# 使用 Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, apt 安装 aften
查看 aften 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。
## 安装
```sh
sudo av install brew:aften
```
其他安装命令:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install aften
```
证据: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install aften
```
证据: MacPorts ports tree: audio/aften/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- Nix (92%):
```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#aften
```
证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/af/aften/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install aften
```
证据: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: aften from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
## 软件包事实
- **软件包键:** brew:aften
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 0.0.8
- **来源摘要:** Audio encoder which generates ATSC A/52 compressed audio streams
- **主页:**
- **最后更新:** 2026-07-10T13:51:54-04:00
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## 可执行文件
- aften (别名)
- wavfilter (别名)
- wavinfo (别名)
- wavrms (别名)
## 安装行为
- Bottle: 不可用
## 版本和新鲜度
- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 0.0.8
## 项目历史与用法
Aften is a command-line ATSC A/52 audio encoder for producing AC-3 streams, especially the kind used in DVD-Video workflows. The official homepage says the project began as a standalone command-line version of the FFmpeg AC-3 encoder and then accumulated functional, structural, and feature changes.
### 项目历史
Aften's first versioned releases appeared in July 2006, according to the upstream changelog. Early work added command-line controls, multi-channel mapping, WAV input support, VBR adjustments, filters, a separate library/frontend split, and CMake builds.
By the 0.06 and 0.07 releases in 2007, the project had added SIMD detection, SSE/SSE3 and Altivec-related optimizations, CMake shared-library support, dynamic range compression, C++ bindings, parallelization, and improved bit-allocation logic. The final homepage-era release is listed as 0.0.8, with command-line help identifying the 2006-2007 authorship period.
### 采用历史
Aften came from the multimedia encoding world around FFmpeg, Doom9, Hydrogenaudio, and SourceForge-era development. The official homepage points users to an aften-devel mailing list, SourceForge bug reporting and git access, a Doom9 forum thread, and a project blog.
The supplied package facts show Aften still carried by Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Ubuntu. Its continued packaging is less about active upstream churn and more about keeping a small AC-3 encoder available for scripts and older media-tool workflows.
### 使用方式
The primary executable encodes WAV input to AC-3 output with options for bitrate, quality, threading, SIMD disabling, dialog normalization, dynamic range compression, stereo rematrixing, block switching, and other A/52 bitstream parameters. Companion utilities in the package facts include wavfilter, wavinfo, and wavrms.
Aften is a package nerd's media tool because it is a small standalone encoder with a precise codec target. It is useful where a script wants AC-3 output without pulling in a larger transcoding workflow, but its upstream history is old enough that packagers usually care about build portability and whether SourceForge source links still resolve.
### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心
Aften represents the SourceForge multimedia era: a specialized codec tool, a CMake build, a small command-line frontend, and project communication spread across mailing lists, forums, and changelogs. Its package value is preservation and reproducibility more than rapid feature growth.
The official repository still being reachable through SourceForge's code browser matters because the old homepage advertises a git clone URL using the git protocol, which is not suitable as a modern HTTP repository URL.
### 时间线
- 2006: Version 0.01 first versioned release.
- 2007: Version 0.07 added parallelization, bindings, and SIMD-related work.
- 2007: Version 0.0.8 documented as the most recent release on the official homepage.
- 2026: Supplied package facts still list Aften in Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Ubuntu.
### Related projects
- FFmpeg is the origin point named by the Aften homepage for the standalone AC-3 encoder.
- ATSC A/52 is the bitstream specification Aften targets.
- liba52 and MPlayer are linked from the official homepage as neighboring A/52 and media-tool projects.
### 来源
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## 安全说明
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
- **Geiger 风险:** blue / 中
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
## 其他软件包管理器记录
- Nix - aften: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/af/aften/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - aften - 0.0.8+git20100105-0ubuntu4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: aften from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | audio AC3 encoder | http://aften.sourceforge.net/
- Ubuntu apt - libaften-dev - 0.0.8+git20100105-0ubuntu4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libaften-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | audio AC3 encoder - development files | http://aften.sourceforge.net/
- Ubuntu apt - libaften0 - 0.0.8+git20100105-0ubuntu4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libaften0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | audio AC3 encoder - runtime files | http://aften.sourceforge.net/
- MacPorts - aften: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: audio/aften/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/aften.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/aften.yml)
## 来源
- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph