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sfinfo – display information about audio files
Synopsis
sfinfo [options] audio files…Description
sfinfo prints information about the specified audio files, including file format, sample rate, duration, and audio data format.By default sfinfo displays information in a longer, multi-line format; specifying the –short or -s option produces a short, single-line summary.
Any files which are not recognized as valid audio files will be ignored unless the –reporterror or -r option is given. The file formats currently supported by sfinfo are AIFF, AIFF-C, NeXT/Sun .snd/.au, WAVE, Berkeley/IRCAM/CARL Sound File, AVR, Amiga IFF/8SVX, Sample Vision, Creative Voice File, NIST SPHERE, and Core Audio Format.
Options
–short, -s- Print short single-line summary of each recognized audio file.
–reporterror, -r
- Print an error message if any of the specified files are not recognized as valid audio files.
–help, -h
- Print help message.
–version, -v
- Print version information.
Examples
Display summary of an audio file:% sfinfo drum.aiff
File Name drum.aiff
File Format Audio Interchange File Format (aiff)
Data Format 16-bit integer (2’s complement, big endian)
Audio Data 1569972 bytes begins at offset 54 (36 hex)
2 channels, 392493 frames
Sampling Rate 44100.00 Hz
Duration 8.900 seconds
List all recognized audio files in the current directory using the short output format:
% sfinfo -s *
9.60s 44100.00 aiff 1ch 16b — bass.aiff
8.90s 44100.00 aiff 2ch 16b — drum.aiff