WaveFormatEx Structure Members

Summary

The following tables list the members exposed by WaveFormatEx.

	Name	Description
	cbSize	Size, in bytes, of extra format information appended to the end of the WAVEFORMATEX structure.
	nAvgBytesPerSec	In most cases, this member contains the required average data-transfer rate, in bytes per second, for the format tag.
	nBlockAlign	Block alignment, in bytes. The block alignment is the minimum atomic unit of data for the wFormatTag format type.
	nChannels	Number of audio channels. Monaural data uses one channel and stereo data uses two channels.
	nSamplesPerSec	Sample rate, in samples per second (hertz). Common values are 8.0 kHz, 11.025 kHz, 22.05 kHz, and 44.1 kHz.
	wBitsPerSample	Bits per sample for the wFormatTag format type.
	wFormatTag	Waveform-audio format type. Format tags are registered with Microsoft Corporation for many compression algorithms.