ref: ee043366b6b497dcda6729100f39a88d7ee8e35d
parent: a92474c44ef386dd538d0506b813bfbeecd0ddc7
author: robs <robs>
date: Tue Jul 1 03:54:19 EDT 2008
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--- a/sox.1
+++ b/sox.1
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@
The SoX web site at http://sox.sourceforge.net
.SH LICENSE
Copyright 1991 Lance Norskog and Sundry Contributors.
-Copyright 1998\-2007 by Chris Bagwell and SoX Contributors.
+Copyright 1998\-2008 by Chris Bagwell and SoX Contributors.
.SP
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
--- a/soxeffect.7
+++ b/soxeffect.7
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
for a multiple-band companding effect.
.TP
\fBcontrast [\fIenhancement-amount (75)\fR]
-Comparable to compression, this effect modifies an audio signal to
+Comparable with compression, this effect modifies an audio signal to
make it sound louder.
.I enhancement-amount
controls the amount of the enhancement and is a number in the range 0\-100.
--- a/soxformat.7
+++ b/soxformat.7
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.SH NAME
SoX \- Sound eXchange, the Swiss Army knife of audio manipulation
.SH DESCRIPTION
-SoX supported file formats and audio devices.
+SoX supported file formats and audio device types.
.SP
Format types that can be determined by a filename
extension are listed with their names preceded by a dot.
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@
8kHz (but may be overridden), and the data encoding is defined by the
given suffix. Thus \fBf4\fR and \fBf8\fR indicate files encoded as 4
and 8-byte (IEEE single and double precision) floating point PCM
-respectively; \fBs1\fR, \fBs2\fR, \fBs3\fR, and \fBs4\fR indicate as 1,
+respectively; \fBs1\fR, \fBs2\fR, \fBs3\fR, and \fBs4\fR indicate 1,
2, 3, and 4-byte signed integer PCM respectively; \fBu1\fR, \fBu2\fR,
-\fBu3\fR, and \fBu4\fR indicate as 1, 2, 3, and 4-byte unsigned integer
+\fBu3\fR, and \fBu4\fR indicate 1, 2, 3, and 4-byte unsigned integer
PCM respectively; \fBul\fR indicates `\(*m-law' (byte), \fBal\fR
indicates `A-law' (byte), and \fBlu\fR and \fBla\fR are inverse bit
order `\(*m-law' and inverse bit order `A-law' respectively. \fBsb\fR,
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@
option with the output file options.
.TP
.B .wavpcm
-A non-standard variant of
+A non-standard, but widely used, variant of
.BR .wav .
Some applications cannot read a standard WAV file header for PCM-encoded
data with sample-size greater than 16-bits or with more than two
@@ -567,8 +567,14 @@
format can be used to create files with the non-standard header that
should work with these applications. (Note that SoX will automatically
detect and read WAV files with the non-standard header.)
+.SP
+The most common use of this file-type is likely to be along the following
+lines:
+.EX
+ sox infile.any -t wavpcm -s outfile.wav
+.EE
.TP
-.B .wv
+\&\fB.wv\fR (optional)
WavPack lossless audio compression. Note that, when converting
.B .wav
to this format and back again,