source: multimedia/audioutils/lame.xml@ 518538f

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<sect1 id="lame" xreflabel="LAME-&lame-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="lame.html"?>
<title>LAME-&lame-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application><acronym>LAME</acronym></application>
</title>

<para>The <application><acronym>LAME</acronym></application> package contains 
an <acronym>MP3</acronym> encoder and optionally, an <acronym>MP3</acronym> 
frame analyzer. This is useful for creating and analyzing compressed 
audio files.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&lame-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&lame-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &lame-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&lame-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&lame-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>LAME</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="GTK"/>, <xref linkend="NASM"/>, 
<ulink url="http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/">libsndfile</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Electric Fence</ulink> and 
<ulink url="http://dmalloc.com/">Dmalloc</ulink></para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application><acronym>LAME</acronym></application></title>

<para>Install <application><acronym>LAME</acronym></application> by running 
the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-mp3rtp &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><parameter>--enable-mp3rtp</parameter>: Builds the encode-to-RTP program.</para>

<!-- <para><option>-enable-mptx</option>: Builds the mp3x program.</para>

<para><option>-enable-nasm</option>: Enables use of nasm.</para> -->

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application><acronym>LAME</acronym></application> package contains 
<command>lame</command>, <command>mp3rtp</command>, 
<filename class="libraryfile">libmp3lame</filename> 
libraries and optionally, <command>mp3x</command>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>lame</title>
<para><command>lame</command> creates <acronym>MP3</acronym> audio files.
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>mp3rtp</title>
<para>Encode to <acronym>MP3</acronym> with <acronym>RTP</acronym> streaming 
of the output.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>mp3x</title>
<para><command>mp3x</command> is a 
<application><acronym>GTK</acronym></application> based graphical 
<acronym>MP3</acronym> frame analyzer used for debugging, development, and 
studying <acronym>MP3</acronym> frames produced by any encoder.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>libmp3lame libraries</title>
<para><filename class="libraryfile">libmp3lame</filename> libraries provide 
the functions necessary to convert <acronym>WAV</acronym> files to 
<acronym>MP3</acronym> files.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>