ref: adadcf9953a8d24376c61c59122619b328196de6
parent: 6b9b69a205a882e2a6d2c197772061e2205bfc16
author: Mark Harris <mark.hsj@gmail.com>
date: Tue Jan 2 19:51:25 EST 2018
opusdec: Update help and man page
--- a/man/opusdec.1
+++ b/man/opusdec.1
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
.TH opusdec 1 2012-08-31 "Xiph.Org Foundation" "opus-tools"
.SH NAME
-opusdec \- decode audio from Opus format to WAV (or simple audio output)
+opusdec \- decode audio in Opus format to Wave or raw PCM
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B opusdec
@@ -37,8 +37,16 @@
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B opusdec
-decodes Opus files into PCM Wave (uncompressed) files.
+decodes Opus URLs or files to uncompressed Wave or raw PCM.
+In URLs, the
+.B file
+,
+.B http
+, and
+.B https
+schemes are supported unless HTTP support was disabled at build time.
+
If the input file is specified as
.B "-"
, then
@@ -54,30 +62,30 @@
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IP "-h, --help"
-Print help message
+Show help message
.IP "-V, --version"
-Display version information
+Show version information
.IP "--quiet"
Suppresses program output
-.IP "--rate"
+.IP "--rate n"
.br
Force decoding at sampling rate n Hz
.IP "--force-stereo"
.br
Force decoding to stereo
-.IP "--gain"
+.IP "--gain n"
.br
Adjust the output volume n dB, negative values make the signal quieter
.IP "--no-dither"
Do not dither 16-bit output
.IP "--float"
-32-bit floating-point files instead of 16-bit files
+Output 32-bit floating-point samples instead of 16-bit integer samples
.IP "--force-wav"
-Force including a wav header on output (e.g. for non-wav extensions and stdout)
-.IP "--packet-loss"
+Force including a Wave header on output (e.g. for non-wav extensions and stdout)
+.IP "--packet-loss n"
Simulate n % random Opus packet loss
-.IP "--save-range"
-Saves check values for every frame to a file
+.IP "--save-range file"
+Save check values for every frame to a file
.SH EXAMPLES
Decode a file
@@ -90,12 +98,8 @@
Play a file
.B input.opus
-and force output at 48000 regardless of
-the original sampling rate
-.br
-.I (48kHz output may be faster, due to avoiding resampling and some sound hardware produces higher quality output when run at 48kHz)
.RS
-opusdec --rate 48000 input.opus
+opusdec input.opus
.RE
Re-encode a high bitrate Opus file to a lower rate
@@ -105,11 +109,11 @@
Play an http stream
.B http://icecast.somwhere.org:8000/stream.opus
-with the help of curl on a system with pulseaudio
+on a system with pulseaudio
.br
.I (press ctrl-c to quit)
.RS
-curl http://icecast.somwhere.org:8000/stream.opus | padsp opusdec -
+padsp opusdec http://icecast.somwhere.org:8000/stream.opus
.RE
.SH AUTHORS
--- a/src/opusdec.c
+++ b/src/opusdec.c
@@ -441,32 +441,43 @@
void usage(void)
{
- printf("Usage: opusdec [options] input_file.opus [output_file]\n");
+#if defined HAVE_LIBSNDIO || defined HAVE_SYS_SOUNDCARD_H || \
+ defined HAVE_MACHINE_SOUNDCARD_H || defined HAVE_SOUNDCARD_H || \
+ defined HAVE_SYS_AUDIOIO_H || defined WIN32 || defined _WIN32
+ printf("Usage: opusdec [options] input [output]\n");
+#else
+ printf("Usage: opusdec [options] input output\n");
+#endif
printf("\n");
- printf("Decodes a Opus file and produce a WAV file or raw file\n");
+ printf("Decode audio in Opus format to Wave or raw PCM\n");
printf("\n");
- printf("input_file can be:\n");
- printf(" filename.opus regular Opus file\n");
+ printf("input can be:\n");
+ printf(" file:filename.opus Opus URL\n");
+ printf(" filename.opus Opus file\n");
printf(" - stdin\n");
printf("\n");
- printf("output_file can be:\n");
- printf(" filename.wav Wav file\n");
+ printf("output can be:\n");
+ printf(" filename.wav Wave file\n");
printf(" filename.* Raw PCM file (any extension other than .wav)\n");
printf(" - stdout (raw; unless --force-wav)\n");
- printf(" (nothing) Will be played to soundcard\n");
+#if defined HAVE_LIBSNDIO || defined HAVE_SYS_SOUNDCARD_H || \
+ defined HAVE_MACHINE_SOUNDCARD_H || defined HAVE_SOUNDCARD_H || \
+ defined HAVE_SYS_AUDIOIO_H || defined WIN32 || defined _WIN32
+ printf(" (default) Play audio\n");
+#endif
printf("\n");
printf("Options:\n");
+ printf(" -h, --help Show this help\n");
+ printf(" -V, --version Show version information\n");
+ printf(" --quiet Suppress program output\n");
printf(" --rate n Force decoding at sampling rate n Hz\n");
printf(" --force-stereo Force decoding to stereo\n");
- printf(" --gain n Manually adjust gain by n.nn dB (0 default)\n");
+ printf(" --gain n Adjust output volume n dB (negative is quieter)\n");
printf(" --no-dither Do not dither 16-bit output\n");
- printf(" --float 32-bit floating-point output\n");
- printf(" --force-wav Force wav header on output\n");
+ printf(" --float Output 32-bit floating-point samples\n");
+ printf(" --force-wav Force Wave header on output\n");
printf(" --packet-loss n Simulate n %% random packet loss\n");
- printf(" --save-range file Saves check values for every frame to a file\n");
- printf(" -h, --help This help\n");
- printf(" -V, --version Version information\n");
- printf(" --quiet Quiet mode\n");
+ printf(" --save-range file Save check values for every frame to a file\n");
printf("\n");
}