioStreamBasicDescripton.mFormatFlags.

The docs says:

kAudioFormatFlagIsBigEndian. Set for big endian, clear for little
endian.

My setup looks like

- (void)setupAudioFormat:(AudioStreamBasicDescription*)format 
{
    //format->mSampleRate = 8000.0;
    format->mSampleRate = 44000.0;
    format->mFormatID = kAudioFormatLinearPCM;
    format->mFramesPerPacket = 1;
    format->mChannelsPerFrame = 2;
    format->mBytesPerFrame = format->mBytesPerPacket = format->mChannelsPerFrame * sizeof(SInt16);
    format->mBitsPerChannel = 16;
    format->mReserved = 0;
    format->mFormatFlags = ~kAudioFormatFlagIsBigEndian | kLinearPCMFormatFlagIsSignedInteger | kLinearPCMFormatFlagIsPacked | kAudioFormatFlagIsAlignedHigh;

}

The error I’m getting is

kAudioFileUnsupportedDataFormatError

Could anyone help me figure out whats wrong? Is it even possible to record little endian on an iOS device? One alternative to recording with little endian would be to convert the file later so any hints on that would also be much appriciated.

Answer 1

Did you mean to request a sample rate of 44100.0 ?

The way to clear a flag is not to set every bit except that one as you have done (you probably set dozens of illegal bits in your example), but:

mFormatFlags &= ~(bitToClear);