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diff --git a/libao/src/README b/libao/src/README deleted file mode 100644 index 6a08b56..0000000 --- a/libao/src/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,70 +0,0 @@ -libao - A Cross-platform Audio Library, Version 0.8.6 - -Originally Copyright (C) Aaron Holtzman - May 1999 -Changes Copyright (C) Jack Moffitt - October 2000 -Changes Copyright (C) Stan Seibert - July 2000-March 2004 -libao-pulse Copyright (C) Lennart Poettering 2004-2006 -Changes Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Xiph.org Foundation -Changes Maintainer Benjamin Gerard - -libao is free software; 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, or (at your option) -any later version. - -libao 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 GNU Make; see the file COPYING. If not, write to -the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - -OVERVIEW - -Libao is a cross-platform audio library that allows programs to output -audio using a simple API on a wide variety of platforms. It currently -supports: - * Null output - * WAV files - * OSS (Open Sound System) - * ESD (ESounD or Enlightened Sound Daemon) - * ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) - * PulseAudio (next generation GNOME sound server) - * AIX - * Solaris (untested) - * IRIX (untested) - -HISTORY - -Libao began life as cross-platform audio library inside of ac3dec, an -AC3 decoder by Aaron Holtzman that is part of the LiViD project. When -ogg123 (part of the command line vorbis tools) needed a way to play -audio on multiple operating systems, someone on the vorbis-dev mailing -list suggested the libao library as a possible way to add cross-platform -support to ogg123. Stan Seibert downloaded the libao library, severely -hacked it up in order to make the build process simpler and support -multiple live-playback devices. (The original code allowed one live -playback driver, the wav driver, and a null driver to be compiled into -the library.) Jack Moffitt got it supporting dynamically loaded plugins -so that binary versions of libao could be provided. The API was revised -for version 0.8.0. - -This code is being maintained by Stan Seibert (volsung@xiph.org) -and various other individuals. Please DO NOT annoy Aaron Holtzman about -bugs, features, comments, etc. regarding this code. - -WORKAROUNDS - -The OSS emulation in ALSA deviates from the OSS spec by not returning -immediately from an open() call if the OSS device is already in use. -Instead, it makes the application wait until the device is available. -This is not desirable during the autodetection phase of libao, so a -workaround has been included in the source. Since the workaround -itself violates the OSS spec and causes other problems on some -platforms, it is only enabled when ALSA is detected. The workaround -can be turned on or off by passing the --enable-broken-oss or ---disable-broken-oss flag to the configure script. |