AUCONVERT(1)

💖 AUCONVERT(1) — like, the manual page, bestie 💖

General Commands Manual energy, but make it a group chat. Welcome to the auconvert page, babe, you're gonna eat this up.

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✨ NAME ✨

auconvert — perform various conversion operations on sound files

No cap, that's the whole vibe: it converts stuff. Sound files. Various ways. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

Look at all those little flags. They're iconic. They're doing the most. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so here's the tea. The auconvert program can be used to convert from one sound file format, and/or data format to another. Two things. Either one. Or both. Slay. 🔥

It can also change the comment, sampling rate, and volume of a sound file. So it's not just a format converter, it's a whole glow-up artist.

And finally — bestie, this is the plot twist — auconvert can be used to convert raw audio data into a sound file. Like, from nothing, it builds a file. Main character energy fr fr. 👑

Now the input/output rules, listen closely:

• 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, replaced, as in gone, as in over — or standard out will be used if the input is coming from standard input.

Heads up: no output file name + a real input file = your original gets overwritten. Back it up if you're not ready for that kind of commitment. 😭

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💜 OPTIONS 💜

The following options may be used with auconvert. There's only a handful, we can do this together, bestie. 🫶

• -file format — the output file format. And listen, if you don't know what the valid ones are, the -? option will display a list of valid file formats. It's giving personal shopper. 🛍️
• -data format — the output data format. Again, the -? option will display a list of valid data formats. But note: each file format may only support selected data formats. So they're picky. They're selective. They have a type. 🧚
• -rate sample rate — the output sampling rate, in hertz. Hertz. Like the rental car. Except it's a number. ⭐
• -comment comment — the comment to be stored in the output file. Put a little note in there. A little message. A little "hi bestie" for future you. 🎀
• -volume <percent>|max'` — okay this one can be used in two ways, and both are valid, we don't pick favorites:
  • If the argument is a percentage, the output file volume will be converted to the specified percentage of the input volume. So like, half volume = half volume. Math ate. 💯
  • If the argument is the string max, the output file volume will be converted to its maximum level. Crank it. Max it out. Let it scream. 🔥
• -raw <data format> <num tracks> — this is the option 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. And crucial, babe: you must also use the -file and -rate options when converting raw data. No skipping. No shortcuts. The trio goes together. 👑
• -? — displays a usage message and a list of supported file and data formats. This is your "help me please" button and it always comes through. 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Go read these next, they're the extended universe:

• nas(1)
• auedit(1)

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🍓 COPYRIGHT 🍓

Copyright 1993, 1994 Network Computing Devices, Inc.

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🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc.

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And that's the whole page, bestie — this was auconvert, version 1.9.5, manual page realness. Go convert something cute. Bye bye, love you, mean it. 💖✨🎀