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Afconvert Command: Use Specific Compression Level
An audio engineer would use the afconvert command with specific compression levels to optimize audio files for different delivery formats while maintaining the desired sound quality. Exact CLI syntax to use specific compression level using Afconvert.
When to use this: An audio engineer would use the afconvert command with specific compression levels to optimize audio files for different delivery formats while maintaining the desired sound quality.
Command Syntax
afconvert -X<0..7> <path/to/input_file> <path/to/output_file1 path/to/output_file2 ...>afconvert -X<0..7> <path/to/input_file> <path/to/output_file1 path/to/output_file2 ...>Command Breakdown
-X<0..7>- Command Option
- Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.
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Purpose: Exact syntax to use specific compression level using Afconvert.
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