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SFCONVERT(1)							    SFCONVERT(1)

NAME
     sfconvert - convert audio files

SYNOPSIS
     sfconvert infile outfile [output options]

DESCRIPTION
     The sfconvert command converts an audio file to another file format or data
     format.

OPTIONS
     The following keywords specify the format of the output sound file:

     format f
	 Output file format.  f must be one of the following:
	 aiff	 Audio Interchange File For-
		 mat
	 aifc	 AIFF-C
	 next	 NeXT/Sun .snd/.au Format
	 wave	 MS RIFF WAVE
	 bicsf	 Berkeley/IRCAM/CARL   Sound
		 File Format
	 smp	 Sample Vision Format
	 voc	 Creative Voice File Format
	 nist	 NIST SPHERE Format
	 caf	 Core Audio Format
	 flac	 FLAC

     compression c
	 ulaw	   G.711 mu-law
	 alaw	   G.711 A-law
	 ima	   IMA ADPCM
	 msadpcm   Microsoft ADPCM
	 flac	   FLAC
	 alac	   Apple Lossless Audio Codec

     byteorder e
	 Output byte order.  e may be either big or little.

     channels n
	 Number of output channels.  n is 1 for mono, and 2 for stereo.

     integer n s
	 Convert to integer audio data.  n indicates the output sample width  in
	 bits.	 s  specifies the sample format and may be either 2scomp for 2's
	 complement signed data or unsigned for unsigned data.

     float m
	 Convert to floating-point audio data with  a  maximum	amplitude  of  m
	 (usually 1.0). The integer and float options are mutually exclusive.

     The following options take no additional arguments:

     --help, -h
	 Print help message.

     --version, -v
	 Print version information.

SEE ALSO
     sfinfo(1)

AUTHOR
     Michael Pruett <michael@68k.org>

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

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