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diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml index ae3a470f6b..3357bde792 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml @@ -574,6 +574,9 @@ decoders. alaw and ulaw, various gsm, adpcm and pcm formats and other simple old audio codecs </simpara></listitem> +<listitem><simpara> + AAC + </simpara></listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -700,6 +703,31 @@ libraries. For installation instructions please see the <link linkend="sorenson">Sorenson video codec</link> section. </para> </sect3> + +<sect3 id="aac"> +<title>AAC codec</title> +<para> +AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) is an audio codec sometimes found in MOV and MP4 +files. An open source decoder called FAAD is available from +<ulink url="http://www.audiocoding.com"/>. You can download the second +generation codec FAAD2 at their <ulink url="http://www.audiocoding.com/download.php"> +download page</ulink>. Unfortunately FAAD2 1.1 does not compile under Linux, so you +will have to use the CVS version. Here's how: +<screen> +cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.audiocoding.com:/cvsroot/faac login +cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.audiocoding.com:/cvsroot/faac co faad2 +cd faad2/ +chmod +x bootstrap +./bootstrap +make +make install +</screen> +Binaries are not available from audiocoding.com, but you can (apt-)get Debian +packages from <ulink url="http://marillat.free.fr">Christian Marillat's homepage</ulink> +and Mandrake RPMs from the <ulink url="http://plf.zarb.org">P.L.F</ulink>. +</para> +</sect3> + </sect2> <!-- ********** --> |