media-libs/libao

A cross-platform audio library.

Versions

Slot Version Repository Platforms
0 1.2.2 media ~amd64 arm? armv7? ~armv8 ~x86

Metadata

Homepage (
    https://github.com/xiph/libao
    https://www.xiph.org/ao
)
Summary A cross-platform audio library
Description 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 (handy for testing without a sound device) * WAV files * AU files * OSS (Open Sound System, used on Linux and FreeBSD) * ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) * PulseAudio (next generation GNOME sound server) * esd (EsounD or Enlightened Sound Daemon) * AIX * Sun/NetBSD/OpenBSD * IRIX * NAS (Network Audio Server)
Dependencies (
    (
        build:
        virtual/pkg-config
        build+run:
        alsa? (
            sys-sound/alsa-lib[>=0.9]
        )
        pulseaudio? (
            media-sound/pulseaudio[>=0.9]
        )
    )
    (
        build:
        sys-devel/libtool
        sys-devel/autoconf:2.5
        || (
            sys-devel/automake:1.16
            sys-devel/automake:1.15
        )
    )
)
Downloads https://github.com/xiph/libao/archive/1.2.2.tar.gz -> libao-1.2.2.tar.gz
Licences GPL-2

Choices

OPTIONS

alsa Adds support for ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)
mmap Use mmio with ALSA, another method of how ALSA accesses devices
pulseaudio Adds support for PulseAudio sound server