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Perl Audio Converter

A Linux tool for converting multiple audio types from one format to another.
 
It supports the following audio formats:
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3G2, 3GP, 8SVX, AAC, AC3, ADTS, AIFF, AL, AMB, AMR, APE, AU, 
AVR, BONK, CAF, CDR, CVU, DAT, DSF, DTS, DVMS, F32, F64, FAP, FLA, 
FLAC, FSSD, GSRT, HCOM, IMA, IRCAM, LA, MAT, MAUD, MAT4, MAT5, 
M4A, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, MPP, NIST, OFF, OFR, OFS, OPUS, OGA, 
OGG, PAF, PRC, PVF, RA, RAM, RAW, RF64, SD2, SF, SHN, SMP, SND, 
SOU, SPX, SRN, TAK, TTA, TXW, VOC, VMS, VQF, W64, WAV, WMA, 
and WV.
 
It can also extract audio from the following video extensions:
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RM, RV, ASF, DivX, MPG, MKV, MPEG, AVI, MOV, OGM, OGV, QT, VCD, 
SVCD, M4V, NSV, NUV, PSP, SMK, VOB, FLV, WEBM and WMV.
 
Parallel processing, a CD ripping function with CDDB support, batch conversion, 
tag preservation for most supported formats, independent tag reading & writing, 
service menus for KDE Dolphin/Konqueror, Gnome Nautilus script, & Nemo action 
script are also provided.
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below is a list of supported applications, and the minimum version requirement.

app                 version    address
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aften                0.0.8     http://sourceforge.net/projects/aften/
dcaenc                   2     http://aepatrakov.narod.ru/index/0-2
mp3HD Toolkit        1.4.2     http://goo.gl/gJKoWx
lame                3.99.5     http://lame.sourceforge.net
toolame               0.2l     http://sourceforge.net/projects/toolame/
twolame             0.3.13     http://www.twolame.org
bladeenc          0.92.1b5     http://www.osl.iu.edu/~jsquyres/bladeenc/
flac                 1.2.1     http://flac.sourceforge.net
mac                   3.99     http://goo.gl/4mhvWV
shorten              3.6.1     http://www.etree.org/shnutils/shorten/
faac                  1.26     https://sourceforge.net/projects/faac/files/
faad                   2.7     https://sourceforge.net/projects/faad2-src/files
cdparanoia            10.2     http://www.xiph.org/paranoia
oggenc/oggdec        1.4.0     http://www.vorbis.com
mplayer            1.0pre7     http://www.mplayerhq.hu
speexenc            1.2rc1     http://www.speex.org
speexdec            1.2rc1     http://www.speex.org
sndfile-convert     1.0.25     http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/
mpcenc                1.30     http://www.musepack.net
mpcdec                1.00     http://www.musepack.net
wavpack             4.60.1     http://www.wavpack.com
ofr/ofs              4.520     http://www.LosslessAudio.org
ttaenc               3.4.1     http://www.true-audio.com
ffmpeg                 2.0     http://www.ffmpeg.org
libav (avconv)       0.0.5     http://www.libav.org
la                     0.4     http://www.lossless-audio.com
bonk                   0.6     http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/bonk
sox                12.17.8     http://sox.sourceforge.net/
flake                 0.11     http://flake-enc.sourceforge.net/download.html
opus & opus-tools    1.0.3     http://www.opus-codec.org/downloads/ (you need both)

For help and more information, see the manual page for pacpl

