csoundOptionsForOutputFormat

csoundengine.csoundlib.csoundOptionsForOutputFormat(fmt='wav', encoding='')

Returns the command-line options for the given format+encoding

Parameters:

• fmt – the format of the output file (‘wav’, ‘flac’, ‘aif’, etc)

• encoding – the encoding (‘pcm16’, ‘pcm24’, ‘float32’, etc). If not given, the best encoding for the given format is chosen

Return type:

list[str]

Returns:

a tuple of two strings holding the command-line options for the given sample format/encoding

Example

>>> csoundOptionsForOutputFormat('flac')
('--format=flac', '--format=24bit')
>>> csoundOptionsForOutputFormat('wav', 'float32')
('--format=wav', '--format=float')
>>> csoundOptionsForOutputFormat('aif', 'pcm16')
('--format=aiff', '--format=short')

See also

csoundOptionForSampleEncoding()