Man1 - sfconvert.1

sfconvert - convert audio files

sfconvert infile outfile [/output options/]

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

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.

*sfinfo*(1)

Michael Pruett <michael@68k.org>