Notes on Using the Pre-compiled libsndfile DLL. =============================================== In order to use this pre-compiled DLL with Visual Studio, you will need to generate a .LIB file from the DLL. This can be achieved as follows: 1) In a CMD window, change to the directory containing this file and run the command: lib /machine:i386 /def:libsndfile-1.def You now have two files: libsndfile-1.dll libsndfile-1.lib to be used with VisualStudio. If the lib command fails with a command saying "'lib' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file", you need to find the location of "lib.exe" and add that directory to your PATH environment variable. Another alternative is to use the "Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt" Start menu item: Start -> All Programs -> Visual Studio 2005 -> Visual Studio Tools -> Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt If for some reason these instructions don't work for you or you are still not able to use the libsndfile DLL with you project, please do not contact the main author of libsndfile. Instead, join the libsndfile-users mailing list : http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/lists.html and ask a question there.