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Microsoft Readme File for the Wrapper Tool
February 2003
(c) Microsoft Corporation, 2003. All rights reserved.
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This document provides information about the Wrapper tool.

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DESCRIPTION
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This tool will combine 2, 6 or 8 mono WAV files into an audio-only AVI file that can be used as a source with the Windows media encoder. This tool enables you to create audio files longer than the 4 GB limitation of the WAV format. The tool can also add a video stream from an AVI input file into the AVI output file. Any audio streams in the input AVI will be ignored.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Microsoft(r) Windows(r) 2000 or Windows XP. Windows XP is required for playback of multi-channel, high-resolution content.


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USAGE
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Type wavavimux without any arguments to display the basic usage.

The following switches can be used with the Wrapper tool:
Usage: Type wavavimux without any arguments to display the basic usage.

	     -iavi [input AVI file name] 
          Optional. Use this command to include as input an AVI file with a video stream.

     	-o    [Output file name] 
          Required. Be sure to include the .avi extension.

     	-iwav [number of input channels] [WAV file name] [WAV file name] ... 
          Wav WAV file inputs must be in channel mask order.

        -mask [channel mask] 
          For 2 channels-3, for 6 channels-63, for 8 channels-255.

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EXAMPLES
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To wrap a stereo file with no video- >:

     wavavimux -o stereofile.avi -iwav 2 left.wav right.wav -mask 3

To wrap a 5.1 file with no video- >:

     wavavimux -o surroundfile.avi -iwav 6 left.wav right.wav center.wav lfe.wav LS.wav rs.wav -mask 63

To wrap a 7.1 file with no video- >:

     wavavimux -o 8channelfile.avi -iwav 8 left.wav right.wav center.wav lfe.wav ls.wav rs.wav aux1.wav aux2.wav -mask 255

To wrap a 7.1 file with video:

    o-> wavavimux –iavi MyVideo.avi -o 8channelfile.avi -iwav 8 left.wav right.wav center.wav  lfe.wav ls.wav rs.wav aux1.wav aux2.wav -mask 255
