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14.4 sunau -- Read and write Sun AU files

The sunau module provides a convenient interface to the Sun AU sound format. Note that this module is interface-compatible with the modules aifc and wave.

The sunau module defines the following functions:

open (file, mode)

If file is a string, open the file by that name, otherwise treat it as a seekable file-like object. mode can be any of

'r'

Read only mode.

'w'

Write only mode.

Note that it does not allow read/write files.

A mode of 'r' returns a AU_read object, while a mode of 'w' or 'wb' returns a AU_write object.

openfp (file, mode)

A synonym for open, maintained for backwards compatibility.

The sunau module defines the following exception:

Error

An error raised when something is impossible because of Sun AU specs or implementation deficiency.

The sunau module defines the following data item:

AUDIO_FILE_MAGIC

An integer every valid Sun AU file begins with a big-endian encoding of.

• 14.4.1 AU_read Objects
• 14.4.2 AU_write Objects

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