pvf(1)
π pvf(1) β the pvf tools, bestie edition π
okay so this is a page from the General Commands Manual, and it's all about the pvf tools. sit down, grab a strawberry π, we're doing sound formats.
β¨ NAME β¨
pvf tools β utilities to convert various sound formats π
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
okay so the pvf tools are literally a whole collection of little tools whose entire job is converting vgetty modem data to and from the 'raw modem data' format, and then from that format to and from a bunch of different audio file formats (like .au or .wav). it's giving β¨translation layerβ¨.
and that's not even all of it β there are also some tools to manipulate pvf files themselves, like speeding files up or cutting off trailing noise. multitasking queen behavior π
a full list of commands is down below in the "see also" section, no gatekeeping here π
you can run those commands with the -h switch to see the available options. please also look at the individual contributed man pages β they're the main characters of their own stories π«Ά
π¦ SEE ALSO π¦
the whole squad, fr fr:
autopvf(1)basictopvf(1)lintopvf(1)pvf(1)pvfamp(1)pvfcut(1)pvfecho(1)pvfff(1)pvffile(1)pvffilter(1)pvfmix(1)pvfnoise(1)pvfreverse(1)pvfsine(1)pvfspeed(1)pvftoau(1)pvftobasic(1)pvftolin(1)pvftormd(1)pvftovoc(1)pvftowav(1)rmdfile(1)rmdtopvf(1)voctopvf(1)wavtopvf(1)
π AUTHOR π
original version from Klaus Weidner. copyright (C) 1997 by Marc Eberhard <Marc.Eberhard@Uni-Duesseldorf.DE> π
and that's the whole page, bestie!! no cap, you're now officially pvf-pilled π this lil time capsule is from 14 February 1997, and yeah, it's page pvf(1) β iconic since day one, periodt π
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π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: mgetty-pvftools 1.2.1-1.2
- debian trixie: mgetty-pvftools 1.2.1-2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- fedora 43: mgetty-voice 1.2.1-26.fc43 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- fedora 44: mgetty-voice 1.2.1-27.fc44 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- opensuse-leap 16.0: mgetty 1.2.1-bp160.1.13 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- opensuse-leap 16.0: mgetty 1.2.1-bp160.1.13 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- opensuse-leap 16.0: mgetty 1.2.1-bp160.1.13 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- opensuse-leap 16.0: mgetty 1.2.1-bp160.1.13 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: mgetty-pvftools 1.2.1-1.1
- ubuntu noble: mgetty-pvftools 1.2.1-1.2
- ubuntu questing: mgetty-pvftools 1.2.1-3
- ubuntu resolute: mgetty-pvftools 1.2.1-5 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: mgetty-pvftools 1.2.1-8 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
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