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## filelen

filelen — Returns the length of a sound file.

## Description

Returns the length of a sound file.

## Syntax

    ir filelen ifilcod, [iallowraw]

## Initialization

ifilcod -- sound file to be queried

iallowraw -- Allow raw sound files (default=1)

## Performance

filelen returns the length of the sound file ifilcod in seconds. filelen can return the length of convolve and PVOC files if the "allow raw sound file" flag is not zero (it is non-zero by default).

## Examples

Here is an example of the filelen opcode. It uses the file filelen.csd, fox.wav, and kickroll.wav.

Example 220. Example of the filelen opcode.

See the sections Real-time Audio and Command Line Flags for more information on using command line flags.

    <CsoundSynthesizer>
    <CsOptions>
    ; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform
    ;-odac     ;;;realtime audio out
    -iadc    ;;;uncomment -iadc if realtime audio input is needed too
    ; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:
    ;-o filelen.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform
    </CsOptions>
    <CsInstruments>

    sr = 44100
    ksmps = 32
    nchnls = 2
    0dbfs = 1

    instr 1 ; choose between mono or stereo file

    ilen   filelen p4	;calculate length of soundfile
    print  ilen
    ichn filenchnls  p4	;check number of channels
    ;print  ichn

    if (ichn == 1) then
    ;mono signal
    asig diskin2 p4, 1
         outs    asig, asig

    else
    ;stereo signal
    aL, aR diskin2 p4, .5, 0, 1
           outs    aL, aR

    endif

    endin
    </CsInstruments>
    <CsScore>

    i 1 0 3 "fox.wav"	;mono signal
    i 1 5 2 "kickroll.wav"	;stereo signal

    e
    </CsScore>
    </CsoundSynthesizer>

The mono audio file “fox.wav” is 2.8 seconds long, and the stereo file “kickroll.wav” is 0.9 seconds. So filelen's output should include a line for the mono and the stereo file like this:

    instr 1:  ilen = 2.757
    instr 1:  ilen = 0.857

## See Also

filebit, filenchnls, filepeak, filesr

## Credits

Author: Matt Ingalls
July 1999

New in Csound version 3.57

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