oggdec(1)			 Vorbis Tools			    oggdec(1)



NAME
       oggdec  -  simple  decoder,  Ogg Vorbis file to PCM audio file (WAV or
       RAW).


SYNOPSIS
       oggdec [ -Qhv ] [ -b bits_per_sample ] [ -e endianness ] [ -R ]	[  -s
       signedness ] [ -o outputfile ] file ...


DESCRIPTION
       oggdec  decodes	Ogg  Vorbis  files  into PCM-encoded ("uncompressed")
       audio files, either WAV or RAW format.

       For each input file, oggdec writes to a filename based  on  the	input
       filename, but with the extension changed to ".wav" or ".raw" as appro-
       priate.

       If the input file is specified as -  ,  then  oggdec  will  read	 from
       stdin,  and  write  to  stdout unless an output filename is specified.
       Likewise, an output filename of - will cause output to be to stdout.

       Writing WAV format to stdout is a bad idea.  WAV requires  a  seekable
       medium  for  the	 header to be rewritten after all the data is written
       out; stdout is not seekable.


OPTIONS
       -q, --quiet
	      Suppresses program output.

       -h, --help
	      Print help message.

       -v, --version
	      Display version information.

       -b n, --bits=n
	      Bits per sample.	Valid values are 8 or 16.

       -e n, --endian=n
	      Set endianness for 16-bit output.	 0 (default) is little-endian
	      (Intel byte order).  1 is big-endian (sane byte order).

       -R, --raw
	      Output  in raw format.  If not specified, writes WAV file (RIFF
	      headers).

       -s n, --sign=n
	      Set signedness for output.  0 for	 unsigned,  1  (default)  for
	      signed.

       -o filename, --output=filename
	      Write  output to specified filename.  This option is only valid
	      if one input [file] is specified.


EXAMPLES
       Decode a file enabler.ogg to enabler.wav
	as little-endian unsigned 16-bit (default options):
	      oggdec enabler.ogg

       Decode a file enabler.ogg to enabler.raw as  headerless	little-endian
       unsigned 16-bit:
	      oggdec --raw=1 enabler.ogg

       Decode enabler.ogg to enabler.crazymonkey as unsigned 8-bit:
	      oggdec -b 8 -s 0 -o enabler.crazymonkey enabler.ogg

       Decode  enabler.ogg to enabler.raw as big-endian signed 16-bit (any of
       the following):
	      oggdec -R -e 1 -b 16 enabler.ogg
	      oggdec -R -e 1 -b 16 -o enabler.raw - < enabler.ogg
	      oggdec -R -e 1 -b 16 - < enabler.ogg > enabler.raw

       Mass decoding (foo.ogg to foo.wav, bar.ogg  to  bar.wav,	 quux.ogg  to
       quux.wav, etc.):
	      oggdec *.ogg


SEE ALSO
       ogg123(1)


AUTHORS
   Program Authors
       Michael Smith 

   Manpage Authors
       Frederick  Lee  ,  assisted  by a few million
       monkeys armed with keyboards in irc://irc.openprojects.net/#vorbis



				 2002 July 03			    oggdec(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. file
2. as
3. write
4. raw