libsndfile

libsndfile is a widely used <a href="/facts/C_/Ky2No763">C</a> library written by Erik de Castro Lopo for reading and writing audio files. It supports a wide variety of <a href="/facts/Audio_file_format/hLgkfATf">audio file formats</a> and will convert automatically from one to another. It allows the programmer to ignore many details, such as <a href="/facts/Endianness/wbrQnyu3">endianness</a>.
In addition to the library itself, the package provides command-line programs for converting one format to another (sndfile-convert), for playing audio files (sndfile-play), and for obtaining information about the contents of an audio file (sndfile-info).
libsndfile is available for <a href="/facts/Unix-like/YAKrAxzd">Unix-like</a> systems, including <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> and <a href="/facts/Mac_OS_X/Y93vVpTm">Mac OS X</a>, and for <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a>. It is licensed under <a href="/facts/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License/AXwkz9x3">LGPL-2.1-or-later</a>.
libsndfile is used, for example, by audio-editing software such as <a href="/facts/Audacity_(audio_editor)/QadSg3NH">Audacity</a> and <a href="/facts/Adobe_Audition/U4rU7DBU">Adobe Audition</a> and the <a href="/facts/MP3/yrBpxUSD">MP3</a> encoder <a href="/facts/LAME/stqsN04t">LAME</a>.

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