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! .TH AUDIOCONVERT 1 "Feb 16, 2001"
.SH NAME
audioconvert \- convert audio file formats
.SH SYNOPSIS
- .LP
.nf
\fBaudioconvert\fR [\fB-pF\fR] [\fB-f\fR \fIoutfmt\fR] [\fB-o\fR \fIoutfile\fR]
[ [\fB-i\fR \fIinfmt\fR] [\fIfile\fR]...] ...
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
- .sp
- .LP
\fBaudioconvert\fR converts audio data between a set of supported audio
encodings and file formats. It can be used to compress and decompress audio
data, to add audio file headers to raw audio data files, and to convert between
! standard data encodings, such as -law and linear PCM.
.sp
.LP
If no filenames are present, \fBaudioconvert\fR reads the data from the
standard input stream and writes an audio file to the standard output.
Otherwise, input files are processed in order, concatenated, and written to the
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.\" The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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! .TH AUDIOCONVERT 1 "Feb 8, 2020"
.SH NAME
audioconvert \- convert audio file formats
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fBaudioconvert\fR [\fB-pF\fR] [\fB-f\fR \fIoutfmt\fR] [\fB-o\fR \fIoutfile\fR]
[ [\fB-i\fR \fIinfmt\fR] [\fIfile\fR]...] ...
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBaudioconvert\fR converts audio data between a set of supported audio
encodings and file formats. It can be used to compress and decompress audio
data, to add audio file headers to raw audio data files, and to convert between
! standard data encodings, such as u-law and linear PCM.
.sp
.LP
If no filenames are present, \fBaudioconvert\fR reads the data from the
standard input stream and writes an audio file to the standard output.
Otherwise, input files are processed in order, concatenated, and written to the
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.sp
.LP
The \fBfile\fR(1) command decodes and prints the audio data format of Sun audio
files.
.SH OPTIONS
- .sp
- .LP
The following options are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-p\fR\fR
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.RS 14n
\fIHelp\fR: Prints a command line usage message.
.RE
.SS "Format Specification"
- .sp
- .LP
The syntax for the input and output format specification is:
.sp
.LP
\fIkeyword\fR=\fIvalue\fR[,\fIkeyword\fR=\fIvalue\fR \|.\|.\|.\|]
.sp
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.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBulaw\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
! \fBCCITT G.711\fR -law encoding. This is an 8-bit format primarily used for
telephone quality speech.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
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.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBulaw\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
! \fBCCITT G.711\fR u-law encoding. This is an 8-bit format primarily used for
telephone quality speech.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
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\fB\fBg721\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
\fBCCITT G.721\fR compression format. This encoding uses Adaptive Delta Pulse
Code Modulation (ADPCM) with 4-bit precision. It is primarily used for
! compressing -law voice data (achieving a 2:1 compression ratio).
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
.na
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\fB\fBg721\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
\fBCCITT G.721\fR compression format. This encoding uses Adaptive Delta Pulse
Code Modulation (ADPCM) with 4-bit precision. It is primarily used for
! compressing u-law voice data (achieving a 2:1 compression ratio).
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
.na
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\fB\fBg723\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
\fBCCITT G.723\fR compression format. This encoding uses Adaptive Delta Pulse
Code Modulation (ADPCM) with 3-bit precision. It is primarily used for
! compressing -law voice data (achieving an 8:3 compression ratio). The audio
quality is similar to \fBG.721,\fR but may result in lower quality when used
for non-speech data.
.RE
The following encoding values are also accepted as shorthand to set the sample
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\fB\fBg723\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
\fBCCITT G.723\fR compression format. This encoding uses Adaptive Delta Pulse
Code Modulation (ADPCM) with 3-bit precision. It is primarily used for
! compressing u-law voice data (achieving an 8:3 compression ratio). The audio
quality is similar to \fBG.721,\fR but may result in lower quality when used
for non-speech data.
.RE
The following encoding values are also accepted as shorthand to set the sample
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data. This option may be used to import audio data that contains an
unrecognized file header.
.RE
.SH USAGE
- .sp
- .LP
See \fBlargefile\fR(5) for the description of the behavior of
! \fBaudioconvert\fR when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte (
! 2^31 bytes).
.SH EXAMPLES
- .LP
\fBExample 1 \fRRecording and compressing voice data before storing it
.sp
.LP
Record voice data and compress it before storing it to a file:
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data. This option may be used to import audio data that contains an
unrecognized file header.
.RE
.SH USAGE
See \fBlargefile\fR(5) for the description of the behavior of
! \fBaudioconvert\fR when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte
! (2^31 bytes).
.SH EXAMPLES
\fBExample 1 \fRRecording and compressing voice data before storing it
.sp
.LP
Record voice data and compress it before storing it to a file:
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example% \fBaudioconvert -p -i voice -f sun *.au\fR
.fi
.in -2
.sp
- .SH ATTRIBUTES
- .sp
- .LP
- See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
- .sp
-
- .sp
- .TS
- box;
- c | c
- l | l .
- ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
- _
- Architecture SPARC, x86
- _
- Interface Stability Evolving
- .TE
-
.SH SEE ALSO
! .sp
! .LP
! \fBaudioplay\fR(1), \fBaudiorecord\fR(1), \fBfile\fR(1), \fBattributes\fR(5),
\fBlargefile\fR(5)
.SH NOTES
- .sp
- .LP
The algorithm used for converting multi-channel data to mono is implemented by
simply summing the channels together. If the input data is perfectly in phase
(as would be the case if a mono file is converted to stereo and back to mono),
the resulting data may contain some distortion.
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example% \fBaudioconvert -p -i voice -f sun *.au\fR
.fi
.in -2
.sp
.SH SEE ALSO
! \fBaudioplay\fR(1), \fBaudiorecord\fR(1), \fBfile\fR(1),
\fBlargefile\fR(5)
.SH NOTES
The algorithm used for converting multi-channel data to mono is implemented by
simply summing the channels together. If the input data is perfectly in phase
(as would be the case if a mono file is converted to stereo and back to mono),
the resulting data may contain some distortion.