sox Release Notes

Table of Contents

  • What is sox
  • Support Policy
  • Installation Information
  • Silicon Graphics Legal Notice
  • Author's Notice(s)
  • Author's Address

    • What is sox

    Sox is a "unversal sound converter". it converts the following audio formats:
  • raw (no header) binary and textual data
  • IRCAM Sound Files
  • , Sound Blaster
  • SPARC .AU(w/header)
  • Mac HCOM
  • PC/DOS .SOU, Sndtool, and Sounder
  • NeXT .SND
  • Windows 3.1 RIFF/WAV,
  • Turtle Beach .SMP, CD-R
  • Apple/SGI AIFF and 8SVX
    • see the sox(1) man page (man sox) for more information.

    Installation Information

    sox Subsystems

    fw_LNSox.sw.sox
    sox Execution Environment
    fw_LNSox.man.*
    man pages, release notes, and other documentation
    fw_LNSox.src.sox
    sox Source Code

    Installation Method

    All of the subsystems for this product can be installed using IRIX. You do not need to use the miniroot. Refer to the Software Installation Administrator's Guide for complete installation instructions.

    Compatibility

    This software is compatible with IRIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.1.

    Author's Address

    The author of sox is Lance Norskog (creator & maintainer), along with a ton of others. Lance's email address is: thinman@netcom.com