audio-convert-mod
Tuesday, 04 September 2007
audio-convert-mod is a simple audio file converter supporting many formats.

audio-convert-mod supports various formats via external binaries. It facilitates the batch conversion of audio files from one format to another by access from the system menus or by the user script where at a right-click any amount of files can be converted at once! It also supports file tags/metadata where applicable.
Below are the list of supported formats:
Decode: (can read from)
- MP3
- OGG
- FLAC
- WAV
- AAC / MP4 / M4A
- MAC / Monkey's Audio / APE
- MPC (Musepack)
- WV (wavpack)
- AC3
- Shorten and WMA support coming soon 
 
Encode: (can write to)
- MP3
- OGG
- FLAC
- WAV
 - AAC / MP4 / M4A
- MAC / Monkey's Audio / APE
- MPC (Musepack)
- WV (wavpack) 
 

 

2. Requirements

Requires:
gawk
file >= 4.16
automake
intltool
python >= 2.4

Optionally requires at least one of the packages below:

lame for MP3 conversion support and id3tag for MP3 tagging
vorbis-tools for OGG conversion and metadata support
musepack-tools for MPC conversion support
flac for FLAC conversion support
mac for MAC (Monkey's Audio, or APE) conversion support
faac, faad for AAC / M4A / MP4 conversion support
wavpack, wvunpack for WV (wavpack) conversion support
a52dec, ffmpeg for AC3 decode support
mplayer for WMA/SHN decode support

For a full installation of requirements and codecs on RPM-based systems:

$ yum install faac faad2 mac flac id3tag vorbis-tools musepack-tools lame a52dec ffmpeg wavpack mplayer

3. Download

The current release of audio-convert-mod is version 3.45.4.
Downloads:
SRPM: audio-convert-mod-3.45.4-1.fc9.src.rpm
Older releases can be found at the file listing

4. Installation

** Note that fwbackups in the Fedora (Extras) repositories. If you use Fedora Core 6 or greater, a simple:
$     su -c "yum -y install audio-convert-mod"
will install the newest version of audio-convert-mod automatically. For Fedora versions that have reached their end of life, please use the RPM packages above to obtain the most recent version.
 
 
There are two installation options:
a. RPM installation
Simply download the RPM and type:
$ rpm -Uhv audio-convert-mod-*noarch*.rpm
 
b. Source installation

Change the working directory to the extracted files from the source tarball and run:

$ su -c "./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install"
This will install audio-convert-mod for the entire system.
 
NOTE:
$ su -c "make uninstall"
will uninstall audio-convert-mod. 

5. Extra Notes

You may be required to logout and re-login before the script can be used.
 
If you think you have found a bug in audio-convert-mod or need to request support, please use the bug tracker located at bugzilla.redhat.com (Product "Fedora", component "audio-convert-mod")
 
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