Audio::File::AudioProperties(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			 Audio::File::AudioProperties(3pm)

NAME

       Audio::File::AudioProperties - abstract an audio files audio properties.

DESCRIPTION

       Audio::File::AudioProperties is the base class for other file format independant audio property classes like
       Audio::File::Flac::AudioProperties or Audio::File::Ogg::AudioProperties. You should not use this class yourself exept you're writing an own
       file format dependant subclass.

METHODS

   new
       Constructor. Creates new Audio::File::AudioProperties object. You shoud not use this method yourself. It's called by the filetype-dependant
       subclasses of Audio::File::Type automatically.

   init
       Initializes the object. It's called by the constructor and empty by default.  It's ought to be overwritten by subclasses.

   length
       Returns the length of the audio file in seconds.

   bitrate
       Returns the bitrate of the file.

   sample_rate
       Returns the sample rate of the audio file.

   channels
       Returns the number of channels the audio file has.

   all
       Get all audio properties.

SEE ALSO

       Audio::File, Audio::File::Type, Audio::File::Tag

AUTHOR

       Florian Ragwitz <flora@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright (C) 2004 Florian Ragwitz

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
       the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Library General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
       Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

perl v5.10.0							    2005-02-18					 Audio::File::AudioProperties(3pm)