Provided by: wavpack_5.6.0-1_amd64 
NAME
wvunpack - decodes wavpack encoded files
SYNOPSIS
wvunpack [-options] INFILE... [-o OUTFILE]
DESCRIPTION
wvunpack decodes WavPack files back to their original uncompressed form using the options
provided. Unless overridden with the -o switch, the output filename will be identical to
the source filename but with the original file extension replacing WavPack's “.wv”
extension. It is also possible to output raw audio without headers (see --raw option).
Multiple WavPack input files may be specified resulting in multiple output files, and in
that case -o may be used to specify an alternate target directory. Stdin and stdout may
be specified with “-”. It is also possible to export to one of the alternate file formats
listed below, but in that case the information in the original headers and trailers will
be lost (even if the alternate format is the same as the source format). WavPack files are
generally created with the wavpack program.
If multiple input files are specified with piped output (“-o -”), then the output from all
the files is concatenated. This can be utilized as an easy way to concatenate WavPack
files (assuming the output is subsequently piped into wavpack), but only makes sense with
raw output (--raw) to avoid headers being interleaved with the audio data.
OUTPUT FILE FORMATS
• Microsoft RIFF, extension “.wav”, force with -w or --wav, creates RF64 if > 4 GB
• Sony Wave64, extension “.w64”, force with --w64
• Apple AIFF, extension “.aif”, force with --aif or --aif-le
• Apple Core Audio, extension “.caf”, force with --caf-be or --caf-le
• Raw PCM or DSD, extension “.raw”, force with -r or --raw
• Philips DSDIFF, extension “.dff”, force with --dsdiff or --dff
• Sony DSD Stream, extension “.dsf”, force with --dsf
OPTIONS
--aif, --aif-le
force output to Apple AIFF (or AIFF-C/sowt), extension “.aif”
-b
blindly decode all stream blocks and ignore length info
-c
do not decode audio but instead just extract cuesheet stored in APEv2 tag to stdout
(equivalent to -x “cuesheet”)
-cc
extract cuesheet stored in APEv2 tag to source-name.cue file in same directory as
decoded audio file (equivalent to -xx “cuesheet=%a.cue”)
--caf-be, --caf-le
force output to big-endian or little-endian Core Audio, extension “.caf”
-d
delete source file if successful (use with caution!)
--dff, --dsdiff
force output to Philips DSDIFF, DSD audio source only, extension “.dff”
--dsf
force output to Sony DSF, DSD audio source only, extension “.dsf”
-f
do not decode audio but simply display summary information about WavPack file to
stdout in a machine-parsable format (see doc/wavpack_doc.html or cli/wvunpack.c in
repository for format details)
--help
display extended help
-i
ignore .wvc file (forces hybrid lossy decompression)
-m
calculate and display MD5 signature; verify if lossless
-n
no audio decoding (use with -xx to extract tags only)
--normalize-floats
normalize float audio to +/-1.0 if it isn't already (rarely the case, but alters audio
and fails MD5)
--no-utf8-convert
leave extracted text tags in UTF-8 encoding during extraction or display
-o OUTFILE
specify output filename (only if single source file) or target directory (must exist)
-q
quiet (keep console output to a minimum)
-r, --raw
force raw PCM or DSD audio decode by skipping headers & trailers, results in
source-name.raw
--raw-pcm
similar to -r and --raw above except that DSD audio will be converted to 24-bit PCM
(8x decimation)
-s
do not decode audio but simply display summary information about WavPack file to
stdout
-ss
do not decode audio but simply display summary and tag information about WavPack file
to stdout
--skip=[-][sample|hh:mm:ss.ss]
start decoding at specified sample or time index, specifying a - causes sample/time to
be relative to EOF
-t
copy input file's time stamp to output file(s)
--until=[+|-][sample|hh:mm:ss.ss]
stop decoding at specified sample or time index, specifying a + causes sample/time to
be relative to --skip point, specifying a - causes sample/time to be relative to EOF
-v
verify source data only (no output file created)
-vv
quick verify (no output, version 5+ files only)
--version
write program version to stdout
-w, --wav
force output to Microsoft RIFF/RF64, extension “.wav”
--w64
force output to Sony Wave64, extension “.w64”
-x “Field”
do not decode audio but instead just extract the specified tag field to stdout
-xx “Field[=file]”
extract the specified tag field to named file in same directory as decoded audio file;
optional filename specification may contain %a which is replaced with the audio file
base name, %t replaced with the tag field name (note: comes from data for binary tags)
and %e replaced with the extension from the binary tag source file (or “txt” for text
tag).
-y
yes to overwrite warning (use with caution!)
-z[n]
don't set (n = 0 or omitted) or set (n = 1) console title to indicate progress (leaves
"WvUnpack Completed")
SEE ALSO
wavpack(1), wvgain(1), wvtag(1)
Please visit www.wavpack.com for more information
COPYRIGHT
This manual page was written by Sebastian Dröge <slomo@debian.org> and David Bryant
<david@wavpack.com>. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the BSD License.
AUTHORS
Sebastian Dröge <slomo@debian.org>
Original author
David Bryant <david@wavpack.com>
Updates
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2005 Sebastian Dröge
Copyright © 2022 David Bryant