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  1. ********************************************************************
  2. * *
  3. * THIS FILE IS PART OF THE Ogg Vorbis SOFTWARE CODEC SOURCE CODE. *
  4. * USE, DISTRIBUTION AND REPRODUCTION OF THIS SOURCE IS GOVERNED BY *
  5. * THE GNU PUBLIC LICENSE 2, WHICH IS INCLUDED WITH THIS SOURCE. *
  6. * PLEASE READ THESE TERMS DISTRIBUTING. *
  7. * *
  8. * THE OggSQUISH SOURCE CODE IS (C) COPYRIGHT 1994-1999 *
  9. * by Monty <monty@xiph.org> and The XIPHOPHORUS Company *
  10. * http://www.xiph.org/ *
  11. * *
  12. ********************************************************************
  13. WHAT'S HERE:
  14. This source distribution includes libvorbis, a full-featured example
  15. encoder/player to demonstrate use of libvorbis and documentation on
  16. the Ogg Vorbis audio coding format.
  17. Directory:
  18. ./lib The source for libvorbis, a GPLed inplementation of
  19. the public domain OggSquish Vorbis audio encoding
  20. format.
  21. ./cmdline A full-featured command line encoder/decoder/player
  22. utility ('vorbis') that demonstrates programmatic use
  23. of libvorbis.
  24. ./docs Vorbis specification documents
  25. WHAT IS VORBIS:
  26. Vorbis is a general purpose audio and music encoding format
  27. contemporary to MPEG-4's AAC and TwinVQ, the next generation beyond
  28. MPEG audio layer 3. Unlike the MPEG sponsored formats (and other
  29. proprietary formats such as RealAudio G2 and Windows' flavor of the
  30. month), the Vorbis CODEC specification belongs to the public domain.
  31. All the technical details are published and documented, and any
  32. software entity may make full use of the format without royalty or
  33. patent concerns.
  34. This package contains libvorbis, a GPLed software implementation of
  35. the Vorbis specification by the Xiphophorus company (http://www.xiph.org/).
  36. CONTACT:
  37. The OggSquish homepage is located at 'http://www.xiph.org/OggSquish'.
  38. Vorbis's homepage is located at 'http://www.xiph.org/OggSquish/vorbis.html'.
  39. Up to date technical documents, contact information, source code and
  40. pre-built utilities may be found there.
  41. BUILD:
  42. A standard build should consist of nothing more than:
  43. ./configure
  44. ./make
  45. and as root if desired :
  46. ./make install
  47. This will install the ogg vorbis commandline encoder/player ('ogg')
  48. into /usr/local/bin, the ogg player and libvorbis manpages into
  49. /usr/local/man/ and libvorbis.a into /usr/local/lib.
  50. Monty <monty@xiph.org>, <xiphmont@mit.edu>
  51. $Id: README,v 1.1 1999/07/13 06:50:34 mwhitson Exp $