Duide to setting up and executing audio testing in an Apple environment (macOS)

using SoX for streaming, channels, recording, and playback

1. Install SoX:

Sound eXchange

• Using Homebrew (Recommended): If you don’t have Homebrew, install it from https://brew.sh/. Then run:

    brew install sox

• Alternative (MacPorts): If you’re using MacPorts:

MacPorts is a free, open-source package manager that helps you install, update, and manage open-source software on macOS

Getting MacPorts

1. Go to macports.org > DOWNLOAD link
2. Get the .dmg disk image for your operating system
3. Install XCode
4. Run in the Terminal xcode-select --install

OR

    sudo port install sox

Note: Make sure your PATH is set up correctly so you can run sox from the command line.

• Linux

sudo apt-get install sox
# Enable mp3 encoder:
sudo apt-get install sox libsox-fmt-mp3

sudo apt-get install sox libsox-fmt-mp3

• Mac OS X

brew info sox

• One of the extra encoders is provided by libvorbis, offering encoding file as ogg, to isntall this incoder you must have not installed SoX and run:

brew info sox
brew install sox --with-libvorbis