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Port details on branch 2023Q4
faad MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AAC audio decoder
2.11.4,1 audio Σ=90 search for ports that depend on this port An older version of this port was marked as vulnerable. Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 2.11.4,1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: multimedia@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2003-01-18 19:21:38
Last Update: 2026-10-14 06:46:03
Commit Hash: 60b427e
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License: GPLv2+
WWW:
https://github.com/FreewareAdvancedAudio/faad2
Description: #
FAAD2 (Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder) is a MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AAC decoder. FAAD2 is the fastest ISO AAC audio decoder available and can be used with DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale), and supports HE (High Efficiency), Main, LC, LD, LTP, PS (Parametric Stereo) AAC files.
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Manual pages: #
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist #
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/faad2-2.11.4,1/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/faad2-2.11.4,1/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/faad2-2.11.4,1/GPLv2+
  5. bin/faad
  6. include/faad.h
  7. include/neaacdec.h
  8. lib/libfaad.so
  9. lib/libfaad.so.2
  10. lib/libfaad.so.2.11.4
  11. lib/libfaad_drm.so
  12. lib/libfaad_drm.so.2
  13. lib/libfaad_drm.so.2.11.4
  14. libdata/pkgconfig/faad2.pc
  15. share/man/man1/faad.1.gz
  16. @owner
  17. @group
  18. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • For RUN/BUILD depends:
    • faad2>0:audio/faad
  • For LIB depends:
    • libfaad.so:audio/faad
    • libfaad_drm.so:audio/faad
To install the port: #
cd /usr/ports/audio/faad/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install audio/faad
  • pkg install faad2
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: faad2
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port. #
distinfo: #
TIMESTAMP = 1791959335 SHA256 (FreewareAdvancedAudio-faad2-2.11.4_GH0.tar.gz) = ee479ccbae4a8387ab696e6f21a481bd83fe3881471cafa81b4ae59d7d3aed43 SIZE (FreewareAdvancedAudio-faad2-2.11.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 662855
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC): #
faad2
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386
FreeBSD:14:latest2.11.3,12.11.4,12.10.1,12.11.2,12.11.4,1
FreeBSD:14:quarterly2.11.3,12.11.4,1-2.11.2,12.11.4,1
FreeBSD:15:latest2.11.4,12.11.4,1n/a2.11.2,1n/a
FreeBSD:15:quarterly2.11.3,12.11.4,1n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:16:latest2.11.3,12.11.4,1n/a-n/a
Dependencies #
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies: #
  1. cmake : devel/cmake-core
  2. ninja : devel/ninja
This port is required by: #
for Build #

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. audio/bmp-faad*
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for Libraries #
  1. audio/deadbeef
  2. audio/gogglesmm
  3. audio/gstreamer1-plugins-faad
  4. audio/harp
  5. audio/squeezelite
  6. audio/streamripper
  7. audio/welle.io
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  2. comms/sdrangel
  3. emulators/azahar
  4. emulators/libretro-azahar
  5. games/melonds
  6. games/scummvm
  7. graphics/magnum-plugins
  8. multimedia/audacious-plugins
  9. multimedia/avidemux
  10. multimedia/avidemux-cli
  11. multimedia/avidemux-plugins
  12. multimedia/avidemux-qt5
  13. multimedia/kew
  14. multimedia/libxine
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Deleted ports which required this port:

Expand this list of 22 deleted ports
  1. audio/gstreamer-plugins-faad*
  2. audio/liquidsoap*
  3. audio/mixxx20*
  4. audio/mixxx21*
  5. audio/mixxx22*
  6. audio/xmms-faad*
  7. audio/xmms2*
  8. comms/dabstick-radio*
  9. multimedia/audacious-plugins-gtk3*
  10. multimedia/avidemux-qt4*
  11. multimedia/avidemux2*
  12. multimedia/avidemux2-plugins*
  13. multimedia/avidemux26*
  14. multimedia/avidemux26-cli*
  15. multimedia/avidemux26-plugins*
  16. multimedia/avidemux26-qt4*
  17. multimedia/gmerlin-avdecoder*
  18. multimedia/mpeg4ip*
  19. multimedia/qmmp*
  20. multimedia/vlc-qt4*
  21. multimedia/vlc3*
  22. multimedia/xbmc-pvr*
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for Run #
  1. audio/lyrionmusicserver
  2. audio/pacpl

Deleted ports which required this port:

Expand this list of 7 deleted ports
  1. audio/bmp-faad*
  2. audio/dir2ogg*
  3. audio/gnormalize*
  4. audio/logitechmediaserver*
  5. audio/raop_play*
  6. audio/squeezeboxserver*
  7. multimedia/transkode*
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* - deleted ports are only shown under the This port is required by section. It was harder to do for the Required section. Perhaps later...
Configuration Options: #
No options to configure
Options name: #
audio_faad
USES: #
cmake cpe
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message #
Master Sites: #
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/FreewareAdvancedAudio/faad2/tar.gz/2.11.4?dummy=/
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