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.TH SOUNDCONVERTER 1 2009-06-10 "GNOME" "GNOME User's Manual"
.SH NAME
soundconverter \- convert sound files to other formats
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR soundconverter " [options] [file...]"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B soundconverter
is a simple tool for converting sound files to other formats.
It can work from the command line, but is really meant for interactive
use in the GNOME environment.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR \-h ", "\-\-help
Print out a usage summary.
.TP
.BR \-b ", "\-\-batch
Convert in batch mode, from command line, without a graphical user interface.
You can use this from, say, shell scripts.
.TP
.BR \-m ", "\-\-mime\-type " \fIarg\fR"
Set the output MIME type for batch mode.
The default is audio/x-vorbis.
Note that you probably want to set the output suffix as well.
You can also use shortcuts: aac, flac, mp3, vorbis, wav.
.TP
.BR \-q ", "\-\-quiet
Be quiet.
Don't write normal output, only errors.
.TP
.BR \-d ", "\-\-debug
Print additional debug information.
.TP
.BR \-s ", "\-\-suffix " \fIarg\fR"
Set the output filename suffix for batch mode.
The default is .ogg.
Note that the suffix does not affect the output MIME type.
.TP
.BR \-t ", "\-\-tags
Show tags for input files instead of converting them. 
This indicates command line batch mode and disables the 
graphical user interface.
.TP
.BR \-j ", "\-\-jobs= "
Force number of concurent conversions.
Default is one per present CPU.
.SH AUTHOR
Lars Wirzenius (liw@iki.fi).
Gautier Portet (kassoulet@gmail.com)
Uwe Bugla (uwe.bugla@gmx.de).