No compression is supported and no 8-bit files handling is implemented. This class reads, writes and updates file headers, implementing optional strong checking of header consistency.
Header generated by a wavstream object are fully standard compliant.
When, during a file opening, wavstream can not find the specified file name, it checks all default directories. At the time this feature can't be disabled. All manipulations take place via these public member functions. See the Open overload with the same formal parameters set. Strong checking can be frustrating if you have to deal often with good RIFF files with headers not fully compliant.