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diff --git a/audio/libmad/DESCR b/audio/libmad/DESCR index 923313d6893..b28a8a384fd 100644 --- a/audio/libmad/DESCR +++ b/audio/libmad/DESCR @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -MAD is a high-quality MPEG audio decoder. It currently supports MPEG 1 as -well as the MPEG 2 extension to Lower Sampling Frequencies. All three -audio layers (Layer I, Layer II, and Layer III aka MP3) are fully -implemented. +MAD (libmad) is a high-quality MPEG audio decoder. It currently +supports MPEG-1 and the MPEG-2 extension to Lower Sampling Frequencies, +as well as the so-called MPEG 2.5 format. All three audio layers +(Layer I, Layer II, and Layer III a.k.a. MP3) are fully implemented. -MAD does not yet support MPEG 2 multichannel audio (although it should be -backward compatible with such streams), nor does it support the so-called -MPEG 2.5 format. +MAD does not yet support MPEG-2 multichannel audio (although it +should be backward compatible with such streams) nor does it +currently support AAC. MAD has the following special features: @@ -13,3 +13,9 @@ MAD has the following special features: - 100% fixed-point (integer) computation - completely new implementation based on the ISO/IEC standards - distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) + +Because MAD provides full 24-bit PCM output, applications using +MAD are able to produce high quality audio. Even when the output +device supports only 16-bit PCM, applications can use the extra +resolution to increase the audible dynamic range through the use +of dithering or noise shaping. |