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Enumerate and Extract Audio Buffers When Debugging C++ Applications

00:00 - 00:00 | Friday 31st October 2025 |
Intermediate
Advanced

We show a method to add introspection capabilities to any C++ application by combining DWARF debug information with simulated execution. For example, we simulate execution of the begin() and end() methods of C++ containers to enumerate all elements of a container. Applying this method recursively to all local and global variables allows us to iterate over all C++ objects in a live process or core dump. Combining this with user-provided information about which types own audio buffers and how the samples are encoded allows us extraction of audio buffers.

Henning Meyer

Henning is a software developer with a PhD in algebraic geometry and five years of professional experience in real-time spatial analysis of radio signals on embedded platforms in C++. He is currently working on legacy enterprise applications that inspired him to write new debugging tools for C++.

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