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 /* FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec
  * Copyright (C) 2001  Josh Coalson
  *
  * This program is part of FLAC; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
  * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
  * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
  */


 FLAC (http://flac.sourceforge.net/) is an Open Source lossless audio
 codec developed by Josh Coalson.

 FLAC is comprised of 1) `libFLAC', a library which implements
 reference encoders and decoders, licensed under the GNU Lesser
 General Public License (LGPL); 2) `flac', a command-line program for
 encoding and decoding files, licensed under the GNU General public
 License (GPL); 3) `metaflac', a command-line program for editing
 FLAC metadata, licensed under the GPL; 4) player plugins for XMMS
 and Winamp, licensed under the GPL; and 5) documentation, licensed
 under the GNU Free Documentation License.

 ==========
 FLAC - 1.0
 ==========

 This is the source release for the FLAC project.  See

 	doc/index.html

 for full documentation.

 A brief description of the directory tree:

 	doc/       the HTML documentation
 	include/   public include files for libFLAC
 	src/       the source code and private headers
 	test/      the test scripts


 =============================
 Building in a GNU environment
 =============================

 FLAC now uses autoconf and libtool for configuring and
 building.  Better documentation for these will be
 forthcoming, but in general, this should work:

 ./configure ; make ; make install

 If it doesn't, see the next section on Makefile.lite.

 There are a few FLAC-specific arguments you can give to
 `configure':

 --enable-debug : Builds everything with debug symbols and some
 extra (and more verbose) error checking.

 --disable-asm-optimizations : Disables the compilation of the
 assembly routines.  Many routines have assembly versions for
 speed and `configure' is pretty good about knowing what is
 supported, but you can use this option to build only from the
 C sources.

 --sse-os : If you are building for an x86 CPU that supports
 SSE instructions, you can enable some of the faster routines
 if your operating system also supports SSE instructions.  flac
 can tell if the CPU supports the instructions but currently has
 no way to test if the OS does, so if it does, you must pass
 this argument to configure to use the SSE routines.  If flac
 crashes when built with this option you will have to go back and
 configure without --sse-os.  Note that --disable-asm-optimizations
 overrides --sse-os.


 ===========================
 Building with Makefile.lite
 ===========================

 There is a more lightweight build system for do-it-yourself-ers.
 It is also useful if configure isn't working, which may be the
 case since lately we've had some problems with different versions
 of automake and libtool.  The Makefile.lite system should work
 on Gnu systems with few or no minor adjustments.

 From the top level just 'make -f Makefile.lite'.  You can
 specify zero or one optional target from 'release', 'debug',
 'test', or 'clean'.  The default is 'release'.  There is no
 'install' target but everything you need will end up in the
 obj/ directory.

 If you are not on an x86 system or you don't have nasm, you
 may have to change the DEFINES in src/libFLAC/Makefile.lite.  If
 you don't have nasm, remove -DFLAC__HAS_NASM.  If your target is
 not an x86, change -DFLAC__CPU_IA32 to -DFLAC__CPU_UNKNOWN.


 ==================
 Building with MSVC
 ==================

 There is no overall make system for MSVC but the individual
 source directories with a 'Makefile.vc' file in them allow
 building with MSVC.  Just 'nmake /f Makefile.vc'.  Currently
 the Makefile.vc for libFLAC is hardcoded to use nasm.  If
 you don't have nasm, or don't want any assembly optimizations,
 edit the makefile, adding '/D FLAC__NO_ASM' and delete the
 rules which compile the .s files.
	/* FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec
	* Copyright (C) 2001 Josh Coalson
	*
	* This program is part of FLAC; you can redistribute it and/or
	* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
	* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
	* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
	*
	* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
	* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
	* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
	* GNU General Public License for more details.
	*
	* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
	* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
	* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
	*/


	FLAC (http://flac.sourceforge.net/) is an Open Source lossless audio
	codec developed by Josh Coalson.

	FLAC is comprised of 1) `libFLAC', a library which implements
	reference encoders and decoders, licensed under the GNU Lesser
	General Public License (LGPL); 2) `flac', a command-line program for
	encoding and decoding files, licensed under the GNU General public
	License (GPL); 3) `metaflac', a command-line program for editing
	FLAC metadata, licensed under the GPL; 4) player plugins for XMMS
	and Winamp, licensed under the GPL; and 5) documentation, licensed
	under the GNU Free Documentation License.

	==========
	FLAC - 1.0
	==========

	This is the source release for the FLAC project. See

	doc/index.html

	for full documentation.

	A brief description of the directory tree:

	doc/ the HTML documentation
	include/ public include files for libFLAC
	src/ the source code and private headers
	test/ the test scripts


	=============================
	Building in a GNU environment
	=============================

	FLAC now uses autoconf and libtool for configuring and
	building. Better documentation for these will be
	forthcoming, but in general, this should work:

	./configure ; make ; make install

	If it doesn't, see the next section on Makefile.lite.

	There are a few FLAC-specific arguments you can give to
	`configure':

	--enable-debug : Builds everything with debug symbols and some
	extra (and more verbose) error checking.

	--disable-asm-optimizations : Disables the compilation of the
	assembly routines. Many routines have assembly versions for
	speed and `configure' is pretty good about knowing what is
	supported, but you can use this option to build only from the
	C sources.

	--sse-os : If you are building for an x86 CPU that supports
	SSE instructions, you can enable some of the faster routines
	if your operating system also supports SSE instructions. flac
	can tell if the CPU supports the instructions but currently has
	no way to test if the OS does, so if it does, you must pass
	this argument to configure to use the SSE routines. If flac
	crashes when built with this option you will have to go back and
	configure without --sse-os. Note that --disable-asm-optimizations
	overrides --sse-os.


	===========================
	Building with Makefile.lite
	===========================

	There is a more lightweight build system for do-it-yourself-ers.
	It is also useful if configure isn't working, which may be the
	case since lately we've had some problems with different versions
	of automake and libtool. The Makefile.lite system should work
	on Gnu systems with few or no minor adjustments.

	From the top level just 'make -f Makefile.lite'. You can
	specify zero or one optional target from 'release', 'debug',
	'test', or 'clean'. The default is 'release'. There is no
	'install' target but everything you need will end up in the
	obj/ directory.

	If you are not on an x86 system or you don't have nasm, you
	may have to change the DEFINES in src/libFLAC/Makefile.lite. If
	you don't have nasm, remove -DFLAC__HAS_NASM. If your target is
	not an x86, change -DFLAC__CPU_IA32 to -DFLAC__CPU_UNKNOWN.


	==================
	Building with MSVC
	==================

	There is no overall make system for MSVC but the individual
	source directories with a 'Makefile.vc' file in them allow
	building with MSVC. Just 'nmake /f Makefile.vc'. Currently
	the Makefile.vc for libFLAC is hardcoded to use nasm. If
	you don't have nasm, or don't want any assembly optimizations,
	edit the makefile, adding '/D FLAC__NO_ASM' and delete the
	rules which compile the .s files.