source: multimedia/libdriv/audiofile.xml@ e369ade8

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<sect1 id="audiofile" xreflabel="Audio File-&audiofile-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="audiofile.html"?>
<title>Audio File-&audiofile-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="audiofile">
<primary sortas="a-Audio-File">Audio File</primary></indexterm>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Audio File</application></title>

<para>The <application>Audio File</application> package contains the audio file 
libraries and two sound file support programs. These are useful to support 
basic sound file formats.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&audiofile-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&audiofile-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 Sum: &audiofile-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &audiofile-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&audiofile-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&audiofile-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Audio File</application></title>

<para>Install <application>Audio File</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

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

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

<seglistitem>
<seg>audiofile-config, sfinfo and sfconvert</seg>
<seg>libaudiofile.[so,a]</seg>
<seg>None</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>

<varlistentry id="audiofile-config">
<term><command>audiofile-config</command></term>
<listitem><para>is used during the compile process by programs linking to this 
library.</para>
<indexterm zone="audiofile audiofile-config">
<primary sortas="b-audiofile-config">audiofile-config</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="sfinfo">
<term><command>sfinfo</command></term>
<listitem><para>displays the sound file format, audio encoding, sampling 
rate and duration for audio formats supported by this library.</para>
<indexterm zone="audiofile sfinfo">
<primary sortas="b-sfinfo">sfinfo</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="sfconvert">
<term><command>sfconvert</command></term>
<listitem><para>converts sound file formats where the original format and 
destination format are supported by this library.</para>
<indexterm zone="audiofile sfconvert">
<primary sortas="b-sfconvert">sfconvert</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="libaudiofile">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libaudiofile.[so,a]</filename></term>
<listitem><para>contains functions used by programs to support 
<acronym>AIFF</acronym>, <acronym>AIFF</acronym>-compressed, 
Sun/NeXT, <acronym>WAV</acronym> and <acronym>BIC</acronym> audio 
formats.</para>
<indexterm zone="audiofile libaudiofile">
<primary sortas="c-libaudiofile">libaudiofile.[so,a]</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

</sect1>