SFCONVERT

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Updated: 03/06/2013
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NAME

sfconvert - convert audio files  

SYNOPSIS

sfconvert infile outfile [output options]  

DESCRIPTION

The sfconvert command converts an audio file to another file format or data format.  

OPTIONS

The following keywords specify the format of the output sound file:

format f

Output file format. f must be one of the following:
aiff Audio Interchange File Format
aifc AIFF-C
next NeXT/Sun .snd/.au Format
wave MS RIFF WAVE
bicsf Berkeley/IRCAM/CARL Sound File Format
smp Sample Vision Format
voc Creative Voice File Format
nist NIST SPHERE Format
caf Core Audio Format
flac FLAC

compression c

ulaw G.711 mu-law
alaw G.711 A-law
ima IMA ADPCM
msadpcm Microsoft ADPCM
flac FLAC
alac Apple Lossless Audio Codec

byteorder e

Output byte order. e may be either big or little.

channels n

Number of output channels. n is 1 for mono, and 2 for stereo.

integer n s

Convert to integer audio data. n indicates the output sample width in bits. s specifies the sample format and may be either 2scomp for 2's complement signed data or unsigned for unsigned data.

float m

Convert to floating-point audio data with a maximum amplitude of m (usually 1.0). The integer and float options are mutually exclusive.

The following options take no additional arguments:

--help, -h

Print help message.

--version, -v

Print version information.
 

SEE ALSO

sfinfo(1)  

AUTHOR

Michael Pruett <michael@68k.org>


 

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AUTHOR