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-include(header.m4)
-<qu>
-text "
-para_afh, the audio format handler tool, is a stand-alone program
-contained in the paraslash package for analyzing and streaming audio
-files. It can be used to
-
- - print tech info about the given audio file to stdout.
- In particular, the 'chunk table' of the audio file, an array
- of offsets within the audio file, may be printed. This table
- can be used by other programs unaware of the particular audio
- format to stream the audio file.
-
- - write selected parts of the given audio file in complete
- chunks without decoding. Thus para_afh can be used to 'cut'
- an audio file.
-
- - write selected parts of the given audio files 'just in time'
- to stdout. This may be useful for third-party software that
- is capable of reading from stdin.
-"
-</qu>
-
-include(loglevel.m4)
-
-<qu>
-defgroup "mode"
-#--------------
-groupdesc="
- There are two modes of operation: Info mode and stream mode,
- one of which must be selected by the corresponding option.
- See below.
-"
-required
-
-groupoption "info" i
-#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-"select info mode"
-group="mode"
-details="
- In this mode, the program prints technical information about
- the given audio file to stdout.
-"
-
-groupoption "stream" s
-#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-"select stream mode"
-group="mode"
-details="
- If this mode is selected, the selected parts of the content
- of the audio file are written to stdout. Only complete chunks
- with respect of the underlying audio format are written.
- For example, only complete frames in case of mp3 files.
-"
-
-section "Options for info mode"
-#==============================
-
-option "chunk_table" c
-#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-"print also the chunk table"
-flag off
-dependon="info"
-
-option "human" u
-#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-"use human-readable output format"
-flag off
-dependon = "info"
-details = "
- Currently this option only affects the format of the chunk table,
- so it has no effect if --chunk_table is not given.
-
- The human-readable output consists of one output line per
- chunk and the output contains also the chunk number, the
- duration and the size of each chunk.
-"
-
-section "Options for stream mode"
-#================================
-
-
-option "begin_chunk" b
-#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-"skip a number of chunks"
-int typestr="chunk_num"
-default="0"
-dependon="stream"
-optional
-details="
- The chunk_num argument must be between -num_chunks and
- num_chunks - 1 inclusively where num_chunks is the total number
- of chunks which is printed when using the --info option. If
- chunk_num is negative, the given number of chunks are counted
- backwards from the end of the file. For example --begin_chunk
- -100 instructs para_afh to start output at chunk num_chunks
- - 100. This is mainly useful for cutting off the end of an
- audio file.
-"
-
-option "end_chunk" e
-#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-"only write up to chunk chunk_num"
-int typestr="chunk_num"
-dependon="stream"
-optional
-details="
- For the chunk_num argument the same rules as for --begin_chunk
- apply. The default is to write up to the last chunk.
-"
-
-option "just_in_time" j
-#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-"use timed writes"
-flag off
-dependon="stream"
-details="
- Write the specified chunks of data 'just in time', i.e. the
- write of each chunk is delayed until the time it is needed
- by the decoder/player in order to guarantee an uninterrupted
- audio stream.
-"
-
-option "no_header" H
-#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-"do not write an audio file header"
-flag off
-dependon="stream"
-details="
- If an audio format needs information about the audio file
- in a format-specific header in order to be understood by
- the decoding software, a suitable header is automatically
- send. This option changes the default behaviour, i.e. no
- header is written.
-"
-</qu>
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