glfs/multimedia/audioutils/lame.xml

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY lame-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/lame/lame-&lame-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY lame-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY lame-md5sum        "e1206c46a5e276feca11a7149e2fc6ac">
  <!ENTITY lame-size          "1.3 MB">
  <!ENTITY lame-buildsize     "15 MB">
  <!ENTITY lame-time          "0.39 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="lame" xreflabel="LAME-&lame-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="lame.html"?>
<title>LAME-&lame-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="lame">
<primary sortas="a-LAME">LAME</primary></indexterm>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application><acronym>LAME</acronym></application>
</title>

<para>The <application><acronym>LAME</acronym></application> package contains 
an <acronym>MP3</acronym> encoder and optionally, an <acronym>MP3</acronym> 
frame analyzer. This is useful for creating and analyzing compressed 
audio files.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&lame-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&lame-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &lame-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &lame-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&lame-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&lame-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>LAME</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="GTK"/>, 
<xref linkend="NASM"/>, 
<ulink url="http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/">libsndfile</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Electric Fence</ulink> and 
<ulink url="http://dmalloc.com/">Dmalloc</ulink></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of 
<application><acronym>LAME</acronym></application></title>

<para>Install <application><acronym>LAME</acronym></application> by running 
the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-mp3rtp &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><parameter>--enable-mp3rtp</parameter>: Builds the encode-to-RTP program.</para>

<!-- <para><option>-enable-mptx</option>: Builds the mp3x program.</para>

<para><option>-enable-nasm</option>: Enables use of nasm.</para> -->

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>lame, mp3rtp and optionally, mp3x</seg>
<seg>libmp3lame.[so,a]</seg>
<seg>/usr/include/lame and /usr/share/doc/lame</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>

<varlistentry id="lame-prog">
<term><command>lame</command></term>
<listitem><para>creates <acronym>MP3</acronym> audio files from raw 
<acronym>PCM</acronym> or <filename>.wav</filename> data.</para>
<indexterm zone="lame lame-prog">
<primary sortas="b-lame">lame</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="mp3rtp">
<term><command>mp3rtp</command></term>
<listitem><para>is used to encode <acronym>MP3</acronym> with 
<acronym>RTP</acronym> streaming of the output.</para>
<indexterm zone="lame mp3rtp">
<primary sortas="b-mp3rtp">mp3rtp</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="mp3x">
<term><command>mp3x</command></term>
<listitem><para>is a <application><acronym>GTK</acronym></application> based 
graphical <acronym>MP3</acronym> frame analyzer used for debugging, 
development and studying <acronym>MP3</acronym> frames produced by any 
encoder.</para>
<indexterm zone="lame mp3x">
<primary sortas="b-mp3x">mp3x</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="libmp3lame">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libmp3lame.[so,a]</filename></term>
<listitem><para>libraries provide the functions necessary to convert 
raw <acronym>PCM</acronym> and <acronym>WAV</acronym> files to 
<acronym>MP3</acronym> files.</para>
<indexterm zone="lame libmp3lame">
<primary sortas="c-libmp3lame">libmp3lame.[so,a]</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

</sect1>