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Odd RIFF size when frame width is 1 byte and data chunk has odd number of samples #92

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@4LT

I think hound is producing malformed WAV files when encoding 1-channel and an odd number of 8-bit samples. Here's my reasoning:

  • As per the documentation I could find (https://www.recordingblogs.com/wiki/wave-file-format) chunks must be 16-bit aligned; if the chunk size is odd, then an additional padding byte is required (I believe this is true of any RIFF format)
  • While individual chunks may have odd-numbered chunk sizes, the RIFF chunk contains only other chunks including their padding bytes
  • Therefore a valid WAV file should always have a RIFF chunk with an even-number size

However, when writing a wave file with an odd number of 8-bit samples, I'm getting files with odd-numbered RIFF sizes.

Tested with Hound v3.5.1

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