sfconvert (1) Linux Manual Page
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.