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+# psxavenc
+
+psxavenc is an open-source command-line tool allowing for the encoding of PS1-format audio and video data.
+
+## Usage
+
+Run `psxavenc`.
+
+### Examples
+
+Converting a sound file to a 22050Hz SPU sample:
+
+```shell
+$ psxavenc -f 22050 -t spu -c 1 -b 4 sound_file.ogg sound_file.snd
+```
+
+## Installation
+
+Requirements:
+
+* a recent version of FFmpeg,
+* a recent version of Meson.
+
+```shell
+$ meson setup build
+$ cd build
+$ ninja install
+```