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+#!/bin/sh
+
+GAPK=./src/gapk
+PCMFILE=$1
+BASE=`basename $PCMFILE`
+
+echo
+echo Encoder Benchmark:
+$GAPK -i "$PCMFILE" -f rawpcm-s16le -o "$BASE.fr" -g gsm
+$GAPK -i "$PCMFILE" -f rawpcm-s16le -o "$BASE.efr" -g amr-efr
+$GAPK -i "$PCMFILE" -f rawpcm-s16le -o "$BASE.hr" -g ti-hr
+
+echo
+echo Decoder Benchmark:
+$GAPK -i "$BASE.fr"  -g rawpcm-s16le -o /dev/null -f gsm
+$GAPK -i "$BASE.efr" -g rawpcm-s16le -o /dev/null -f amr-efr
+$GAPK -i "$BASE.hr"  -g rawpcm-s16le -o /dev/null -f ti-hr