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Title: Allow specifying code packing order in audioop adpcm functions
Type: behavior Stage:
Components: Versions: Python 3.8, Python 3.7
process
Status: open Resolution:
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: MosesofEgypt, ncoghlan, serhiy.storchaka
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2017-11-10 23:40 by MosesofEgypt, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin.

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File name Uploaded Description Edit
adpcm_test.zip MosesofEgypt, 2017-11-10 23:40 Zip containing an audio file and script to reproduce the issue
Messages (4)
msg306063 - (view) Author: MosesofEgypt (MosesofEgypt) * Date: 2017-11-10 23:40
--- Issue ---
audioop.adpcm2lin and audioop.lin2adpcm currently treat the high 4 bits of each byte as the first code and the low 4 as the second code. In practice this is often the opposite.
http://www.drdobbs.com/database/algorithm-alley/184410326
https://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php/Microsoft_IMA_ADPCM

--- Steps to reproduce ---
Run the attached script to decompress the attached wav to two different 16bit signed pcm wav files. The "GOOD" one had the nibbles of each code swapped before being decoded, while the "BAD" one didnt.

--- Suggested fix ---
I propose an additional optional boolean parameter to these functions to specify which nibble is the first code and which is the second.

NOTE: I haven't compiled my changes to test as I do not know how to set up a cpython build environment. This commit is more intended to show how to implement the fix.
https://github.com/MosesofEgypt/cpython/commit/4a5ca65833ec79857f065546ae0d90661ce26f5f
msg306488 - (view) Author: MosesofEgypt (MosesofEgypt) * Date: 2017-11-18 18:02
Changed type to behavior as this is more of a bug fix than an enhancement.
msg308225 - (view) Author: MosesofEgypt (MosesofEgypt) * Date: 2017-12-13 17:43
Added serhiy.storchaka to nosy list as the issue has been open for over a month without response(not sure if I should have done this in the first place).
msg309786 - (view) Author: Alyssa Coghlan (ncoghlan) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-01-11 00:02
Adjusting target versions, as even though the status quo leads to mishandling some input data, the fix is a feature request to make the behaviour configurable, which restricts the change to 3.7+.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:54adminsetgithub: 76185
2018-01-11 00:02:56ncoghlansetnosy: + ncoghlan

messages: + msg309786
versions: - Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6
2017-12-13 17:43:42MosesofEgyptsetnosy: + serhiy.storchaka

messages: + msg308225
versions: + Python 2.7
2017-11-18 18:02:04MosesofEgyptsettype: enhancement -> behavior
messages: + msg306488
2017-11-10 23:40:07MosesofEgyptcreate