Feature Requests item #1645923, was opened at 2007-01-27 06:08 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by rrt You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=360706&aid=1645923&group_id=10706
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Reuben Thomas (rrt) Date: 2013-02-02 15:10 Message: Progress was that back in 2008 I moved WVE [sic] support into libsndfile. There are plenty of other simple formats that could be moved, and of course WAV support could be merged, by adding all WAV features that SoX has but libsndfile lacks into libsndfile. The main barrier is that Erik de Castro Lopo has very high standards, but that means that the result is good, and likely to remain zero maintenance for SoX devs. Indeed, libsndfile is not being rapidly developed; that should make it EASIER for SoX devs to get new formats moved into it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Jan Starý (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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=360706&aid=1645923&group_id=10706 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ SoX-devel mailing list SoX-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sox-devel
