Data to sound
A simple crate to convert data to sound, and sound to data. The sound file format is wave (.wav). You can use it as a library or as a command line tool, also supports WASI. (dependency-free)
Minimum supported Rust version
The minimum supported Rust version is 1.59.0.
Note
The sound frequency is 202860Hz (202.86kHz), and the sound is mono. The sound is encoded in 16 bits.
Disadvantages
- The wave file size limit is 4GB, so you can't store more than 4GB of data in a single file.
Advantages
- The sound file is a standard .wav file, so you can play it with any audio player.
- The sound file will be the same size as the data file.
Usage
There are two ways to use this crate. As a library, or as a command line tool. The library is the core of the tool, so you can use the library to create your own tool. Also we support WASI, so you can use the cli in a WASI environment.
Library
Add this to your Cargo.toml:
[]
= "0.2.0"
See the documentation for more information about the library.
Command line Interface
Install the tool with cargo:
Run the tool with:
And to convert a file to sound:
And to convert a sound file to data:
WASI
You can use the CLI in a WASI environment. All you need to do is to install the wasm file from the releases page, and to run it with wasmtime or wasmer.
Install with GitHub CLI
Wasmtime
You need to get access to the directory where the input file is located, and to the directory where the output file will be created. You can do that with the --dir
flag.
Help message:
Encoding and decoding:
Wasmer
The same as with wasmtime Help message:
Encoding and decoding:
Use cases
This crate can be used to store data in a sound file, and to retrieve the data from the sound file. This can be useful for storing data in a sound file.
Benchmarks
The following benchmarks were made on a 4.600GHz 12th Gen Intel i7-12700H CPU with 16GB of RAM.
Encoding
File size | Audio file size | Audio length | Speed | Link |
---|---|---|---|---|
2687.94MB | 2687.94MB | 01:28:13 | 1.47s | Soundcloud-link |
35.3MB | 35.3MB | 00:01::27 | 39.07ms | Soundcloud-link |
Decoding
File size | Audio file size | Audio length | Speed | Link |
---|---|---|---|---|
2687.94MB | 2687.94MB | 01:28:13 | 1.44s | Soundcloud-link |
35.3MB | 35.3MB | 00:01::27 | 38.97ms | Soundcloud-link |
Disclaimer
This tool was designed for educational purposes as it explains how to save data in an audio file. It is not recommended to exploit this thing to use cloud audio storage services to store your data, as your account may be banned.
License
This project is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more information.