Man1 - sfconvert.1
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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>