source: multimedia/libdriv/alsa-plugins.xml

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Last change on this file was fc3a793, checked in by Rahul Chandra <rahul@…>, 5 days ago

Disable libav support in gegl and alsa plugins as both FTBFS when
using FFMPeg-7.0
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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-download-http "&alsa-download-http;/plugins/alsa-plugins-&alsa-plugins-version;.tar.bz2">
8 <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-download-ftp " ">
9 <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-md5sum "8fb7e05b84c87f30655a8997a9a983d1">
10 <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-size "400 KB">
11 <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-buildsize "5.5 MB">
12 <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="alsa-plugins" xreflabel="alsa-plugins-&alsa-plugins-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="alsa-plugins.html"?>
17
18
19 <title>alsa-plugins-&alsa-plugins-version;</title>
20
21 <indexterm zone="alsa-plugins">
22 <primary sortas="a-alsa-plugins">alsa-plugins</primary>
23 </indexterm>
24
25 <sect2 role="package">
26 <title>Introduction to ALSA Plugins</title>
27
28 <para>
29 The <application>ALSA Plugins</application> package contains
30 plugins for various audio libraries and sound servers.
31 </para>
32
33 &lfs121_checked;
34
35 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
36 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
37 <listitem>
38 <para>
39 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&alsa-plugins-download-http;"/>
40 </para>
41 </listitem>
42 <listitem>
43 <para>
44 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&alsa-plugins-download-ftp;"/>
45 </para>
46 </listitem>
47 <listitem>
48 <para>
49 Download MD5 sum: &alsa-plugins-md5sum;
50 </para>
51 </listitem>
52 <listitem>
53 <para>
54 Download size: &alsa-plugins-size;
55 </para>
56 </listitem>
57 <listitem>
58 <para>
59 Estimated disk space required: &alsa-plugins-buildsize;
60 </para>
61 </listitem>
62 <listitem>
63 <para>
64 Estimated build time: &alsa-plugins-time;
65 </para>
66 </listitem>
67 </itemizedlist>
68
69 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">ALSA Plugins Dependencies</bridgehead>
70
71 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
72 <para role="required">
73 <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>
74 </para>
75
76 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
77 <para role="optional">
78 <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>, <!-- looks for libav, libavcodec -->
79 <xref linkend="libsamplerate"/>,
80 <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>,
81 <xref linkend="speex"/>,
82 <ulink url="https://jackaudio.org/">JACK</ulink>,
83 <ulink url="https://github.com/AVnu/libavtp/">libavtp</ulink>, and
84 <ulink url="http://maemo.org/">maemo</ulink>
85 </para>
86
87 </sect2>
88
89 <sect2 role="installation">
90 <title>Installation of ALSA Plugins</title>
91
92 <para>
93 Install <application>ALSA Plugins</application> by
94 running the following commands:
95 </para>
96
97<screen><userinput>./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-libav &amp;&amp;
98make</userinput></screen>
99
100 <para>
101 This package does not come with a test suite.
102 </para>
103
104 <para>
105 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
106 </para>
107
108<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
109
110 </sect2>
111 <sect2 role="commands">
112 <title>Command Explanations</title>
113
114 <para>
115 <option>--disable-libav</option>: Disable FFMpeg support as the
116 package does not build when <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/> is installed.
