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-********************************************************************
-* *
-* THIS FILE IS PART OF THE OggVorbis SOFTWARE CODEC SOURCE CODE. *
-* USE, DISTRIBUTION AND REPRODUCTION OF THIS LIBRARY SOURCE IS *
-* GOVERNED BY A BSD-STYLE SOURCE LICENSE INCLUDED WITH THIS SOURCE *
-* IN 'COPYING'. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS BEFORE DISTRIBUTING. *
-* *
-* THE OggVorbis SOURCE CODE IS (C) COPYRIGHT 1994-2011 *
-* by the Xiph.Org Foundation http://www.xiph.org/ *
-* *
-********************************************************************
-
-= WHAT'S HERE =
+# Ogg
+
+```
+ THIS FILE IS PART OF THE OggVorbis SOFTWARE CODEC SOURCE CODE.
+ USE, DISTRIBUTION AND REPRODUCTION OF THIS LIBRARY SOURCE IS
+ GOVERNED BY A BSD-STYLE SOURCE LICENSE INCLUDED WITH THIS SOURCE
+ IN 'COPYING'. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS BEFORE DISTRIBUTING.
+ THE OggVorbis SOURCE CODE IS (C) COPYRIGHT 1994-2015
+ by the Xiph.Org Foundation http://www.xiph.org/
+```
+
+## What's here ##
This source distribution includes libogg and nothing else. Other modules
(eg, the modules libvorbis, vorbis-tools for the Vorbis music codec,
@@ -19,18 +18,17 @@ use with Ogg bitstreams.
Directory:
-./src The source for libogg, a BSD-license inplementation of
- the public domain Ogg bitstream format
+- `src` The source for libogg, a BSD-license inplementation of the public domain Ogg bitstream format
-./include Library API headers
+- `include` Library API headers
-./doc Ogg specification and libogg API documents
+- `doc` Ogg specification and libogg API documents
-./win32 Win32 projects and build automation
+- `win32` Win32 projects and build automation
-./macosx Mac OS X project and build files
+- `macosx` Mac OS X project and build files
-= WHAT IS OGG? =
+## What is Ogg? ##
Ogg project codecs use the Ogg bitstream format to arrange the raw,
compressed bitstream into a more robust, useful form. For example,
@@ -38,40 +36,43 @@ the Ogg bitstream makes seeking, time stamping and error recovery
possible, as well as mixing several sepearate, concurrent media
streams into a single physical bitstream.
-= CONTACT =
+## Contact ##
-The Ogg homepage is located at 'https://www.xiph.org/ogg/'.
+The Ogg homepage is located at https://www.xiph.org/ogg/ .
Up to date technical documents, contact information, source code and
pre-built utilities may be found there.
-BUILDING FROM TARBALL DISTRIBUTIONS:
+## Building ##
-./configure
-make
+#### Building from tarball distributions ####
+
+ ./configure
+ make
and optionally (as root):
-make install
+
+ make install
This will install the Ogg libraries (static and shared) into
/usr/local/lib, includes into /usr/local/include and API
documentation into /usr/local/share/doc.
-BUILDING FROM REPOSITORY SOURCE:
+#### Building from repository source ####
A standard svn build should consist of nothing more than:
-./autogen.sh
-make
+ ./autogen.sh
+ make
and as root if desired :
-make install
+ make install
-BUILDING ON WIN32:
+#### Building on Windows ####
Use the project file in the win32 directory. It should compile out of the box.
-CROSS COMPILING FROM LINUX TO WIN32:
+#### Cross-compiling from Linux to Windows ####
It is also possible to cross compile from Linux to windows using the MinGW
cross tools and even to run the test suite under Wine, the Linux/*nix
@@ -86,12 +87,9 @@ Once these tools are installed its possible to compile and test by
executing the following commands, or something similar depending on
your system:
- ./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc --target=i586-mingw32msvc \
- --build=i586-linux
+ ./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc --target=i586-mingw32msvc --build=i586-linux
make
make check
(Build instructions for Ogg codecs such as vorbis are similar and may
be found in those source modules' README files)
-
-$Id$