sfinfo


NAME

sfinfo − shows the information in a soundfile header.

SYNOPSIS

sfinfo [−s][−1][−v] soundfile(s)

DESCRIPTION

sfinfo displays information about the soundfile, as read in from its header.

OPTIONS

−s

Sum the durations of a number of soundfiles, and print the result.

−1

Display one-line summation of the header information.

−v

Verbosely show the information in the soundfile file, showing chunk names, sizes, etc.

USAGE

sfinfo snd1.wav

Display the information in the soundfile header.

sfinfo -s *.aiff

Sum the durations of all the ".aiff" files in the directory.

sfinfo -1 *.wav

Give a 1-line synopsis of the information in all the "*.wav" files in the directory.

BUGS

This program will only work with WAVE, AIFF, AIFC, and the old NeXT/Sun "snd" format soundfiles, that are 16-bit PCM encoded, with 1 or 2 channels.

AUTHOR

Arun Chandra <arunc@evergreen.edu>

sfinfo is free software.