Re: [SoX-users] Windows binaries with mp3 support

[Ilya <vol...@zh...>]

Thank you for your advices, Andy.
Now  that  I  see all those difficulties with building and licensing I
decided to reject that idea of mp3 support in sox.
As  I already told it's not crucial for my app although it would be an
advantage.
What  is  more,  I  believe  that  in  most  cases  users  will choose
uncompressed  or  lossless  audio  because  for  the  goals of the app
quality matters.
Anyway, thank you for advice.
And maybe I'll ask you to test my program after I finish it, okay?

Ilya

Monday, March 16, 2009, 9:48:15 PM, you wrote:

Dev> At the moment, I'm afraid I can't help you with "sox -d".  I suspect that
Dev> building SoX with a default audio device on Windows will not be so easy.
Dev> Although it is something I would like to try some day just for the 
Dev> experience.  It is possible that MingW does not support the Windows sound
Dev> API, in which case, the build will have to be ported to MSVC.  (This is just
Dev> a guess.)  My sound card came with software capable of playing only .aiff
Dev> files.  So when I want to listen on my computer, I use SoX to convert to
Dev> .aiff.   If you do decide to build with MingW, I can try to help if you run
Dev> into trouble.

Dev> As for licensing... I suspect that the restriction is in MAD and LAME, not
Dev> SoX.  Otherwise, there wouldn't be a problem distributing a SoX binary with
Dev> mp3.  This probably means you can't distribute your own mp3 codec 
Dev> application no matter where you host it.  But check the Mad and LAME 
Dev> websites.  Since they supply the library, they may also supply a simple app.
Dev> If they do, and if you are willing to ask your users to do a separate 
Dev> download anyway, maybe this will suffice?  Is it possible to use Ogg Vorbis
Dev> as an mp3 alternative?

Dev> Please don't take my word for this since I am not an expert -- I just wanted
Dev> to make some suggestions.

Dev> Hope this helps.

Dev> andy

Dev> ----- Original Message ----- 
Dev> From: "Ilya" <vol...@zh...>
Dev> To: <sox...@li...>
Dev> Sent: Monday, 16 March, 2009 05:57
Dev> Subject: Re: [SoX-users] Windows binaries with mp3 support


>> Yes, I need sox not only for processing, but for playback also.
>> But I hope your binary can execute
>> sox somefile.wav -d
>> Or not?
>> Thanks  for your suggestions, I'll try to compile it myself with mingw
>> if you can't provide the binary.
>>
>> I have a question about licensing also.
>> I'm  developing  a non-commercial application which uses sox for sound
>> processing  and  playback.  It's  quite  a  disadvantage  (though  not
>> critical) for my app that it doesn't support mp3.
>> So  the  question is: if I break the license if I compile sox with mp3
>> support and include those binaries into my package?
>> Or I must include it without mp3 support?
>> In  this case will I break any rules if I make mp3 supporting binaries
>> available  for  download  on  a  third-party website having nothing in
>> common with sox?
>>