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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 unless the --reporterror or -r option is given. The file
formats currently supported by sfinfo are AIFF, AIFF-C, NeXT/Sun
.snd/.au, WAVE, Berkeley/IRCAM/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

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