README
1 MP3LINT
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4mp3lint is a tool to check collections of audio files for various
5problems. It is highly configurable, allowing you to specify your
6preferred format for filenames, minimum bitrate, tests to ignore,
7etc. Formats checked are currently mp3, ogg, wav, flac, au, and m3u
8playlists. mp3lint is implemented as separate tools (perl modules),
9each of which implements a set of tests. There are a total of 33
10different tests.
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12DOWNLOADING
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14The latest version is at http://nessie.mcc.ac.uk/~ianb/projects/mp3lint/
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16You will first need to install libmp3-archive-perl, available from the
17same place, which provides the perl module MP3::Archive.
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19After installing, see the mp3lint(1) manpage for details of other
20software mp3lint can use to extend its abilities.
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22INSTALLING
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24To install, you use the standard perl installation method of:
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26$ tar xzvvf mp3lint-VERSION.tar.gz
27$ cd mp3lint-VERSION
28$ perl Makefile.PL
29$ make
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31then, as root:
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33# make install
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35VERSION is the current version, eg 0.9
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37PORTABILITY
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39mp3lint should run on any modern unix system. I haven't yet tried it
40under windows. If anyone tries, I would appreciate feedback.
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42I've tried to avoid the latest features of perl, but you may run into
43problems if you have an old version of ExtUtils::MakeMaker (perl's
44installer). Version 6.16 definately works. See mp3lint(1) for more
45details of software and versions needed.
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47TODO
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49Windows support
50A configurator, to make configuring .mp3lintrc easier.
51A gui (if I'm feeling ambitious) to help fix problems found by mp3lint.
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53FEEDBACK
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55Bug reports, fixes, compliments or (constructive) criticisms would be
56appreciated, to ianb@nessie.mcc.ac.uk.
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58COPYRIGHT
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60Copyright 2003 Ian Beckwith <ianb@nessie.mcc.ac.uk>
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62This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
63it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
64the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
65your option) any later version.
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67This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
68WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
69MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
70General Public License for more details.
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72You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
73along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
74Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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