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Re: [ITP] libmad/libmad0/libmad-devel: A high-quality MPEG audio decoder
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 18:44:08 +0200
- Subject: Re: [ITP] libmad/libmad0/libmad-devel: A high-quality MPEG audio decoder
- References: <82br34vowe.fsf@vzell-de.de.oracle.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
On Sep 7 18:11, Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
> Hi
>
> I would like to contribute and maintain the libmad/libmad0/libmad-devel packages:
>
> * http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/ (Homepage)
> * ftp://ftp.mars.org/pub/mpeg/ (Download location)
>
>
> Ciao
> Volker
>
> --
>
> Here are the setup.hint files:
>
> libmad:
> =======
>
> sdesc: "A high-quality MPEG audio decoder"
> ldesc: "MAD (libmad) is a high-quality MPEG audio decoder. It currently supports
> MPEG-1 and the MPEG-2 extension to Lower Sampling Frequencies, as well as
> the so-called MPEG 2.5 format. All three audio layers (Layer I, Layer II,
> and Layer III a.k.a. MP3) are fully implemented.
Is it safe to assume that we don't get into trouble due to patenting,
intellectual property, or any other related crap?
I have a working version of LAME compiled and ready for distribution
on my local box, but I'm reluctant to put this into the distro for
the above reasons.
Corinna
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