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Installed Program: faad
Installed Library: libfaad.so and libfaad_drm.so
Installed Directories: None
FAAD2-2.11.1
Introduction to FAAD2
FAAD2 is a decoder for a lossy sound compression scheme specified in MPEG-2 Part 7 and MPEG-4 Part 3 standards and known as Advanced Audio Coding (AAC).
![[Note]](../images/note.png)
Note
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Package Information
Download (HTTP): https://github.com/knik0/faad2/archive/2.11.1/faad2-2.11.1.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: f85b2514c4fb2f87d22a3bc879d83277
Download size: 642 KB
Estimated disk space required: 9.0 MB
Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU
Additional Downloads
Sample AAC file: https://www.nch.com.au/acm/sample.aac (7 KB)
FAAD2 Dependencies
Required
Installation of FAAD2
Install FAAD2 by running the following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
.. &&
makeThis package does not come with a test suite. However, basic functionality can be tested by decoding the sample AAC file:
./faad -o sample.wav ../../sample.aac
This should display a copyright message and the following information about the sample file:
sample.aac file info:
ADTS, 4.608 sec, 13 kbps, 16000 Hz
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| Config: 2 Ch |
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| Ch | Position |
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| 00 | Left front |
| 01 | Right front |
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Now play the result (requires the aplay program from the alsa-utils-1.2.10 package):
aplay sample.wav
aplay should identify the file as “Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 16000 Hz, Stereo”, and you should hear some piano notes.
Now, as the root user:
make install