SFRONT(1)						      General Commands Manual							 SFRONT(1)

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 pro-
       gram 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)