sndfile-info(1)

sndfile-info1

Display information about sound files

Usage

sndfile-info [--broadcast] [--cart] [--channel-map] [--instrument] file ...

Overview

sndfile-info displays basic information about sound files such as format, number of channels, samplerate, and length. The following options are recognized:

--broadcast

Display broadcast (BWF) info.

--cart

Display the cart chunk of a WAV (or related) file.

--channel-map

Display channel map.

--instrument

Display instrument info: a base note, gain, velocity, key, and loop points.

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 3.1–5.0
  2. 6.0–8
  3. 9–10
  4. 11–Arch

--broadcast since Debian 9 (Stretch); --cart since Debian 9 (Stretch); --channel-map since Debian 9 (Stretch); --instrument since Debian 9 (Stretch).

Authors

Erik de Castro Lopo ⟨[email protected]⟩.

From libsndfile 1.2.2-4 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.