.TH "ecalength" "1" "18\&.04\&.2004" "" "Multimedia software"

.PP 
.SH "NAME"
ecalength \- prints audio file length and other information
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBecalength\fP [\-ahtsfmbcr] FILE1 [FILE2] [FILEn]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP 
This is ecalength, a few lines of code pompously named so because they  
let one retrieve the length of an audio file from the command line  
using ecasound\(cq\&s engine\&.  
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Limitations:  
.IP ""
\- With files without header information (raw files), ecalength will only work 
correctly if the audio file is at a sampling rate of 44100 hz\&.
(Addressed with the \-a switch\&.)
.IP ""
\- It is not foolproof, feeding it with something other than an audio  
file WILL result in ugly things being spewed back\&.  
(A bit better)
.IP ""
\- A thousand more that I haven\(cq\&t thought of\&.

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.SH "OPTIONS"

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.IP "\-h"
Prints this usage message\&.  (help)
.IP 
.IP "\-a[:]bits,channels,rate"
Changes the format assumed by default for headerless data\&. (adjust)
.IP 
.IP "\-t"
Prints the summed length of all the files processed\&.  (total)
(Ignored if with \-s) 
.IP 
.IP "\-s"
Enables script mode: One info type per file per line\&.   (script)
(Defaults to length in secs\&.) 
.IP 
.IP "\-f"
With \-s will return the format string as info, alone it will 
add it to the main display\&.  (format)
.IP 
.IP "\-b"
If \-s and \-f are enabled with this the info printed will be 
the sample\(cq\&s bitwidth\&.  (bits)
.IP 
.IP "\-c"
If \-s and \-f are enabled with this the info printed will be 
the channel count\&.  (channel count)
.IP 
.IP "\-r"
If \-s and \-f are enabled with this the info printed will be 
the sampling rate\&.  (rate)
.IP 
.IP "\-m"
Will print human computable time as in main display but in 
batch fashion\&. (minutes) (Only with \-s)

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.SH "SEE ALSO"

.PP 
ecasound(1), ecatools(1)
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.SH "AUTHOR"

.PP 
S\&.Massy, <observer |at| colba\&.net <observer |at| colba\&.net>>