NAME

       sfront -  MPEG 4 Structured Audio decoder.

SYNOPSIS

       sfront [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page documents briefly the sfront command.  This manual page was written for
       the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a general manual  page.
       Instead, it has documentation in the HTML format; see below.

       sfront  is  a  program  that  compiles  MPEG  4  Structured Audio (MP4-SA) bitstreams into
       efficient C programs that generate audio when executed. It supports real-time, low-latency
       audio input/output and MIDI input from soundcards.

       You  must  compile  the  C  file  generated  after sfront execution with a C compiler, and
       execute the resulting program to get the audio output.

OPTIONS

       A summary of the most important options is included below. For a complete description, see
       the HTML manual.

       -help  Show summary of all of the options.

       -o c_file
              Write the C output to the file c_file

       -bit mp4_file
              Use the MPEG4 binary file mp4_file as input file.

       -bitc mp4_file
              Use the MPEG4 binary file mp4_file as input file. Skip its streaming data.

       -orc orchestra_file
              Use the textual SAOL file orchestra_file as orchestra input file.

       -sco score_file
              Use the textual SASL file score_file as score input file.

       -sstr score_file
              Use the stream-encoded SASL file score_file as score input file.

       -midi midi_file
              Use the MIDI file midi_file as score input file.

       -mstr midi_file
              Use the streamed MIDI file midi_file as score input file.

SEE ALSO

       On    Debian    systems    you    can   find   the   sfront   related   documentation   in
       /usr/share/doc/sfront/html/index.html. Included there are:

       The Sfront Reference Manual by John Lazzaro and John Wawrzynek.

       The MPEG-4 Structured Audio Book by John Lazzaro and John Wawrzynek.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Enrique Robledo Arnuncio <era@debian.org>, for the  Debian
       system (but may be used by others).

                                           May 14, 2002                                 SFRONT(1)