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
24 program.
25 OUTPUT FILE FORMATS
27 · Microsoft RIFF, extension “.wav”, force with -w or --wav, creates
28 RF64 if > 4 GB
29 · Sony Wave64, extension “.w64”, force with --w64
31 · Apple Core Audio, extension “.caf”, force with --caf-be or --caf-le
33 · Raw PCM or DSD, extension “.raw”, force with -r or --raw
35 · Philips DSDIFF, extension “.dff”, force with --dsdiff or --dff
37 · Sony DSD Stream, extension “.dsf”, force with --dsf
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41 -b
42 blindly decode all stream blocks and ignore length info
43 -c
45 do not decode audio but instead just extract cuesheet stored in
46 APEv2 tag to stdout (equivalent to -x “cuesheet”)
47 -cc
49 extract cuesheet stored in APEv2 tag to source-name.cue file in
50 same directory as decoded audio file (equivalent to -xx
51 “cuesheet=%a.cue”)
52 --caf-be, --caf-le
54 force output to big-endian or little-endian Core Audio, extension
55 “.caf”
56 -d
58 delete source file if successful (use with caution!)
59 --dff, --dsdiff
61 force output to Philips DSDIFF, DSD audio source only, extension
62 “.dff”
63 --dsf
65 force output to Sony DSF, DSD audio source only, extension “.dsf”
66 -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
71 details)
72 --help
74 display extended help
75 -i
77 ignore .wvc file (forces hybrid lossy decompression)
78 -m
80 calculate and display MD5 signature; verify if lossless
81 -n
83 no audio decoding (use with -xx to extract tags only)
84 --normalize-floats
86 normalize float audio to +/-1.0 if it isn't already (rarely the
87 case, but alters audio and fails MD5)
88 --no-utf8-convert
90 leave extracted text tags in UTF-8 encoding during extraction or
91 display
92 -o OUTFILE
94 specify output filename (only if single source file) or target
95 directory (must exist)
96 -q
98 quiet (keep console output to a minimum)
99 -r, --raw
101 force raw PCM or DSD audio decode by skipping headers & trailers,
102 results in source-name.raw
103 -s
105 do not decode audio but simply display summary information about
106 WavPack file to stdout
107 -ss
109 do not decode audio but simply display summary and tag information
110 about WavPack file to stdout
111 --skip=[-][sample|hh:mm:ss.ss]
113 start decoding at specified sample or time index, specifying a -
114 causes sample/time to be relative to EOF
115 -t
117 copy input file's time stamp to output file(s)
118 --until=[+|-][sample|hh:mm:ss.ss]
120 stop decoding at specified sample or time index, specifying a +
121 causes sample/time to be relative to --skip point, specifying a -
122 causes sample/time to be relative to EOF
123 -v
125 verify source data only (no output file created)
126 -vv
128 quick verify (no output, version 5+ files only)
129 --version
131 write program version to stdout
132 -w, --wav
134 force output to Microsoft RIFF/RF64, extension “.wav”
135 --w64
137 force output to Sony Wave64, extension “.w64”
138 -x “Field”
140 do not decode audio but instead just extract the specified tag
141 field to stdout
142 -xx “Field[=file]”
144 extract the specified tag field to named file in same directory as
145 decoded audio file; optional filename specification may contain %a
146 which is replaced with the audio file base name, %t replaced with
147 the tag field name (note: comes from data for binary tags) and %e
148 replaced with the extension from the binary tag source file (or
149 “txt” for text tag).
150 -y
152 yes to overwrite warning (use with caution!)
153 -z[n]
155 don't set (n = 0 or omitted) or set (n = 1) console title to
156 indicate progress (leaves "WvUnpack Completed")
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159 wavpack(1), wvgain(1), wvtag(1)
160 Please visit www.wavpack.com for more information
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164 This manual page was written by Sebastian Dröge <slomo@debian.org> and
165 David Bryant <david@wavpack.com>. Permission is granted to copy,
166 distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the BSD
167 License.
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170 Sebastian Dröge <slomo@debian.org>
171 Original author
172 David Bryant <david@wavpack.com>
174 Updates
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177 Copyright © 2005 Sebastian Dröge
178 Copyright © 2021 David Bryant
179WavPack 5.4.0 2021-01-10 WVUNPACK(1)