README
1
2Freeware Advanced Audio (AAC) Decoder including SBR decoding
3http://www.audiocoding.com/
4
5FAAD2 is a HE, LC, MAIN and LTP profile, MPEG2 and MPEG-4 AAC decoder.
6FAAD2 includes code for SBR (HE AAC) decoding.
7FAAD2 is licensed under the GPL.
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11COPYRIGHTS
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13For FAAD2 the following license applies:
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15******************************************************************************
16** FAAD2 - Freeware Advanced Audio (AAC) Decoder including SBR decoding
17** Copyright (C) 2003-2005 M. Bakker, Nero AG, http://www.nero.com
18**
19** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
20** it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
21** the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
22** (at your option) any later version.
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24** This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
25** but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
26** MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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32**
33** Any non-GPL usage of this software or parts of this software is strictly
34** forbidden.
35**
36** The "appropriate copyright message" mentioned in section 2c of the GPLv2
37** must read: "Code from FAAD2 is copyright (c) Nero AG, www.nero.com"
38**
39** Commercial non-GPL licensing of this software is possible.
40** For more info contact Nero AG through Mpeg4AAClicense@nero.com.
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44Please note that the use of this software may require the payment of
45patent royalties. You need to consider this issue before you start
46building derivative works. We are not warranting or indemnifying you in
47any way for patent royalities! YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN
48ACTIONS!
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52PEOPLE
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54FAAD2 is written by:
55 - M. Bakker (mbakker(at)nero.com).
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59VERSION HISTORY
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61Sorry, try building a ChangeLog from CVS.
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64DIRECTORY STRUCTURE
65
66faad2 - top level directory.
67
68 aacDECdrop - windows decoder/player with drag'n'drop functionality
69
70 common - generally used libraries and code.
71
72 faad - general common functions like filereading and streaming
73 as well as getting info from aac files.
74
75 mp4ff - Small MP4 file format library (includes tagging abilities).
76
77 frontend - command line frontend to the FAAD2 library, also supports
78 MPEG-4 file decoding.
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80 include - inlude file for the FAAD2 library.
81
82 libfaad - the FAAD2 AAC decoder library including SBR.
83
84 codebook - Huffman codebooks
85
86 plugins - plugins for all kinds of pograms.
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88 in_mp4 - winamp MPEG-4 AAC file input plugin.
89
90 QCD - Quintessential player AAC plugin.
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92 QCDMp4 - Quintessential player MP4 plugin.
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94 xmms - xmms AAC plugin
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96 mpeg4ip - plugin for the mpeg4ip player
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