diff -Naur audiofile-0.2.6/sfcommands/sfconvert.c audiofile-0.2.6-magellan/sfcommands/sfconvert.c
--- audiofile-0.2.6/sfcommands/sfconvert.c	2004-03-06 07:39:23.000000000 +0100
+++ audiofile-0.2.6-magellan/sfcommands/sfconvert.c	2007-11-13 15:28:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -66,12 +66,14 @@
 
 	AFfilehandle	infile, outfile;
 	AFfilesetup	outfilesetup;
-	int		sampleFormat, sampleWidth, channelCount;
-	double		sampleRate;
+	int		sampleFormat, sampleWidth, channelCount, byteOrder;
+	double		sampleRate, outSampleRate;
+	int		outSampleRateInt = -1;
 	int		outSampleFormat = -1, outSampleWidth = -1,
-			outChannelCount = -1;
+			outChannelCount = -1, outByteOrder = -1;
 	double		outMaxAmp = 1.0;
 
+
 	AFframecount	totalFrames;
 
 	if (argc < 3)
@@ -88,7 +90,10 @@
 		{
 			if (i + 1 >= argc)
 				usageerror();
-			if (!strcmp(argv[i+1], "aiff"))
+
+			if (!strcmp(argv[i+1], "raw"))
+				outFileFormat = AF_FILE_RAWDATA;
+			else if (!strcmp(argv[i+1], "aiff"))
 				outFileFormat = AF_FILE_AIFF;
 			else if (!strcmp(argv[i+1], "aifc"))
 				outFileFormat = AF_FILE_AIFFC;
@@ -98,6 +103,12 @@
 				outFileFormat = AF_FILE_NEXTSND;
 			else if (!strcmp(argv[i+1], "bics"))
 				outFileFormat = AF_FILE_BICSF;
+			else if (!strcmp(argv[i+1], "avr"))
+				outFileFormat = AF_FILE_AVR;
+			else if (!strcmp(argv[i+1], "iff"))
+				outFileFormat = AF_FILE_IFF_8SVX;
+			else if (!strcmp(argv[i+1], "nist"))
+				outFileFormat = AF_FILE_NIST_SPHERE;
 			else
 			{
 				fprintf(stderr, "sfconvert: Unknown format %s.\n", argv[i+1]);
@@ -107,6 +118,22 @@
 			/* Increment for argument. */
 			i++;
 		}
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "byteorder"))
+		{
+			if (i + 1 >= argc)
+				usageerror();
+
+			if(!strcmp("big", argv[i+1])) {
+				outByteOrder = AF_BYTEORDER_BIGENDIAN;
+			} else if(!strcmp("little", argv[i+1])) {
+				outByteOrder = AF_BYTEORDER_LITTLEENDIAN;
+			} else {
+				usageerror();
+			}
+
+			/* Increment for argument. */
+			i++;
+		}
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "channels"))
 		{
 			if (i + 1 >= argc)
@@ -119,6 +146,20 @@
 			/* Increment for argument. */
 			i++;
 		}
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "rate"))
+		{
+			if (i + 1 >= argc)
+				usageerror();
+
+			outSampleRateInt = atoi(argv[i+1]);
+			if (outSampleRateInt <= 0)
+				usageerror();
+
+			outSampleRate = (double)outSampleRateInt;
+
+			/* Increment for argument. */
+			i++;
+		}
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "float"))
 		{
 			if (i + 1 >= argc)
@@ -170,6 +211,7 @@
 	totalFrames = afGetFrameCount(infile, AF_DEFAULT_TRACK);
 	channelCount = afGetChannels(infile, AF_DEFAULT_TRACK);
 	sampleRate = afGetRate(infile, AF_DEFAULT_TRACK);
+        byteOrder = afGetByteOrder(infile, AF_DEFAULT_TRACK);
 	afGetSampleFormat(infile, AF_DEFAULT_TRACK, &sampleFormat, &sampleWidth);
 
 	/* Initialize output audio format parameters. */
@@ -184,14 +226,21 @@
 		outSampleWidth = sampleWidth;
 	}
 
+	if (outByteOrder == -1)
+		outByteOrder = byteOrder;
+
 	if (outChannelCount == -1)
 		outChannelCount = channelCount;
 
+	if (outSampleRateInt == -1)
+		outSampleRate = sampleRate;
+
 	afInitFileFormat(outfilesetup, outFileFormat);
 	afInitSampleFormat(outfilesetup, AF_DEFAULT_TRACK, outSampleFormat,
 		outSampleWidth);
 	afInitChannels(outfilesetup, AF_DEFAULT_TRACK, outChannelCount);
-	afInitRate(outfilesetup, AF_DEFAULT_TRACK, sampleRate);
+	afInitRate(outfilesetup, AF_DEFAULT_TRACK, outSampleRate);
+        afInitByteOrder(outfilesetup, AF_DEFAULT_TRACK, outByteOrder);
 
 	outfile = afOpenFile(outfilename, "w", outfilesetup);
 	if (outfile == AF_NULL_FILEHANDLE)
@@ -228,6 +277,7 @@
 	printf("\n");
 
 	printf("Where keywords specify format of input or output soundfile:\n");
+	printf("    rate n         sample rate (22050, 44100, 48000, etc.)\n");
 	printf("    byteorder e    endian (e is big or little)\n");
 	printf("    channels n     n-channel file (1 or 2)\n");
 	printf("    format f       file format f (see below)\n");
@@ -239,11 +289,15 @@
 
 	printf("Currently supported formats are:\n");
 	printf("\n");
+	printf("    raw     \n");
 	printf("    aiff    Audio Interchange File Format\n");
 	printf("    aifc    AIFF-C File Format\n");
 	printf("    next    NeXT/Sun Format\n");
 	printf("    wave    MS RIFF WAVE Format\n");
 	printf("    bics    Berkeley/IRCAM/CARL Sound File Format\n");
+	printf("    avr     Audio Visual Research File Format\n");
+	printf("    iff     Amiga IFF/8SVX Sound File Format\n");
+	printf("    nist    NIST SPHERE File Format\n");
 	printf("\n");
 
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);