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faad — Process an Advanced Audio Codec stream

Synopsis

faad [options] [-w | -o <output_filename> | -a <output_filename>] input_filename

Description

This utility provides a command line interface to libfaad2. This program reads in MPEG-4 AAC files, processes, and outputs them in either Microsoft WAV, MPEG-4 AAC ADTS, or standard PCM formats.

Options

-a <filename>, –adtsout <filename>

Sets the processing to output to the specified file in MPEG-4 AAC ADTS format

-b <number>, –bits <number>

Set the output (individual) sample format. The number takes one of the following values:

1: 16-bit PCM data (default).
2: 24-bit PCM data.
3: 32-bit PCM data.
4: 32-bit floatingpe" " <number>" Sets the MPEGpe for the processing to use. The number takes one of the following values:

1: Main object type.
2: Low Complexity (LC) object type (default).
4: Long Term Prediction (LTP) object type.
23: Low Delay (LD) object type.

-o <filename>, –outfile <number>

Sets the filename for processing output.

-q , –quiet

Quiet – Suppresses status messages during processing.

-t , –oldformat

Sets the processing to use the old MPEG-4 AAC ADTS format when outputting in said format.

-w , –stdio

Sets the processing output to be sent to the standard out.

Author

Matthew W. S. Bell <matthew (at) bells23.org.uk>

See Also

faac(1)