User Guide

16-BIT PCM
Uncompressed linear format.
G.711 Μ-LAW
Compressed format commonly used for telecommunications in the United
States.
G.711 A-LAW
Compressed format commonly used for telecommunications in Europe.
FORMAT (UNSIGNED, SIGNED, SIGN BIT)
Shows the sample format of data storage. Used when saving files in 8- or 16-
bit PCM format.
CHANNELS (MONO/STEREO)
Number of channels, or tracks, stored in the file.
BYTE ORDER (LITTLE ENDIAN OR BIG ENDIAN)
The order in which the high and low bytes of a 16-bit sample are stored. Little
Endian is used by Intel microprocessors, while Big Endian is used by Motorola
microprocessors.
HEADER BYTES
Number of bytes stored in the file before the sound data.
TRAILER BYTES
Number of bytes stored in the file after the sound data.
OPEN VIDEO STREAM
This dialog is reached when you select an AVI file that has multiple audio or
video streams. It allows you to select a particular video stream and an audio
stream to open in Sound Forge XP. Most AVI files have just one video stream
and one audio stream, in which case this dialog doesn’t appear.
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