Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.6

Chapter 39. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

Speex-1.2rc1

Introduction to Speex

Speex is an audio compression format designed especially for speech. It is well-adapted to internet applications and provides useful features that are not present in most other CODECs.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.6 platform.

Package Information

Speex Dependencies

Required

libogg-1.3.2

Optional

Valgrind-3.10.0

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

Installation of Speex

Install Speex by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --disable-static \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/speex-1.2rc1 &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

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

Contents

Installed Programs: speexdec and speexenc
Installed Libraries: libspeex.so and libspeexdsp.so
Installed Directories: /usr/share/doc/speex

Short Descriptions

speexdec

decodes a Speex file and produces a WAV or raw file.

speexenc

encodes a WAV or raw files using Speex.

libspeex.so

provides functions for the audio encoding/decoding programs.

libspeexdsp.so

is a speech processing library that goes along with the Speex codec.

Last updated on 2014-09-11 23:27:59 -0700