Re: [linux-audio-user] command line utility to change bit depth

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 23:26:51 +0100 derek holzer &lt;derek(a)x-i.net&gt; wrote: In the libsndfile source code distribution there is an example program called sndfile-convert: erikd@miles > sndfile-convert Usage : sndfile-convert [encoding] <input file> <output file> where [encoding] may be one of the following: -pcms8 : force the output to signed 8 bit pcm -pcmu8 : force the output to unsigned 8 bit pcm -pcm16 : force the output to 16 bit pcm -pcm24 : force the output to 24 bit pcm -pcm32 : force the output to 32 bit pcm -float32 : force the output to 32 bit floating point -ulaw : force the output ULAW -alaw : force the output ALAW -ima-adpcm : force the output to IMA ADPCM (WAV only) -ms-adpcm : force the output to MS ADPCM (WAV only) -gsm610 : force the GSM6.10 (WAV only) -dwvw12 : force the output to 12 bit DWVW (AIFF only) -dwvw16 : force the output to 16 bit DWVW (AIFF only) -dwvw24 : force the output to 24 bit DWVW (AIFF only) The format of the output file is determined by the file extension of the output file name. The following extensions are currently understood: aif : AIFF (Apple/SGI) wav : WAV (Microsoft) au : AU (Sun/NeXT) snd : AU (Sun/NeXT) svx : IFF (Amiga IFF/SVX8/SV16) paf : PAF (Ensoniq PARIS) fap : PAF (Ensoniq PARIS) nist : WAV (NIST Sphere) ircam : SF (Berkeley/IRCAM/CARL) sf : SF (Berkeley/IRCAM/CARL) voc : VOC (Creative Labs) w64 : W64 (SoundFoundry WAVE 64) raw : RAW (header-less) mat4 : MAT4 (GNU Octave 2.0 / Matlab 4.2) mat5 : MAT5 (GNU Octave 2.1 / Matlab 5.0) mat : MAT4 (GNU Octave 2.0 / Matlab 4.2) pvf : PVF (Portable Voice Format) sds : SDS (Midi Sample Dump Standard) xi : XI (FastTracker 2) libsndfile is at : http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/ Erik