1Audio File Library
2Version 0.3.6
3Wednesday, 6 March 2013
4
5Copyright (C) 1998-2000, 2003-2004, 2010-2013 Michael Pruett
6Copyright (C) 2000-2001 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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8michael@68k.org
9http://audiofile.68k.org/
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13The Audio File Library handles reading and writing audio files in many
14common formats.
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16Key goals of the Audio File Library are file format transparency and data
17format transparency. The same calls for opening a file, accessing and
18manipulating audio metadata (e.g. sample rate, sample format, textual
19information, MIDI parameters), and reading and writing sample data will
20work with any supported audio file format. Likewise, the format of the
21audio data presented to the application need not be tied to the format
22of the data contained in the file.
23
24The following file formats are currently supported:
25* AIFF/AIFF-C
26* WAVE
27* NeXT .snd/Sun .au
28* Berkeley/IRCAM/CARL Sound File
29* Audio Visual Research
30* Amiga IFF/8SVX
31* Sample Vision
32* Creative Voice File
33* NIST SPHERE
34* Core Audio Format
35* FLAC
36
37The following compression formats are currently supported:
38* G.711 mu-law and A-law
39* IMA ADPCM
40* Microsoft ADPCM
41* FLAC
42* Apple Lossless Audio Codec
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44The Audio File Library itself is available under the GNU Lesser General
45Public License, and the programs in this package are available under the
46GNU General Public License. The two licenses are included in the files
47COPYING and COPYING.GPL, respectively.
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51This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
52modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
53License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
54version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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56This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
57but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
58MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
59Lesser General Public License for more details.
60
61You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
62License along with this library; if not, write to the
63Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
64Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
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