Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 6.3

Chapter 35. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

FLAC-1.2.1

Introduction to FLAC

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

Package Information

  • Download (HTTP): http://downloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.2.1.tar.gz

  • Download MD5 sum: 153c8b15a54da428d1f0fadc756c22c7

  • Download size: 1.9 MB

  • Estimated disk space required: 205 MB (includes running the test suite)

  • Estimated build time: 0.6 SBU (additional 8 SBU to run the test suite)

FLAC Dependencies

Optional

libogg-1.1.3, XMMS-1.2.10, NASM-0.98.39, DocBook-utils-0.6.14, Doxygen-1.5.2 and Valgrind

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/flac

Installation of FLAC

Install FLAC by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-thorough-tests &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check. Note that if you passed the --enable-exhaustive-tests and --enable-valgrind-testing parameters to configure and then run the test suite, it will take a very long time (up to 300 SBUs) and use about 375 MB of disk space.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-thorough-tests: This parameter is used so that the test suite will complete in a reasonable amount of time. Remove it if you desire more extensive tests.

--enable-sse: This option is off by default and should be set on if your machine has SSE capability. One way to find out if you have SSE is to issue cat /proc/cpuinfo and see if sse is listed in the flags.

Contents

Installed Programs: flac and metaflac
Installed Libraries: libFLAC.{so,a}, libFLAC++.{so,a} and libxmms-flac.{so,a}
Installed Directories: /usr/include/FLAC, /usr/include/FLAC++ and /usr/share/doc/flac-1.2.1

Short Descriptions

flac

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

metaflac

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

libFLAC{,++}.{so,a}

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

libxmms-flac.{so,a}

is a plugin for XMMS.

Last updated on 2007-12-13 05:04:40 -0600