OPTIONS¶
-a
Adobe Audition (CoolEdit) mode for 32-bit floats
--allow-huge-tags
allow tag data up to 16 MB (embedding > 1 MB is not
recommended for portable devices and may not work with some programs including
WavPack pre-4.70)
-bn
enable hybrid compression, n = 2.0 to 23.9
bits/sample, or n = 24-9600 kbits/second (kbps), not available with DSD
audio
--blocksize=n
specify block size in samples (max = 131072 and min = 16
with --merge-blocks, otherwise 128)
-c
create correction file (.wvc) for hybrid mode (results in
2-file lossless compression)
-cc
maximum hybrid compression (hurts lossy quality &
decode speed)
--channel-order=list
specify (comma separated) channel order if not Microsoft
standard (which is
FL,FR,FC,LFE,BL,BR,FLC,FRC,BC,SL,SR,TC,TFL,TFC,TFR,TBL,TBC,TBR); specify
“...” to indicate that channels are not assigned to specific
speakers, or terminate list with “...” to indicate that any
channels beyond those specified are unassigned
--cross-decorr
use cross-channel correlation in hybrid mode (on by
default in lossless mode and with -cc option)
-d
delete source file if successful (use with
caution!)
-f
fast mode (fast, but some compromise in compression
ratio)
-h
high quality (better compression ratio, but slower encode
and decode than default mode)
-hh
very high quality (best compression, but slowest and NOT
recommended for use on portable playback devices)
--help
display extended help
-i
ignore length in wav header (no pipe output
allowed)
--import-id3
import applicable tag items from ID3v2.3 tag present in
DSF files into APEv2 tag (if there are > 1 MB cover images present add
--allow-huge-tags to include them, and -r if you do not want
large images appearing twice in the WavPack file, although this will remove
the entire ID3 tag wrapper)
-jn
joint-stereo override (0 = left/right, 1 =
mid/side)
-m
compute & store MD5 signature of raw audio data
--merge-blocks
merge consecutive blocks with equal redundancy (used with
--blocksize option and is useful for files generated by the lossyWAV
program or decoded HDCD files)
-n
calculate average and peak quantization noise (hybrid
only, reference fullscale sine)
--no-utf8-convert
don't recode passed tags from local encoding to UTF-8,
assume they are in UTF-8 already
-o OUTFILE
specify output filename (only if single source file) or
target directory (must exist)
--pair-unassigned-chans
encode unassigned channels into stereo pairs
--pre-quantize=bits
pre-quantize samples to bits depth BEFORE encoding
and MD5 calculation (common use would be --pre-quantize=20 for 24-bit
or float material recorded with typical converters)
-q
quiet (keep console output to a minimum)
-r
remove file headers (file-appropriate headers will be
regenerated during unpacking)
--raw-pcm
input data is raw pcm (44,100 Hz, 16-bit,
2-channels)
--raw-pcm=sr,bits[f|s|u],chans,[le|be]
input data is raw pcm with specified sample-rate,
bit-depth (float,unsigned,signed), number of channels, and endianness
(defaulted parameters may be omitted, specify bits=1 for DSD)
--raw-pcm-skip=begin[,end]
skip begin bytes before encoding raw PCM (header)
and skip end bytes at the EOF (trailer)
-sn
override default hybrid mode noise shaping where n is a
float value between -1.0 and 1.0; negative values move noise lower in freq,
positive values move noise higher in freq, use 0 for no shaping (white
noise)
-t
copy input file's time stamp to output file(s)
--use-dns
force use of dynamic noise shaping (hybrid mode
only)
-v
verify output file integrity after write (not for piped
output)
--version
write program version to stdout
-w Encoder
write actual encoder metadata to APEv2 tag (e.g.,
“Encoder=WavPack 5.0.0”)
-w Settings
write actual user settings metadata to APEv2 tag (e.g.,
“Settings=-hb384cx3”)
-w “Field=Value”
write specified text metadata to APEv2 tag
-w “Field=@file.ext”
write specified text metadata from file to APEv2 tag,
normally used for embedded cuesheets and logs (field names
“Cuesheet” and “Log”)
--write-binary-tag
“Field=@file.ext”
write the specified binary metadata file to APEv2 tag,
normally used for cover art with the specified field name “Cover Art
(Front)”
-x[n]
extra encode processing (optional n = 1 to 6, 1=default),
-x1 to -x3 to choose best of predefined filters, -x4 to -x6 to generate custom
filters (very slow!)
-y
yes to all warnings (use with caution!)
-z[n]
don't set (n = 0 or omitted) or set (n = 1) console title
to indicate progress (leaves "WavPack Completed")