Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 5.1

Chapter 37. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

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FLAC-1.1.0

Introduction to FLAC

FLAC is an audio CODEC similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed without losing any information.

Package information

FLAC dependencies

Optional

libogg-1.1, XMMS-1.2.10, id3lib-3.8.3 and NASM-0.98.38

Installation of FLAC

Install FLAC by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install

Contents

The FLAC package contains flac, metaflac, libFLAC, libFLAC++, libOggFLAC, libOggFLAC++ and libxmms-flac.

Description

flac

flac is a command-line utility for encoding, decoding and converting FLAC files.

metaflac

metaflac is a program for listing, adding, removing, or editing metadata in one or more FLAC files.

libFLAC, libFLAC++, libOggFLAC and libOggFLAC++

These libraries provide native FLAC and Ogg FLAC C/C++ APIs for programs utilizing FLAC.

libxmms-flac

libxmms-flac is a plugin for XMMS.

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