FAAD2 For Linux

FAAD2 is an open source MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AAC decoder licensed under the GPLv2 license.

faad [options] infile.aac

-h Shows this help screen. -i Shows info about the input file. -a X Write MPEG-4 AAC ADTS output file. -t Assume old ADTS format. -o X Set output filename. -f X Set output format. Valid values for X are: 1: Microsoft WAV format (default). 2: RAW PCM data. -b X Set output sample format. Valid values for X are: 1: 16 bit PCM data (default). 2: 24 bit PCM data. 3: 32 bit PCM data. 4: 32 bit floating point data. 5: 64 bit floating point data. -s X Force the samplerate to X (for RAW files). -l X Set object type. Supported object types: 1: Main object type. 2: LC (Low Complexity) object type. 4: LTP (Long Term Prediction) object type. 23: LD (Low Delay) object type. -d Down matrix 5.1 to 2 channels -w Write output to stdio instead of a file. -g Disable gapless decoding. -q Quiet - suppresses status messages.

faad infile.aac faad infile.mp4 faad -o outfile.wav infile.aac faad -w infile.aac > outfile.wav faad -a outfile.aac infile.aac

Run the following commands in a terminal:

autoreconf -vif ./configure --with-mp4v2 make sudo make install