SoX--- This file contains information specific to the Win32 version of SoX.Please refer to the README file for general information. The binary SOX.EXE can be installed anywhere you desire.  The onlyrestriction is that the included ZLIB1..DLL and LIBGOMP-1.DLL must belocated in the same directory as SOX.EXE or somewhere within your PATH. SoX Helper Applications----------------------- SoX also includes support for SOXI.EXE, PLAY.EXE and REC.EXE and theirbehaviors are documented in included PDF's.  They have the sameinstall restrictions as SOX.EXE. SOXI.EXE, PLAY.EXE, and REC.EXE are not distributed with this package toreduce size requirements. They are, in fact, only copies of the originalSOX.EXE binary which changes SOX.EXE's behavior based on theexecutable's filename. If you wish to make use of these utils then you can create themyourself. copy sox.exe soxi.execopy sox.exe play.execopy sox.exe rec.exe If you are concerned with disk space, the play and recordfunctionality can be equated using the "-d" option with SOX.EXE.  soxifunctionality can be equated using the "--info" option with SOX.EXE. Therough syntax is: play: sox [input files and options] -d [effects]rec: sox -d [output file and options] [effects]soxi: sox --info [input files and options] Acknowledgements---------------- SOX.EXE included in this package makes use of the following projects.See the cygbuild script included with the source code package forfurther information on how it was compiled and packaged.   SoX - http://sox.sourceforge.net   FLAC - http://flac.sourceforge.net   LADSPA - http://www.ladspa.org   libid3tag - http://www.underbit.com/products/mad   libsndfile - http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile   Ogg Vorbis - http://www.vorbis.com   PNG - http://www.libpng.org/pub/png   WavPack - http://www.wavpack.com   wget - http://www.gnu.org/software/wget Enjoy,The SoX Development Team Appendix - wget Support----------------------- SoX can make use of the wget command line utility to load files overthe internet.  A binary copy of wget has been included with thispackage of SoX for your convience. For SoX to make use of wget, it must be located either in your PATH orwithin the same directory that SoX is ran from. Custom configuration of wget can be made by editing the file wget.inicontained in the same directory as wget.exe. Please consult wget's homepage for access to source code as well asfurther instructions on configuring. http://www.gnu.org/software/wget Appendix - MP3 Support---------------------- SoX contains support for reading and writing MP3 files but does not shipwith the DLL's that perform decoding and encoding of MP3 data becauseof patent restrictions.  For further details, refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#Licensing_and_patent_issues MP3 support can be enabled by placing Lame encoding DLL and/orMAD decoding DLL into the same directory as SOX.EXE.  Thesecan be compiled yourself, they may turn up on searches of the internetor may be included with other MP3 applications already installedon your system. For encoding/writing, try searching for lame-enc.dll,libmp3lame-0.dll, libmp3lame.dll, or cygmp3lame-0.dll.  Fordecoding/reading, try searching for libmad-0.dll, libmad.dll or cygmad-0.dll. Instructions are included here for using MSYS to create the DLL's.It is assumed you already have MSYS installed on your systemwith a working gcc compiler.  The commands are ran from MSYSbash shell. Obtain the latest Lame and MAD source code from approprate locations. Lame MP3 encoder  http://lame.sourceforge.netMAD MP3 decoder   http://www.underbit.com/products/mad cd lame-398-2./configure --disabled-static --enable-sharedmakecp libmp3lame/.libs/libmp3lame-0.dll /path/to/sox MAD libraries up to 0.15.1b have a bug in configure that will not allowbuilding DLL under mingw.  This can be resolved by adding LDFLAGSto configure and editing the generated Makefile to remove an invalidoption. cd libmad-0.15.1b./configure --enable-shared --disable-static LDFLAGS="-no-undefined"[edit Makefile, search for "-fforce-mem" and delete it.]makecp libmad-0.dll /path/to/sox/ Appendix - AMR-NB/AMR-WB Support-------------------------------- SoX contains support for reading and writing AMR-NB and AMR-WB files butdoes not ship with the DLL's that perform decoding and encoding of AMRdata because of patent restrictions. AMR-NB/AMR-WB support can be enabled by placing required DLL'sinto the same directory as SOX.EXE.  These can be compiled yourself,they may turn up on searches of the internet or may be included with otherMP3 applications already installed on your system. For AMR-NB support,try searching for libamrnb-3.dll, libopencore-amrnb-0.dll, orlibopencore-amrnb.dll. For AMR-WB support, try searching for libamrwb-3.dll,libopencore-amrwb-0.dll, or libopencore-amrwb.dll. Instructions are included here for using MSYS to create the DLL's.It is assumed you already have MSYS installed on your system withworking gcc compiler.  These commands are ran from MSYS bash shell. Obtain the latest amrnb and amrwb source code fromhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/opencore-amr . cd opencore-amr-0.1.2./configure --enable-shared --disable-static LDFLAGS="-no-undefined"makecp amrnb/.libs/libopencore-amrnb-0.dll /path/to/soxcp amrwb/.libs/libopencore-amrwb-0.dll /path/to/sox Appendix - LADSPA Plugins------------------------- SoX has built in support for LADSPA Plugins.  These plugins aremostly built for Linux but some are available for Windows.The Audacity GUI application has a page that points to a collectionof Windows LADSPA plugins. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/plugins SoX will search for these plugins based on LADSPA_PATHenviornment variable.  See sox.txt for further information.