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SFINFO(1)							       SFINFO(1)

NAME
     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 un-
     less  the	--reporterror  or -r option is given. The file formats currently
     supported by sfinfo are AIFF, AIFF-C, NeXT/Sun .snd/.au, WAVE, Berkeley/IR-
     CAM/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

SEE ALSO
     sfconvert(1)

AUTHOR
     Michael Pruett <michael@68k.org>

Audio File Library 0.3.6	   03/06/2013			       SFINFO(1)

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