source: OniSplit/Sound/WavFile.cs@ 1126

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;

namespace Oni.Sound
{
    internal class WavFile
    {
        #region Private data
        private const int fcc_RIFF = 0x46464952;
        private const int fcc_WAVE = 0x45564157;
        private const int fcc_fmt = 0x20746d66;
        private const int fcc_data = 0x61746164;

        private WavFormat format;
        private int channelCount;
        private int sampleRate;
        private int averageBytesPerSecond;
        private int blockAlign;
        private int bitsPerSample;
        private byte[] extraData;
        private byte[] soundData;
        #endregion

        public static WavFile FromFile(string filePath)
        {
            using (var reader = new BinaryReader(filePath))
            {
                if (reader.ReadInt32() != fcc_RIFF)
                    throw new InvalidDataException("Not a WAV file");

                int size = reader.ReadInt32();

                if (reader.ReadInt32() != fcc_WAVE)
                    throw new InvalidDataException("Not a WAV file");

                var header = new WavFile();

                for (int chunkType, chunkSize, chunkStart; reader.Position < size; reader.Position = chunkStart + chunkSize)
                {
                    chunkType = reader.ReadInt32();
                    chunkSize = reader.ReadInt32();
                    chunkStart = reader.Position;

                    if (chunkType == fcc_fmt)
                        header.ReadFormatChunk(reader, chunkSize);
                    else if (chunkType == fcc_data)
                        header.ReadDataChunk(reader, chunkSize);
                }

                return header;
            }
        }

        private void ReadFormatChunk(BinaryReader reader, int chunkSize)
        {
            format = (WavFormat)reader.ReadInt16();
            channelCount = reader.ReadInt16();
            sampleRate = reader.ReadInt32();
            averageBytesPerSecond = reader.ReadInt32();
            blockAlign = reader.ReadInt16();
            bitsPerSample = reader.ReadInt16();

            if (chunkSize > 16)
                extraData = reader.ReadBytes(reader.ReadInt16());
            else
                extraData = new byte[0];
        }

        private void ReadDataChunk(BinaryReader reader, int chunkSize)
        {
            soundData = reader.ReadBytes(chunkSize);
        }

        public WavFormat Format => format;
        public int ChannelCount => channelCount;
        public int SampleRate => sampleRate;
        public int AverageBytesPerSecond => averageBytesPerSecond;
        public int BlockAlign => blockAlign;
        public int BitsPerSample => bitsPerSample;
        public byte[] ExtraData => extraData;
        public byte[] SoundData => soundData;
    }
}