AUCONVERT(1)

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✨ AUCONVERT(1) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to auconvert 💖 — the manual page for the <rainbow>General Commands Manual</rainbow> era, and honestly? she's a whole vibe. she does conversions. on sound files. and she does them well.

🌸 NAME 🌸

auconvert — perform various conversion operations on sound files 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

auconvert [-file <format>] [-data <format>] [-rate <sample rate>]
[-comment <comment>] [-raw <data format> <num tracks>] [-volume
<percent>|`max'] [-?] [<input file>] [<output file>]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie 🍓 — the auconvert program can be used to convert from one sound file format, and/or data format, to another. yes, and/or. she's flexible like that. 😌

she can also change the comment, the sampling rate, and the volume of a sound file. lowkey iconic behavior.

and finally? auconvert can be used to convert raw audio data into a sound file. glow-up of the century fr fr. ✨

okay but the important bits, no cap:

  • If no input file name is given, standard input will be used. 👀
  • If no output file name is given, the original file will be replaced by the converted file — yes, she will overwrite it, be careful — or standard out will be used if the input is coming from standard input.
⚠️ not me warning you twice: no output file name = your original file gets replaced. if input is from stdin instead, output goes to stdout. that's just how she moves.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

the following options may be used with auconvert — every single one, we're not skipping a single snack:

  • -file format — the output file format. 🎀 the -? option will display a list of valid file formats. iykyk.
  • -data format — the output data format. 🌈 the -? option will display a list of valid data formats. note that each file format may only support selected data formats — so yeah, she's picky, but in a main-character way. 👑
  • -rate sample rate — the output sampling rate, in hertz. ⭐
  • -comment comment — the comment to be stored in the output file. 💌 put something cute in there.
  • -volume <percent>|`max' — the volume option can be used in two ways, and bestie she really said "why not both":
    • if the argument is a percentage, the output file volume will be converted to the specified percentage of the input volume. 🍓
    • if the argument is the string `max', the output file volume will be converted to its maximum level. 🔥
  • -raw <data format> <num tracks> — this option is used to convert raw audio data into a sound file. 🧚 <data format> is the data format of the raw data. <num tracks> specifies the number of tracks in the raw data. You must also use the -file and -rate options when converting raw data. no shortcuts, bestie, she said what she said. 💀
  • -? — displays a usage message and a list of supported file and data formats. literally your bestie handing you the menu. 🙈

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Copyright 1993, 1994 Network Computing Devices, Inc.

💖 AUTHOR 💖

Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc.

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🫶 this edition was version 1.9.4, straight out of the AUCONVERT(1) archives — go convert something gorgeous, and pls pls pls name your output file so nothing gets replaced. 🎀✨💜

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