---
name: "wavsplit"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wavsplit"
version: "1.1.0-3"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wavsplit"
---

# wavsplit(1)

splits wavfiles into tracks

## NAME

wavsplit - splits wavfiles into tracks

## SYNOPSIS

**wavsplit** \[options\] *file mm:ss \[mm:ss\] \[mm:ss\]...*\
 **wavsplit** -H *\[options\]* file hh:mm:ss \[hh:mm::ss\] \[hh:mm:ss\]...\
 **wavsplit** -f *\[24\|25\|30\]* \[options\] *file* mm:ss:ff \[mm:ss:ff\] \[mm:ss:ff\]...\

## DESCRIPTION

This small program splits large wav files at given time positions. This is very handy if you want to transfer your gramophone records or DJ mixes to CDs. To find out split positions you can use any Wav player or editor with a time display. You'll get the splitting done much faster and reliably than with complex algorithms, which split your a capella songs in pieces and won't process live albums. \
 You can specify split points in seconds only (--seconds); minutes and  seconds; hours, minutes, and seconds (--hours); minutes, seconds, frames (--frames); or hours, minutes, seconds, frames (--frames --Hours). When specifying times in seconds (i.e. not using --frames) the seconds may have a decimal point and fractions of a second.

## OPTIONS

Options may be specified in short or long form.

- **-q**, **--quiet**

  Quiet mode (no messages)

- **-H**, **--Hours**

  Use Hours as well as minutes and seconds. You may combine this with the --frames option.

- **-f**, **--frames** FPS

  use frames specifying FPS frames per second.FPS must be either 24, 25, or 30. You may combine this with the --Hours option.

- **-s**, **--seconds**

  Use Seconds. You may not specify hours, minutes, or frames.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print out a usage message

## EXAMPLES

wavsplit --frames 30 file.wav 32:21:15 45:10:0\
 wavsplit --Hours file.wav 1:32:21:59.2 1:45:10:0.3\
 wavsplit --seconds file.wav 300.1 500.2

## SEE ALSO

[**wavren**(1)](/wavren/1.md)

## AUTHOR

**wavsplit** is based on wavplay by Warren W. Gay and gsplit by the Free Software Foundation. **wavsplit** was written by Tobias Weihmann \<tobias@fomalhaut.de\>. Updated to version 1.0.0 by Alan Fitch (apfitch@ieee.org).

This manual page was written by Cyril Bouthors \<cyril@bouthors.org\>. Updated by Alan Fitch (apfitch@ieee.org)