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-FDK-AAC-DABplus Package
-=======================
+ODR-AudioEncoder Package
+========================
This package contains a DAB and DAB+ encoder that integrates into the
ODR-mmbTools.
The DAB encoder is based on toolame. The DAB+ encoder uses a modified library
of the Fraunhofer FDK AAC code from Android, patched for 960-transform to do
-DAB+ broadcast encoding.
+DAB+ broadcast encoding. FDK-AAC has to be supplied separately.
-The main tool is the *dabplus-enc* encoder, which can read audio from
+The main tool is the *odr-audioencoder* encoder, which can read audio from
a file (raw or wav), from an ALSA source, from JACK or using libVLC,
and encode to a file, a pipe, or to a ZeroMQ output compatible with ODR-DabMux.
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The JACK input does not automatically connect to anything. The encoder runs
at the rate defined by the system clock, and therefore sound
card clock drift compensation is also used.
-*dabplus-enc* includes support for DAB MOT Slideshow and DLS, contributed by
+*odr-audioencoder* includes support for DAB MOT Slideshow and DLS, contributed by
[CSP](http://rd.csp.it).
To encode DLS and Slideshow data, the *mot-encoder* tool reads images
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ How to build
Requirements:
* A C++11 compiler
+* FDK-AAC with the DAB+ patches
* ImageMagick magickwand (optional, for MOT slideshow)
* Download and install libfec from https://github.com/Opendigitalradio/ka9q-fec
* Install ZeroMQ 4.0.4 or more recent
@@ -51,8 +52,6 @@ Requirements:
This package:
- git clone https://github.com/Opendigitalradio/fdk-aac-dabplus.git
- cd fdk-aac-dabplus
./bootstrap
./configure
make
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ and higher are using AAC-LC.
ZeroMQ output
-------------
-The ZeroMQ output included in FDK-AAC-DABplus is able to connect to
+The ZeroMQ output included in ODR-AudioEncoder is able to connect to
one or several instances of ODR-DabMux. The -o option can be used
more than once to achieve this.
@@ -99,17 +98,17 @@ Scenario *wav file for offline processing*
------------------------------------------
Wave file encoding, for non-realtime processing
- dabplus-enc -b $BITRATE -i wave_file.wav -o station1.dabp
+ odr-audioencoder -b $BITRATE -i wave_file.wav -o station1.dabp
Scenario *ALSA*
---------------
Live Stream from ALSA sound card at 32kHz, with ZMQ output for ODR-DabMux:
- dabplus-enc -d $ALSASRC -c 2 -r 32000 -b $BITRATE -o $DST -l
+ odr-audioencoder -d $ALSASRC -c 2 -r 32000 -b $BITRATE -o $DST -l
To enable sound card drift compensation, add the option **-D**:
- dabplus-enc -d $ALSASRC -c 2 -r 32000 -b $BITRATE -o $DST -D -l
+ odr-audioencoder -d $ALSASRC -c 2 -r 32000 -b $BITRATE -o $DST -D -l
You might see **U** and **O** appearing on the terminal. They correspond
to audio underruns and overruns that happen due to the different speeds at which
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ Scenario *libVLC input for a webstream*
---------------------------------------
Read a webstream and send it to ODR-DabMux over ZMQ:
- dabplus-enc -v $URL -r 32000 -c 2 -o $DST -l -b $BITRATE
+ odr-audioencoder -v $URL -r 32000 -c 2 -o $DST -l -b $BITRATE
If you need to extract the ICY-Text information, e.g. for DLS, you can use the
**-w <filename>** option to write the ICY-Text into a file that can be read by
@@ -135,14 +134,14 @@ Scenario *JACK input*
JACK input: Instead of -i (file input) or -d (ALSA input), use -j *name*, where *name* specifies the JACK
name for the encoder:
- dabplus-enc -j myenc -l -b $BITRATE -f raw -o $DST
+ odr-audioencoder -j myenc -l -b $BITRATE -f raw -o $DST
The samplerate of the JACK server should be 32kHz or 48kHz.
Scenario *local file through snd-aloop*
---------------------------------------
Play some local audio source from a file, with ZMQ output for ODR-DabMux. The problem with
-playing a file is that *dabplus-enc* cannot directly be used, because ODR-DabMux
+playing a file is that *odr-audioencoder* cannot directly be used, because ODR-DabMux
does not back-pressure the encoder, which will therefore encode much faster than realtime.
While this issue is sorted out, the following trick is a very flexible solution: use the
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ alsa virtual loop soundcard *snd-aloop* in the following way:
This creates a new audio card (usually 'hw:1' but have a look at /proc/asound/card to be sure) that
can then be used for the alsa encoder.
- ./dabplus-enc -d hw:1 -c 2 -r 32000 -b 64 -o $DST -l
+ ./odr-audioencoder -d hw:1 -c 2 -r 32000 -b 64 -o $DST -l
Then, you can use any media player that has an alsa output to play whatever source it supports:
@@ -171,14 +170,14 @@ Live Stream resampling (to 32KHz) and encoding from FIFO and preparing for DAB m
using mplayer. If there are no data in FIFO, encoder generates silence.
mplayer -quiet -loop 0 -af resample=32000:nowaveheader,format=s16le,channels=2 -ao pcm:file=/tmp/aac.fifo:fast <FILE/URL> &
- dabplus-enc -l -f raw --fifo-silence -i /tmp/aac.fifo -r 32000 -c 2 -b 72 -o /dev/stdout \
+ odr-audioencoder -l -f raw --fifo-silence -i /tmp/aac.fifo -r 32000 -c 2 -b 72 -o /dev/stdout \
mbuffer -q -m 10k -P 100 -s 1080 > station1.fifo
*Note*: Do not use /dev/stdout for pcm output in mplayer. Mplayer log messages on stdout.
Return values
-------------
-dabplus-enc returns:
+odr-audioencoder returns:
* 0 if it encoded the whole input file
* 1 if some options were not understood, or encoder initialisation failed
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ the generated files are smaller than 50kB and not larger than 320x240 pixels.
Supported Encoders
------------------
-*dabplus-enc* can insert the PAD data from *mot-encoder* into the bitstream.
+*odr-audioencoder* can insert the PAD data from *mot-encoder* into the bitstream.
The mp2 encoder [Toolame-DAB](https://github.com/Opendigitalradio/toolame-dab)
can also read *mot-encoder* data.
@@ -254,17 +253,14 @@ ODR-DabMux v0.7.0 and later.
LICENCE
=======
-It's complicated. The FDK-AAC-DABplus project contains
+It's complicated. The ODR-AudioEncoder project contains
- - The Third-Party Modified Version of the Fraunhofer FDK AAC Codec Library for
- Android, which is under its own licence. See NOTICE. This is built into a
- shared library.
- - The code for dabplus-enc in src/ licensed under the Apache Licence v2.0. See
+ - The code for odr-audioencoder in src/ licensed under the Apache Licence v2.0. See
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- libtoolame-dab, derived from TooLAME, licensed under LGPL v2.1 or later. See
libtoolame-dab/LGPL.txt. This is built into a shared library.
-The dabplus-enc binary is linked agains the libtoolame-dab and fdk-aac-dabplus
+The odr-audioencoder binary is linked agains the libtoolame-dab and fdk-aac
shared libraries.
In addition to the audio encoder, there is also mot-encoder, containing code