oggdec(1)


NAME

   oggdec  -  simple  decoder,  Ogg Vorbis file to PCM audio file (Wave or
   RAW).

SYNOPSIS

   oggdec [ -Qhv ] [ -b bits_per_sample ] [ -e endianness ] [ -R  ]  [  -s
   signedness ] [ -o outputfile ] file ...

DESCRIPTION

   oggdec decodes Ogg Vorbis files into PCM-encoded ("uncompressed") audio
   files, either Wave or RAW format.

   For each input file, oggdec writes to a filename  based  on  the  input
   filename,  but  with  the  extension  changed  to  ".wav"  or ".raw" as
   appropriate.

   If the input file is specified as - , then oggdec will read from stdin,
   and  write  to stdout unless an output filename is specified. Likewise,
   an output filename of - will cause output to be to stdout.

   Writing Wave format to stdout is a bad idea.  Wave requires a  seekable
   medium  for  the  header  to be rewritten after all the data is written
   out; stdout is not seekable.

OPTIONS

   -Q, --quiet
          Suppresses program output.

   -h, --help
          Print help message.

   -V, --version
          Display version information.

   -b n, --bits=n
          Bits per sample.  Valid values are 8 or 16.

   -e n, --endian=n
          Set endianness for 16-bit output.  0 (default) is  little-endian
          (Intel byte order).  1 is big-endian (sane byte order).

   -R, --raw
          Output  in raw format.  If not specified, writes Wave file (RIFF
          headers).

   -s n, --sign=n
          Set signedness for output.  0  for  unsigned,  1  (default)  for
          signed.

   -o filename, --output=filename
          Write  output  to specified filename.  This option is only valid
          if one input [file] is specified, or if raw mode is used.

EXAMPLES

   Decode a file enabler.ogg to enabler.wav
    as little-endian unsigned 16-bit (default options):
          oggdec enabler.ogg

   Decode a file enabler.ogg to enabler.raw  as  headerless  little-endian
   unsigned 16-bit:
          oggdec --raw=1 enabler.ogg

   Decode enabler.ogg to enabler.crazymonkey as unsigned 8-bit:
          oggdec -b 8 -s 0 -o enabler.crazymonkey enabler.ogg

   Decode  enabler.ogg  to enabler.raw as big-endian signed 16-bit (any of
   the following):
          oggdec -R -e 1 -b 16 enabler.ogg
          oggdec -R -e 1 -b 16 -o enabler.raw - < enabler.ogg
          oggdec -R -e 1 -b 16 - < enabler.ogg > enabler.raw

   Mass decoding (foo.ogg to foo.wav,  bar.ogg  to  bar.wav,  quux.ogg  to
   quux.wav, etc.):
          oggdec *.ogg

AUTHORS

   Program Authors
   Michael Smith <msmith@xiph.org>

   Manpage Authors
   Frederick  Lee  <phaethon@linux.ucla.edu>,  assisted  by  a few million
   monkeys armed with keyboards in irc://irc.openprojects.net/#vorbis

SEE ALSO

   ogg123(1), oggenc(1), vorbiscomment(1), flac(1), speexdec(1)





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