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sfconvert(1)


NAME

   sfconvert - convert between various audio formats

SYNOPSIS

   sfconvert infile outfile [ options ... ] [ output keywords ... ]

DESCRIPTION

   The  sfconvert  tool  can be used to convert audio files from one audio
   format to another.  The files' audio formats have to  be  supported  by
   libaudiofile.

OPTIONS

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

   byteorder e
          Desired endianness of output sample data. e may be one of big or
          little.

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

   format f
          Audio  format  of  output file. f has to be one of the currently
          supported formats: aiff (Audio Interchange  File  Format),  aifc
          (AIFF-C File Format), next (NeXT/Sun Format), wave (MS RIFF WAVE
          Format), bicsf  (Berkeley/IRCAM/CARL  Sound  File  Format),  avr
          (Audio  Visual  Research File Format), iff (Amiga IFF/8SVX Sound
          File Format), or nist (NIST SPHERE File Format).

   integer n s
          Produce integer samples. n specifies  the  width  of  individual
          samples  in bits, s yields the encoding and may be one of 2scomp
          (2's complement signed data), or unsigned (unsigned  data).  The
          integer and float options (see below) are mutually exclusive.

   float m
          Produce  floating  point  samples  with a maximum amplitude of m
          (usually 1.0). This options may not be used together with option
          integer.

SEE ALSO

   sfinfo(1).

AUTHOR

   sfconvert was written by Michael Pruett <michael@68k.org>.

   This  manual  page was written by Daniel Kobras <kobras@debian.org> for
   the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).  It  is  based
   on   the   sfconvert  plain  text  documentation  as  distributed  with
   audiofile.



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