[48b7295] | 1 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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| 2 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <!ENTITY flac-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-&flac-version;.tar.gz">
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| 7 | <!ENTITY flac-download-ftp " ">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY flac-size "1.2 MB">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY flac-buildsize "33 MB">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY flac-time "0.71 SBU">
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| 11 | ]>
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| 12 |
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[61cc896] | 13 | <sect1 id="flac" xreflabel="FLAC-&flac-version;">
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[dd3f20f0] | 14 | <?dbhtml filename="flac.html"?>
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[61cc896] | 15 | <title>FLAC-&flac-version;</title>
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| 16 |
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[48b7295] | 17 | <sect2>
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| 18 | <title>Introduction to <application><acronym>FLAC</acronym></application></title>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <para><application><acronym>FLAC</acronym></application> is an audio
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| 21 | <acronym>CODEC</acronym> similar to <filename>MP3</filename>, but
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| 22 | lossless, meaning that audio is compressed without losing any
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| 23 | information.</para>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 26 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 27 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&flac-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 28 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&flac-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 29 | <listitem><para>Download size: &flac-size;</para></listitem>
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| 30 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &flac-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 31 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &flac-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 32 | </sect3>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <sect3><title><application><acronym>FLAC</acronym></application> dependencies</title>
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| 35 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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| 36 | <para><xref linkend="libogg"/>, <xref linkend="xmms"/>, <xref
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| 37 | linkend="id3lib"/> and <xref linkend="NASM"/>
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| 38 | </para></sect4>
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| 39 | </sect3>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | </sect2>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <sect2>
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| 44 | <title>Installation of <application><acronym>FLAC</acronym></application></title>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <para>Install <application><acronym>FLAC</acronym></application> by running the
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| 47 | following commands:</para>
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| 48 |
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[b03b3db] | 49 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr</command></userinput></screen>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <para><filename class="libraryfile">libFLAC</filename> uses a function
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| 52 | from the math library but is not linked with <filename
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| 53 | class="libraryfile">libm</filename>. Simply adding
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| 54 | <parameter>-lm</parameter> to <varname>LIBS</varname> variable in the relevant
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| 55 | <filename>Makefile</filename> corrects this problem.</para>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <screen><userinput><command>sed -i "s/^LIBS = /LIBS = -lm/" src/libFLAC/Makefile</command></userinput></screen>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <para>Continue with the installation:</para>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <screen><userinput><command>make &&
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[48b7295] | 62 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | </sect2>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <sect2>
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| 67 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <para>The <acronym>FLAC</acronym> package contains
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| 70 | <command>flac</command>,
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| 71 | <command>metaflac</command>,
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| 72 | <filename class="libraryfile">libFLAC</filename>,
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| 73 | <filename class="libraryfile">libFLAC++</filename>,
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| 74 | <filename class="libraryfile">libOggFLAC</filename>,
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| 75 | <filename class="libraryfile">libOggFLAC++</filename> and
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| 76 | <filename class="libraryfile">libxmms-flac</filename>.</para>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | </sect2>
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| 79 |
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| 80 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <sect3><title>flac</title>
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| 83 | <para><command>flac</command> is a command-line utility for
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| 84 | encoding, decoding and converting <acronym>FLAC</acronym>
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| 85 | files.</para></sect3>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <sect3><title>metaflac</title>
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| 88 | <para><command>metaflac</command> is a program for listing, adding,
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| 89 | removing, or editing metadata in one or more <acronym>FLAC</acronym>
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| 90 | files.</para></sect3>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <sect3><title>libFLAC, libFLAC++, libOggFLAC and libOggFLAC++</title>
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| 93 | <para>These libraries provide native
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| 94 | <acronym>FLAC</acronym> and Ogg <acronym>FLAC</acronym> C/C++
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| 95 | <acronym>API</acronym>s for programs utilizing
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| 96 | <acronym>FLAC</acronym>.</para></sect3>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <sect3><title>libxmms-flac</title>
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| 99 | <para><filename class="libraryfile">libxmms-flac</filename> is a plugin
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| 100 | for <application><acronym>XMMS</acronym></application>.</para></sect3>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | </sect2>
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[61cc896] | 103 |
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| 104 | </sect1>
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