117 </para>
118
119 </sect2>
120 <sect2 role="content">
121 <title>Contents</title>
122
123 <segmentedlist>
124 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
125 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
126 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
127
128 <seglistitem>
129 <seg>
130 None
131 </seg>
132 <seg>
133 Numerous libasound_module_<replaceable>&lt;module&gt;</replaceable>.so
134 modules including
135 conf_pulse,
136 ctl_arcam_av,
137 ctl_oss,
138 ctl_pulse,
139 pcm_a52,
140 pcm_jack,
141 pcm_oss,
142 pcm_pulse,
143 pcm_speex,
144 pcm_upmix,
145 pcm_usb_stream,
146 pcm_vdownmix,
147 rate_lavrate*,
148 rate_samplerate*, and
149 rate_speexrate*
150 </seg>
151 <seg>
152 /usr/lib/alsa-lib
153 </seg>
154 </seglistitem>
155 </segmentedlist>
156
157 <variablelist>
158 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
159 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
160 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
161
162 <varlistentry id="libasound_module_pcm_oss.so">
163 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasound_module_pcm_oss.so</filename></term>
164 <listitem>
165 <para>
166 Allows native <application>ALSA</application> applications to
167 run on <application>OSS</application>
168 </para>
169 <indexterm zone="alsa-plugins libasound_module_pcm_oss.so">
170 <primary sortas="c-libasound_module_pcm_oss">libasound_module_pcm_oss.so</primary>
171 </indexterm>
172 </listitem>
173 </varlistentry>
174
175 <varlistentry id="libasound_module_pcm_upmix.so">
176 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasound_module_pcm_upmix.so</filename></term>
177 <listitem>
178 <para>
179 Allows upmixing sound to 4 or 6 channels
180 </para>
181 <indexterm zone="alsa-plugins libasound_module_pcm_upmix.so">
182 <primary sortas="c-libasound_module_pcm_upmix">libasound_module_pcm_upmix.so</primary>
183 </indexterm>
184 </listitem>
185 </varlistentry>
186
187 <varlistentry id="libasound_module_pcm_vdownmix.so">
188 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasound_module_pcm_vdownmix.so</filename></term>
189 <listitem>
190 <para>
191 Allows downmixing sound from 4-6 channels to 2
192 channel stereo output
193 </para>
194 <indexterm zone="alsa-plugins libasound_module_pcm_vdownmix.so">
195 <primary sortas="c-libasound_module_pcm_vdownmix">libasound_module_pcm_vdownmix.so</primary>
196 </indexterm>
197 </listitem>
198 </varlistentry>
199
200 <varlistentry id="libasound_module_pcm_jack.so">
201 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasound_module_pcm_jack.so</filename></term>
202 <listitem>
203 <para>
204 Allows native <application>ALSA</application> applications to
205 work with <command>jackd</command>
206 </para>
207 <indexterm zone="alsa-plugins libasound_module_pcm_jack.so">
208 <primary sortas="c-libasound_module_pcm_jack">libasound_module_pcm_jack.so</primary>
209 </indexterm>
210 </listitem>
211 </varlistentry>
212
213 <varlistentry id="libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so">
214 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so</filename></term>
215 <listitem>
216 <para>
217 Allows native <application>ALSA</application> applications
218 to access a <application>PulseAudio</application> sound
219 daemon
220 </para>
221 <indexterm zone="alsa-plugins libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so">
222 <primary sortas="c-libasound_module_pcm_pulse">libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so</primary>
223 </indexterm>
224 </listitem>
225 </varlistentry>
226
227 <varlistentry id="libasound_module_pcm_a52.so">
228 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasound_module_pcm_a52.so</filename></term>
229 <listitem>
230 <para>
231 Converts S16 linear sound format to A52 compressed format
232 and sends it to an SPDIF output
233 </para>
234 <indexterm zone="alsa-plugins libasound_module_pcm_a52.so">
235 <primary sortas="c-libasound_module_pcm_a52">libasound_module_pcm_a52.so</primary>
236 </indexterm>
237 </listitem>
238 </varlistentry>
239
240 <varlistentry id="libasound_module_rate_samplerate.so">
241 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasound_module_rate_samplerate.so</filename></term>
242 <listitem>
243 <para>
244 Provides an external rate converter through
245 <filename class="libraryfile">libsamplerate</filename>
246 </para>
247 <indexterm zone="alsa-plugins libasound_module_rate_samplerate.so">
248 <primary sortas="c-libasound_module_rate_samplerate">libasound_module_rate_samplerate.so</primary>
249 </indexterm>
250 </listitem>
251 </varlistentry>
252
253 </variablelist>
254
255 </sect2>
256
257</sect1>
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