aifcinfo(1)                                                        aifcinfo(1)



NAME
     aifcinfo - describes contents of AIFF-C or AIFF file


SYNOPSIS
     aifcinfo  <infile.aifc or infile.aiff>


DESCRIPTION
     aifcinfo is a command-line program which parses an AIFF-C or AIFF digital
     audio input file, and prints out a description of the contents of the
     file, including header information about the sample data, author and
     copyright strings, and loop point locations.

     If the AIFF-C/AIFF input file parses correctly, aifcinfo returns 0.  If
     there is an error, aifcinfo returns 1.

     The AIFF and AIFF-C file format specifications are published by Apple
     Computer Inc.


BUGS
     aifcinfo does not yet recognize the comment chunks described in the
     AIFF-C specification.


AUTHOR
     Silicon Graphics, Inc.


SEE ALSO
     playaifc(1), recordaifc(1),
     aiff2aifc(1), aifc2aiff(1),
     dmconvert(1), dminfo(1), mediaconvert(1)

     AIFF-C File Format Specification

     AFintro(3A), Introduction to the Audio File Library

















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