sfconvert1
Convert audio files
Usage
sfconvert infile
outfile
[output
options]
Overview
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 Format |
| 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.
Releases
13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 2 times.
--help since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--version since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-h since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-v since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.