1SFINFO(1)                                                            SFINFO(1)
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NAME

6       sfinfo - display information about audio files
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SYNOPSIS

9       sfinfo [options] audio files...
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DESCRIPTION

12       sfinfo prints information about the specified audio files, including
13       file format, sample rate, duration, and audio data format.
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15       By default sfinfo displays information in a longer, multi-line format;
16       specifying the --short or -s option produces a short, single-line
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19       Any files which are not recognized as valid audio files will be ignored
20       unless the --reporterror or -r option is given. The file formats
21       currently supported by sfinfo are AIFF, AIFF-C, NeXT/Sun .snd/.au,
22       WAVE, Berkeley/IRCAM/CARL Sound File, AVR, Amiga IFF/8SVX, Sample
23       Vision, Creative Voice File, NIST SPHERE, and Core Audio Format.
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OPTIONS

26       --short, -s
27           Print short single-line summary of each recognized audio file.
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30           Print an error message if any of the specified files are not
31           recognized as valid audio files.
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33       --help, -h
34           Print help message.
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36       --version, -v
37           Print version information.
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EXAMPLES

40       Display summary of an audio file:
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42           % sfinfo drum.aiff
43           File Name      drum.aiff
44           File Format    Audio Interchange File Format (aiff)
45           Data Format    16-bit integer (2's complement, big endian)
46           Audio Data     1569972 bytes begins at offset 54 (36 hex)
47                          2 channels, 392493 frames
48           Sampling Rate  44100.00 Hz
49           Duration       8.900 seconds
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51       List all recognized audio files in the current directory using the
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54           % sfinfo -s *
55               9.60s 44100.00 aiff  1ch 16b -- bass.aiff
56               8.90s 44100.00 aiff  2ch 16b -- drum.aiff
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SEE ALSO

59       sfconvert(1)
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AUTHOR

62       Michael Pruett <michael@68k.org>
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66Audio File Library 0.3.6          03/06/2013                         SFINFO(1)