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SFCONVERT(1)                                                      SFCONVERT(1)

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>

Audio File Library 0.3.6          03/06/2013                      SFCONVERT(1)