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ecalength(1) Multimedia software ecalength(1)

NAME

ecalength - prints audio file length and other information

SYNOPSIS

ecalength [-ahtsfmbcr] FILE1 [FILE2] [FILEn]

DESCRIPTION

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’s engine.

Limitations:

- 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.)
- It is not foolproof, feeding it with something other than an audio file WILL result in ugly things being spewed back. (A bit better)
- A thousand more that I haven’t thought of.

OPTIONS

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

SEE ALSO

ecasound(1), ecatools(1)

AUTHOR

S.Massy, <observer |at| colba.net <observer |at| colba.net>>

18.04.2004