.. audio_clips_for_i2s:

Create audio clip files for use with I²S Speakers
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It is possible to create sound clips to include in your build to use with I²S speakers. No need for a media player component!  

- Using `Audacity <https://github.com/audacity/audacity>`__, convert audio to WAV, mono, 16kHz, Unsigned 8bit PCM

.. figure:: /guides/images/save_as_wav.png
    :alt: Audacity export dialog
    :height: 200
    :align: center

- Convert again, this time with `SOX <https://github.com/chirlu/sox>`__.

.. code-block:: console

    sox startup.wav --bits 8 --encoding signed-integer --endian little startup_again.raw

- Now convert it into a hexadecimal string using `xxd <https://github.com/ckormanyos/xxd>`__ into a C++ file.

.. code-block:: console

    xxd -i startup_again.raw startup.c

- The resulting file needs a modification in the start line:
  Open in an editor and change
  ``unsigned char startup_again_raw[] = {…[SNIP]…}``
  to
  ``std::vector<unsigned char> startup_raw = {…[SNIP]…}``.

Now you can rename the file to startup.h, put it inside the esphome configuration directory and put it in a include in your device config like this:

.. code-block:: yaml

    esphome:
      includes:
        - startup.h

Now you can define using the audio clip using the following:

.. code-block:: yaml

    - speaker.play:
        id: speaker
        data: !lambda return startup_raw;

Enjoy!

HowTo by [NUT].

See also
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- :doc:`/components/speaker/index`
- :doc:`/components/speaker/i2s_audio`
- :ghedit:`Edit`