Copy and update content of actively recording Wav file to a new file

Question

I have an active audio recording happening in WAV format with NAudio Library.

    private void RecordStart() {
        try {
            _sourceStream = new WaveIn {
                DeviceNumber = _recordingInstance.InputDeviceIndex,
                WaveFormat =
                    new WaveFormat(
                    44100,
                    WaveIn.GetCapabilities(_recordingInstance.InputDeviceIndex).Channels)
            };

            _sourceStream.DataAvailable += SourceStreamDataAvailable;
            if (!Directory.Exists(_recordingInstance.AudioFilePath)) {
                Directory.CreateDirectory(_recordingInstance.AudioFilePath);
            }

            WaveFileWriter _waveWriter = new WaveFileWriter(
                _recordingInstance.AudioFilePath + _recordingInstance.AudioFileName,
                _sourceStream.WaveFormat);
            _sourceStream.StartRecording();
        } 
        catch (Exception exception) {
            Log.Error("Recording failes", exception);
        }
    }

    private void SourceStreamDataAvailable(object sender, WaveInEventArgs e) {
        if (_waveWriter == null) return;
        _waveWriter.Write(e.Buffer, 0, e.BytesRecorded);
        _waveWriter.Flush();
    }

I want to copy the latest available content to another location. The copied file should be in WAV format, and should be able to play the available duration. Update the destination file, whenever more content is available.

I have Tried the following sample code (using NAudio) with a static WAV file, but the solution is not working.

The resulting WAV file created is corrupted - not in the correct format.

using (WaveFileReader reader = new WaveFileReader(remoteWavFile))
{
  byte[] buffer = new byte[reader.Length];
  int read = reader.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);           
}

When the recording is in progress, the code throws an exception "File is in use by another application".

What do you mean "the solution is not working"? Does it compile? Does it throw an exception? Does it spank your dog? Please describe the problem in more detail. — Corey, Jan 24 '16 at 09:53
I was trying to read the content to a buffer, then create a new file using the byte array. It copied the content and created a WAV file. But unable to play the file. — Sarin Vadakkey Thayyil, Jan 25 '16 at 08:24
So your second code block shows you reading data from a wave file, but it doesn't do anything with that data. Where's the write section? — Corey, Jan 25 '16 at 09:34

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '16 at 12:47

I have solved the problem with help of NAudio Library itself.

When we only use the WaveFileReader class of NAudio. It will throw the exception - "file is in use by another application". So I had to create a file stream, which opens the source file - live recording file, with File.Open(inPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite) then pass this stream as an input of WaveFileReader.
Then create a WaveFileWritter class of NAudio, with the same WavFormat of the reader.

copied below is the code, i have used.

   public static void CopyWavFile(string inPath, string outPath){
        using (var fs = File.Open(inPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite)){
            using (var reader = new WaveFileReader(fs)){
                using (var writer = new WaveFileWriter(outPath, reader.WaveFormat)){
                    reader.Position = 0;
                    var endPos = (int)reader.Length;                        
                    var buffer = new byte[1024];
                    while (reader.Position < endPos){
                        var bytesRequired = (int)(endPos - reader.Position);
                        if (bytesRequired <= 0) continue;
                        var bytesToRead = Math.Min(bytesRequired, buffer.Length);
                        var bytesRead = reader.Read(buffer, 0, bytesToRead);
                        if (bytesRead > 0){
                            writer.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }         
        }           
    }

Copy and update content of actively recording Wav file to a new file

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