---
name: "oggdec"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "vorbis-tools"
version: "1.4.3-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/oggdec"
---

# oggdec(1)

simple decoder, Ogg Vorbis file to PCM audio file (Wave or RAW).

## NAME

oggdec - simple decoder, Ogg Vorbis file to PCM audio file (Wave or RAW).

## SYNOPSIS

**oggdec** \[ **-Qhv** \] \[ **-b bits\_per\_sample** \] \[ **-e endianness** \] \[ **-R** \] \[ **-s signedness** \] \[ **-o outputfile** \]  **file ...**

## DESCRIPTION

**oggdec** decodes Ogg Vorbis files into PCM-encoded ("uncompressed") audio files, either Wave or RAW format.

For each input file,  **oggdec** writes to a filename based on the input filename, but with the extension changed to ".wav" or ".raw" as appropriate.

If the input file is specified as **-** , then  **oggdec** will read from stdin, and write to stdout unless an output filename is specified. Likewise, an output filename of **-** will cause output to be to stdout.

Writing Wave format to stdout is a bad idea.  Wave requires a seekable medium for the header to be rewritten after all the data is written out; stdout is not seekable.

## OPTIONS

- \-Q, --quiet

  Suppresses program output.

- \-h, --help

  Print help message.

- \-V, --version

  Display version information.

- \-b n, --bits=n

  Bits per sample.  Valid values are 8 or 16.

- \-e n, --endian=n

  Set endianness for 16-bit output.  0 (default) is little-endian (Intel byte order).  1 is big-endian (sane byte order).

- \-R, --raw

  Output in raw format.  If not specified, writes Wave file (RIFF headers).

- \-s n, --sign=n

  Set signedness for output.  0 for unsigned, 1 (default) for signed.

- \-o filename, --output=filename

  Write output to specified filename.  This option is only valid if one input \[file\] is specified, or if raw mode is used.

## EXAMPLES

Decode a file  **enabler.ogg** to  **enabler.wav**\
  as little-endian signed 16-bit (default options):

oggdec enabler.ogg

Decode a file  **enabler.ogg** to  **enabler.raw** as headerless little-endian signed 16-bit:

oggdec --raw enabler.ogg

Decode  **enabler.ogg** to  **enabler.crazymonkey** as unsigned 8-bit:

oggdec -b 8 -s 0 -o enabler.crazymonkey enabler.ogg

Decode  **enabler.ogg** to  **enabler.raw** as big-endian signed 16-bit (any of the following):

oggdec -R -e 1 -b 16 enabler.ogg

oggdec -R -e 1 -b 16 -o enabler.raw - \< enabler.ogg

oggdec -R -e 1 -b 16 - \< enabler.ogg \> enabler.raw

Mass decoding (foo.ogg to foo.wav, bar.ogg to bar.wav, quux.ogg to quux.wav, etc.):

oggdec \*.ogg

## AUTHORS

### Program Authors

Michael Smith \<msmith@xiph.org\>

### Manpage Authors

Frederick Lee \<phaethon@linux.ucla.edu\>, assisted by a few million monkeys armed with keyboards in irc://irc.openprojects.net/#vorbis

## SEE ALSO

[**ogg123**(1)](/ogg123/1.md), [**oggenc**(1)](/oggenc/1.md), [**vorbiscomment**(1)](/vorbiscomment/1.md), [**flac**(1)](/flac/1.md), [**speexdec**(1)](/speexdec/1.md)