source: multimedia/libdriv/flac.xml@ 9df3b847

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY flac-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-&flac-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY flac-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY flac-md5sum        "2bfc127cdda02834d0491ab531a20960">
  <!ENTITY flac-size          "1.5 MB">
  <!ENTITY flac-buildsize     "49 MB">
  <!ENTITY flac-time          "0.7 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="flac" xreflabel="FLAC-&flac-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="flac.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>FLAC-&flac-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="flac">
    <primary sortas="a-FLAC">FLAC</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to FLAC</title>

    <para><application>FLAC</application> is an audio CODEC similar to 
    MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed without losing any
    information.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&flac-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&flac-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &flac-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &flac-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &flac-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &flac-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">FLAC Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="libogg"/>, 
    <xref linkend="xmms"/>, 
    <xref linkend="NASM"/>, 
    <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>, 
    <xref linkend="doxygen"/> and 
    <ulink url="http://valgrind.kde.org/">Valgrind</ulink></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of FLAC</title>

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

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

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <note>
      <para>If you passed the <option>--enable-exhaustive-tests</option> and 
      <option>--enable-valgrind-testing</option> parameters to 
      <command>configure</command> and then run the 
      <command>make check</command> tests, it will take a 
      <emphasis>very</emphasis> long time (about 150 SBUs) and use 
      about 375 MB of disk space.</para>
    </note>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><command>LIBS=-lm ./configure --prefix=/usr</command>: 
    <filename class="libraryfile">libFLAC</filename> uses a function from the math 
    library but is not linked with <filename class="libraryfile">libm</filename>. 
    Passing the environment variable to <command>configure</command> satisfies 
    this dependency.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>flac and metaflac</seg>
        <seg>libFLAC.[so,a], libFLAC++.[so,a], libOggFLAC.[so,a], 
        libOggFLAC++.[so,a], and libxmms-flac.[so,a]</seg>
        <seg>Not determined at this time</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="flac-prog">
        <term><command>flac</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a command-line utility for encoding, decoding and 
          converting FLAC files.</para>
          <indexterm zone="flac flac-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-flac">flac</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="metaflac">
        <term><command>metaflac</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a program for listing, adding, removing, or editing 
          metadata in one or more FLAC files.</para>
          <indexterm zone="flac metaflac">
            <primary sortas="b-metaflac">metaflac</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libflac">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>lib[,Ogg]FLAC[,++].[so,a]</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>these libraries provide native FLAC and Ogg FLAC C/C++ APIs 
          for programs utilizing FLAC.</para>
          <indexterm zone="flac libflac">
            <primary sortas="c-libFLAC">lib[,Ogg]FLAC[,++].[so,a]</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libxmms-flac">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libxmms-flac.[so,a]</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a plugin for <application>XMMS</application>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="flac libxmms-flac">
            <primary sortas="c-libxmms-flac">libxmms-flac.[so,a]</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>