README.md

I don't plan to support this project. If you have a desire to support it, make the fork

What is it?

This Project is the successor of shntool and aims to provide support of modern high definition audio formats and new features.

shdtool is a multi-purpose WAVE data processing and reporting utility. File formats are abstracted from its core, so it can process any file that contains WAVE data, compressed or not - provided there exists a format module to handle that particular file type.

shdtool has native support for .wav files. If you want it to work with other lossless audio formats, you must have the appropriate helper program installed. The "Helper programs" section below contains links to helper programs for each format that shdtool supports.

Documentation

A description of shdtool's modes and command-line arguments are contained in the man page.

Helper programs

Here are some links to various helper programs you may need. For full functionality with shntool, make sure to use the patched version of any helper program if your platform appears under the "patched for" column.

Windows users: Installation of helper programs is easy. Simply copy the appropriate helper program to the same directory where shntool.exe is installed, or any other directory in your PATH.

Format	Helper program	Read	Write
aiff	SOX	yes	yes
alac	ALAC	yes	no
als	mp4als	yes	yes
ape	mac-port	yes	yes
bonk	Bonk	yes	yes
flac	FLAC	yes	yes
kxs	Kexis	yes	no
la	La	yes	no
lpac	LPAC	yes	no
mkw	mkwcon	yes	yes
ofr	OptimFROG	yes	yes
shn	shorten	yes	yes
tak	-	yes	yes
tta	TTA	yes	yes
wav	-	yes	yes
wv	WavPack	yes	yes