Chris@40: .Dd November 2, 2014
Chris@40: .Dt SNDFILE-INTERLEAVE 1
Chris@40: .Os
Chris@40: .Sh NAME
Chris@40: .Nm sndfile-interleave ,
Chris@40: .Nm sndfile-deinterleave
Chris@40: .Nd convert mono files into a multi-channel file and vice versa
Chris@40: .Sh SYNOPSIS
Chris@40: .Nm sndfile-interleave
Chris@40: .Ar input1
Chris@40: .Ar input2
Chris@40: .Ar ...
Chris@40: .Fl o Ar output
Chris@40: .Nm sndfile-deinterleave
Chris@40: .Ar file
Chris@40: .Sh DESCRIPTION
Chris@40: .Nm sndfile-interleave
Chris@40: creates a multi-channel file taking audio data
Chris@40: from two or more mono files as individual channels.
Chris@40: The format of the output file is determined by its filename suffix.
Chris@40: The audio parameters of the output file will be made so that
Chris@40: the format can accommodate each of the mono inputs;
Chris@40: for example, the samplerate will be the maximal samplerate
Chris@40: occuring in the inputs.
Chris@40: The output file will be overwritten if it already exists.
Chris@40: .Pp
Chris@40: .Nm sndfile-deinterleave
Chris@40: creates two or more mono files from a multi-channel audio file,
Chris@40: containing data from the individual channels. The names of the
Chris@40: resulting mono files are of the form
Chris@40: .Dq name_XY.suf
Chris@40: where
Chris@40: .Em name
Chris@40: and
Chris@40: .Em suf
Chris@40: are the basename and suffix of the original file.
Chris@40: If any file of such name already exists, it will be overwritten.
Chris@40: Apart from the number of channels,
Chris@40: the audio format of the resulting mono files
Chris@40: is the same as that of the original file.
Chris@40: .Sh EXIT STATUS
Chris@40: .Ex -std
Chris@40: .Sh EXAMPLES
Chris@40: Merge a mono OGG file and a mono FLAC file into a stereo WAV file:
Chris@40: .Bd -literal -offset indent
Chris@40: $ sndfile-interleave left.ogg right.flac -o stereo.wav
Chris@40: .Ed
Chris@40: .Pp
Chris@40: Split a multi-channel into individual mono files:
Chris@40: .Bd -literal -offset indent
Chris@40: $ sndfile-deinterleave multi.wav
Chris@40: Input file : multi
Chris@40: Output files :
Chris@40:     multi_00.wav
Chris@40:     multi_01.wav
Chris@40:     multi_02.wav
Chris@40:     multi_03.wav
Chris@40: .Ed
Chris@40: .Sh SEE ALSO
Chris@40: .Lk http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/
Chris@40: .Sh AUTHORS
Chris@40: .An Erik de Castro Lopo Aq Mt erikd@mega-nerd.com