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The raw portfile for shorten 3.6.1 is located here:
http://shorten.darwinports.com/dports/audio/shorten/Portfile
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The shorten Portfile 30219 2007-10-22 22:40:35Z jmpp macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0
Name: shorten
Version: 3.6.1
Category: audio archivers
Maintainers: nomaintainer
Description: Fast compression for waveform files
Long Description: Shorten reduces the size of waveform files (such as audio) using Huffman coding of prediction residuals and optional additional quantisation. In lossless mode the amount of compression obtained depends on the nature of the waveform. Those composing of low frequencies and low amplitudes give the best compression, which may be 2:1 or better. Lossy compression operates by specifying a minimum acceptable segmental signal to noise ratio or a maximum bit rate. Lossy compression operates by zeroing the lower order bits of the waveform, so retaining waveform shape.
Homepage: http://www.etree.org/shnutils/shorten/
Platform: darwin
Master Sites: ${homepage}dist/src/
Checksums: md5 fb59c16fcedc4f4865d277f6e45866a7 sha1 bd525ced0b9ba99a7a178c11647a853147977fa5 rmd160 c25d0cf634ea86de2a3f155bc96f494c0a3167a0
configure.args --mandir=${prefix}/share/man

test.run yes
test.target check

If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.
Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:

%  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/shorten
%  sudo port install shorten  
Password: 

You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

--->  Fetching shorten
--->  Verifying checksum for shorten
--->  Extracting shorten
--->  Configuring shorten
--->  Building shorten with target all

--->  Staging shorten into destroot

--->  Installing shorten

- Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using shorten with these commands:

%  man shorten
%  apropos shorten
%  which shorten
%  locate shorten

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