Feature Requests item #1645923, was opened at 2007-01-27 06:08
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Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Reuben Thomas (rrt)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Move file formats into libsndfile

Initial Comment:
On quality we're behind the curve (libsndfile is widely used and has a better 
test suite than SoX). On quantity we're doing OK: we have several formats that 
libsndfile lacks (and vice versa).

libsndfile's author, Erik de Castro Lopo, has said he's happy for me to put the 
SoX formats into libsndfile, so I'm working on that.

There remains one obstacle to just using libsndfile: Erik won't accept 
proprietary or otherwise problematic formats like MP3, so we need to keep that. 
I'm hoping we can find a way to use the same libsndfile API so that we don't 
need to retain the SoX layer on top (although the way that SoX deals with 
effects and formats may still mean it's desirable to do that).

This is a moderately long-term project, but my goal is to have all the 
non-problematic formats run from libsndfile rather than SoX by the next major 
release; that alone will get rid of a lot of SoX code. libsndfile is about as 
portable as SoX and uses the same license, so it doesn't make extra problems 
for us.


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Comment By: Jan StarĂ½ (janstary)
Date: 2013-02-02 12:19

Message:
Has there been any progress on this? Does anyone still want it?

libsndfile has FLAC/Ogg/Vorbis support since 1.0.18,
and it doesn't look like it will add others any time soon.


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