%general-entities; ]> faad2 FAAD2 is a decoder for a lossy sound compression scheme specified in MPEG-2 Part 7 and MPEG-4 Part 3 standards and known as Advanced Audio Coding (AAC). &lfs120_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &faad2-md5sum; Download size: &faad2-size; Estimated disk space required: &faad2-buildsize; Estimated build time: &faad2-time; Additional Downloads Sample AAC file: (7 KB) FAAD2 Dependencies Required Install FAAD2 by running the following commands: mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \ -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \ .. && make This package does not come with a test suite. However, basic functionality can be tested by decoding the sample AAC file: ./faad -o sample.wav ../../sample.aac This should display a copyright message and the following information about the sample file: sample.aac file info: ADTS, 4.608 sec, 13 kbps, 16000 Hz --------------------- | Config: 2 Ch | --------------------- | Ch | Position | --------------------- | 00 | Left front | | 01 | Right front | --------------------- Now play the result (requires the aplay program from the package): aplay sample.wav aplay should identify the file as Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 16000 Hz, Stereo, and you should hear some piano notes. Now, as the root user: make install Installed Program Installed Library Installed Directories faad libfaad.so and libfaad_drm.so None Short Descriptions faad is a command-line utility for decoding AAC and MP4 files faad libfaad.so contains functions for decoding AAC streams libfaad.so