1WVUNPACK(1) WavPack Executable Programs WVUNPACK(1)
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6 wvunpack - decodes wavpack encoded files
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9 wvunpack [-options] INFILE... [-o OUTFILE]
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12 wvunpack decodes WavPack files back to their original uncompressed form
13 using the options provided. Unless overridden with the -o switch, the
14 output filename will be identical to the source filename but with the
15 original file extension replacing WavPack's “.wv” extension. It is also
16 possible to output raw audio without headers (see --raw option).
17 Multiple WavPack input files may be specified resulting in multiple
18 output files, and in that case -o may be used to specify an alternate
19 target directory. Stdin and stdout may be specified with “-”. It is
20 also possible to export to one of the alternate file formats listed
21 below, but in that case the information in the original headers and
22 trailers will be lost (even if the alternate format is the same as the
23 source format). WavPack files are generally created with the wavpack
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26 OUTPUT FILE FORMATS
27 · Microsoft RIFF, extension “.wav”, force with -w or --wav, creates
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30 · Sony Wave64, extension “.w64”, force with --w64
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32 · Apple Core Audio, extension “.caf”, force with --caf-be or --caf-le
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36 · Philips DSDIFF, extension “.dff”, force with --dsdiff or --dff
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38 · Sony DSD Stream, extension “.dsf”, force with --dsf
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42 blindly decode all stream blocks and ignore length info
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44 -c
45 do not decode audio but instead just extract cuesheet stored in
46 APEv2 tag to stdout (equivalent to -x “cuesheet”)
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48 -cc
49 extract cuesheet stored in APEv2 tag to source-name.cue file in
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51 “cuesheet=%a.cue”)
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53 --caf-be, --caf-le
54 force output to big-endian or little-endian Core Audio, extension
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58 delete source file if successful (use with caution!)
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60 --dff, --dsdiff
61 force output to Philips DSDIFF, DSD audio source only, extension
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65 force output to Sony DSF, DSD audio source only, extension “.dsf”
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67 -f
68 do not decode audio but simply display summary information about
69 WavPack file to stdout in a machine-parsable format (see
70 doc/wavpack_doc.html or cli/wvunpack.c in repository for format
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73 --help
74 display extended help
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76 -i
77 ignore .wvc file (forces hybrid lossy decompression)
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79 -m
80 calculate and display MD5 signature; verify if lossless
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82 -n
83 no audio decoding (use with -xx to extract tags only)
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85 --no-utf8-convert
86 leave extracted text tags in UTF-8 encoding during extraction or
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89 -o OUTFILE
90 specify output filename (only if single source file) or target
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93 -q
94 quiet (keep console output to a minimum)
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96 -r, --raw
97 force raw PCM or DSD audio decode by skipping headers & trailers,
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100 -s
101 do not decode audio but simply display summary information about
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104 -ss
105 do not decode audio but simply display summary and tag information
106 about WavPack file to stdout
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108 --skip=[-][sample|hh:mm:ss.ss]
109 start decoding at specified sample or time index, specifying a -
110 causes sample/time to be relative to EOF
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112 -t
113 copy input file's time stamp to output file(s)
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115 --until=[+|-][sample|hh:mm:ss.ss]
116 stop decoding at specified sample or time index, specifying a +
117 causes sample/time to be relative to --skip point, specifying a -
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120 -v
121 verify source data only (no output file created)
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123 --version
124 write program version to stdout
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126 -w, --wav
127 force output to Microsoft RIFF/RF64, extension “.wav”
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130 force output to Sony Wave64, extension “.w64”
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132 -x “Field”
133 do not decode audio but instead just extract the specified tag
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136 -xx “Field[=file]”
137 extract the specified tag field to named file in same directory as
138 decoded audio file; optional filename specification may contain %a
139 which is replaced with the audio file base name, %t replaced with
140 the tag field name (note: comes from data for binary tags) and %e
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144 -y
145 yes to overwrite warning (use with caution!)
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147 -z[n]
148 don't set (n = 0 or omitted) or set (n = 1) console title to
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152 wavpack(1), wvgain(1), wvtag(1)
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154 Please visit www.wavpack.com for more information
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157 This manual page was written by Sebastian Dröge <slomo@debian.org> and
158 David Bryant <david@wavpack.com>. Permission is granted to copy,
159 distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the BSD
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163 Sebastian Dröge <slomo@debian.org>
164 Original author
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166 David Bryant <david@wavpack.com>
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170 Copyright © 2005 Sebastian Dröge
171 Copyright © 2017 David Bryant
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175WavPack 5.1.0 2017-01-13 WVUNPACK(1)