sfinfo − display information about audio files
sfinfo [options] audio files...
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.
−−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.
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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Michael Pruett <[email protected]>