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.\"    Manual: The Canonical Csound Reference Manual
.\"    Source: 5.10
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "SNDINFO" "1" "08/01/2011" "5.10" "The Canonical Csound Reference"
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.SH "NAME"
sndinfo \- Displays information about a soundfile\&. .\" sndinfo
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Get basic information about one or more soundfiles\&.
.SH "SYNTAX"
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
\fBcsound \-U sndinfo\fR [options] soundfilenames \&.\&.\&.
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
\fBsndinfo\fR [options] soundfilenames \&.\&.\&.
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "INITIALIZATION"
.PP

\fIsndinfo\fR
will attempt to find each named file, open it for reading, read in the soundfile header, then print a report on the basic information it finds\&. The order of search across soundfile directories is as described
above\&. If the file is of type AIFF, some further details are listed first\&.
.PP
There are two option types:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04' 1.\h'+01'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP "  1." 4.2
.\}
\fI\-i\fR
or
\fI\-i1\fR
will print instrument information, which includes looping\&. The option continues until a
\fI\-i0\fR
option\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04' 2.\h'+01'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP "  2." 4.2
.\}
The other option is
\fI\-b\fR
which prints the broadcast information for WAV files\&. It can similarly be negated with
\fI\-b0\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP


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.if n \{\
.RS 4
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.nf
\fIcsound \-U sndinfo\fR test Bosendorfer/"BOSEN mf A0 st" foo foo2
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp

where the environment variables SFDIR = /u/bv/sound, and SSDIR = /so/bv/Samples, might produce the following:

.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
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.nf
util  SNDINFO:      
     /u/bv/sound/test:
           srate 22050, monaural, 16 bit shorts, 1\&.10 seconds
           headersiz 1024, datasiz 48500  (24250 sample frames)
  
    /so/bv/Samples/Bosendorfer/BOSEN mf A0 st:  AIFF, 197586 stereo samples, base Frq 261\&.6 (MIDI 60), sustnLp: mode 1, 121642 to 197454, relesLp: mode 0
     AIFF soundfile, looping with modes 1, 0
     srate 44100, stereo, 16 bit shorts, 4\&.48 seconds
  
     headersiz  402, datasiz 790344  (197586 sample frames)
  
     /u/bv/sound/foo:
           no recognizable soundfile header
  
     /u/bv/sound/foo2:
            couldn\*(Aqt find
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp

.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBBarry Vercoe\fR
.br
MIT Media Lab
          
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.PP
\fBDan Ellis\fR
.br
MIT Media Lab, 
          Cambridge
          Massachussetts
        
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Author.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br