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   WAVPACK  Hybrid Lossless Wavefile Compressor  DOS Version 3.4  12-12-02
   Copyright (c) 1998 - 2002 Conifer Software.  All Rights Reserved.
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WavPack consists of two complimentary executable programs, WavPack and WvUnpack.
These programs allow you to compress (and restore) stereo and mono audio files
in the .WAV format. The audio files must be simple PCM from 16 to 24 bits per
sample. The programs are real-mode DOS applications that can be run under any
version of Windows or DOS, but are really intended for Windows 3.1 and DOS only
(use version 3.96 or later for 32-bit Windows). They are initiated from the
MS-DOS command line prompt with the following syntax:


 Usage:   WAVPACK [-options] [@]infile[.wav]|- [[@]outfile[.wv]|outpath]
             (infile may contain wildcards: ?,*)

 Options: -bn = enable hybrid compression, 'n' is kbits/second (kbps)
             (n = 24-4800) or bits/sample (n = 4-23); otherwise default
             operation is pure lossless compression
          -c  = create correction file (.wvc) for hybrid mode
          -d  = delete source file if successful (use with caution!)
          -f (or -ff) = fast (or very fast) lossless compression
          -jn = joint-stereo override (where applicable, 0=LR/1=MS)
          -h  = high quality (best compression in all modes, but slower)
          -n  = calculate average and peak quantization noise (hybrid only)
          -rn = raw mode for non-wav files (1=mono/2=stereo)
          -sn = noise shaping override (hybrid only, 0=off/1=1st order)
          -t  = copy input file's time stamp to output file
          -y  = yes to all warnings (use with caution!)


 Usage:   WVUNPACK [-options] [@]infile[.wv] [[@]outfile[.wav]|outpath|-]
             (infile may contain wildcards: ?,*)

 Options: -d  = delete source file if successful (use with caution!)
          -t  = copy input file's time stamp to output file
          -v  = verify source data only (no output file created)
          -y  = yes to overwrite warning (use with caution!)


Except for long filenames and the self-extraction feature, these programs are
identical to the 3.96 versions for Win32. Please refer to that documentation
for more information.

I hope you find WavPack useful; feel free to give it to anyone else who might
find it useful.  The latest information about WavPack or e-mailing the author
can be found at:

  www.wavpack.com
