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.SH NAME
sfront \-  MPEG 4 Structured Audio decoder.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sfront
.RI [ options ]
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B sfront
command.
This manual page was written for the Debian distribution
because the original program does not have a general manual page.
Instead, it has documentation in the HTML format; see below.
.PP
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\fBsfront\fP is a program that compiles MPEG 4 Structured Audio
(MP4-SA) bitstreams into efficient C programs that generate audio when
executed. It supports real-time, low-latency audio input/output and
MIDI input from soundcards.
.PP
You must compile the C file generated after \fBsfront\fP execution
with a C compiler, and execute the resulting program to get the audio
output.
.SH OPTIONS
A summary of the most important options is included below. For a
complete description, see the HTML manual.
.TP
.B \-help
Show summary of all of the options.
.TP
.BI \-o " c_file"
Write the C output to the file
.I c_file
.TP
.BI \-bit " mp4_file"
Use the MPEG4 binary file
.I mp4_file
as input file.
.TP
.BI \-bitc " mp4_file"
Use the MPEG4 binary file
.I mp4_file
as input file. Skip its streaming data.
.TP
.BI \-orc " orchestra_file"
Use the textual SAOL file
.I orchestra_file
as orchestra input file.
.TP
.BI \-sco " score_file"
Use the textual SASL file
.I score_file
as score input file.
.TP
.BI \-sstr " score_file"
Use the stream-encoded SASL file
.I score_file
as score input file.
.TP
.BI \-midi " midi_file"
Use the MIDI file
.I midi_file
as score input file.
.TP
.BI \-mstr " midi_file"
Use the streamed MIDI file
.I midi_file
as score input file.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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On Debian systems you can find the sfront related
documentation in /usr/share/doc/sfront/html/index.html. Included there
are:

.IR "The Sfront Reference Manual"
by John Lazzaro and John Wawrzynek.

.IR "The MPEG-4 Structured Audio Book"
by John Lazzaro and John Wawrzynek.
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Enrique Robledo Arnuncio <era@debian.org>,
for the Debian system (but may be used by others).