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+mhwaveedit (edit, play, and record sound files)
+
mhWaveEdit is a graphical program for editing, playing, and recording
-sound files. It is lightweight, portable, user-friendly, and handles
-large files very well.
+sound files. It is lightweight, portable, user-friendly, and handles
+large files very well.
+
+The program itself has only simple editing features such as cut'n'paste
+and volume adjustment, but it can also use Ladspa effect plugins and
+the effects provided by the SoX application. It can also support
+additional file formats besides wav through libsndfile and mp3/ogg
+import and export through lame and oggenc/oggdec.
-The program itself has only simple editing features such as cut'n'paste
-and volume adjustment, but it can also use Ladspa effect plugins and
-the effects provided by the SoX application. It can also support
-additional file formats besides wav through libsndfile and mp3/ogg
-import and export through lame and oggenc/oggdec.
+lame, jack-audio-connection-kit[*], and portaudio are optional dependencies.
-lame, jack, and portaudio are optional dependencies.
+[*] If jack-audio-connection-kit support is included, this package uses
+ POSIX filesystem capabilities to execute with elevated privileges
+ (required for realtime audio processing). This may be considered a
+ security/stability risk. Please read http://www.slackbuilds.org/caps/
+ for more information. To disable capabilities, pass SETCAP=no to
+ the script.