---
name: "autovbox"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "isdnvboxclient"
version: "1:3.25+dfsg1-10"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/autovbox"
---

# autovbox(1)

ISDN voice box (sound converter)

## NAME

autovbox - ISDN voice box (sound converter)

## SYNOPSIS

autovbox \[-2 \| -3 \| -4 \| -h \| -v\] \[-n name\] \[-p phone\] \[-l location\]

## DESCRIPTION

Convert .au files (Sun audio format) on standard input into vbox files (vbox audio header) on standard output. autovbox is a link to [vboxcnvt(1)](/vboxcnvt/1.md).

## OPTIONS

Autovbox reads from stdin and writes to stdout.

- **-2, --adpcm-2**

  Convert to ADPCM 2 format.

- **-3, --adpcm-3**

  Convert to ADPCM 3 format.

- **-4, --adpcm-4**

  Convert to ADPCM 4 format.

- **-u, --ulaw**

  Convert to ulaw format (default).

- **-n NAME, --name NAME**

  Name to write into the header.

- **-p, --phone PHONE**

  Telephone number to write into the header.

- **-l LOCATION, --location LOCATION**

  City to write into the header.

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-v, --version**

  Show version of program.

## SEE ALSO

[*rmdtovbox*(1)](/rmdtovbox/1.md), [*vboxtoau*(1)](/vboxtoau/1.md), [*vboxmode*(1)](/vboxmode/1.md), [*vboxcnvt*(1)](/vboxcnvt/1.md), [*vbox*(5)](/vbox/5.md).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Andreas Jellinghaus \<aj@dungeon.inka.de\>, for Debian GNU/Linux and isdn4linux.\
 Now maintained by Paul Slootman \<paul@debian.org\>.