Recombining means converting legacy VCS data from one format to another. The two formats are both headerless binary formats, with each byte representing a (4+4)-bit complex signed sample. The only main difference between the formats is the ordering of the bytes and how they are distributed between multiple files. For the purposes of this document, the "from" format will be called the PFB or unrecombined format, and the "to" format will be called the VCS or recombined format. The format conversion is necessary because the beamformer only (currently) supports the VCS format as input.
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