Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.4

Chapter 37. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

AudioFile-0.3.6

Introduction to AudioFile

The AudioFile package contains the audio file libraries and two sound file support programs useful to support basic sound file formats.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.4 platform.

Package Information

AudioFile Dependencies

Required

alsa-lib-1.0.27.2

Recommended

FLAC-1.3.0

Optional

AsciiDoc and Valgrind

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

Installation of AudioFile

Install AudioFile by running the following commands: 

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

To test the results, issue: make check. Note that the tests will fail if the --disable-static option is used.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Programs: sfconvert and sfinfo
Installed Libraries: libaudiofile.so
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

sfinfo

displays the sound file format, audio encoding, sampling rate and duration for audio formats supported by this library.

sfconvert

converts sound file formats where the original format and destination format are supported by this library.

libaudiofile.so

contains functions used by programs to support AIFF, AIFF-compressed, Sun/NeXT, WAV and BIC audio formats.

Last updated on 2013-08-20 18:40:33 -0700