<s>
libsndfile	B-Language
is	O
a	O
widely	O
used	O
C	B-Language
library	B-Library
written	O
by	O
Erik	O
de	O
Castro	O
Lopo	O
for	O
reading	O
and	O
writing	O
audio	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
library	B-Library
itself	O
,	O
the	O
package	O
provides	O
command-line	O
programs	O
for	O
converting	O
one	O
format	O
to	O
another	O
(	O
sndfile-convert	O
)	O
,	O
for	O
playing	O
audio	O
files	O
(	O
sndfile-play	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
obtaining	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
an	O
audio	O
file	O
(	O
sndfile-info	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
libsndfile	B-Language
is	O
available	O
for	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
including	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
LGPL-2.1-or-later	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
libsndfile	B-Language
is	O
used	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
by	O
audio-editing	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Audacity	B-Language
and	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Audition	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
MP3	B-Application
encoder	I-Application
LAME	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
