If you want to convert audio files on Linux, Audio-convert-mod is worth a try. Audio-convert-mod is a simple and easy-to-use audio file converter. It supports many formats, includes: MP3, OGG, FLAC, WAV, AAC/MP4/M4A, MAC/Monkey’s Audio/APE, MPC (Musepack), WV (wavpack) etc. In addition, with Audio-convert-mod, you can also batch convert audio files.
Installation
Audio-convert-mod requires gawk, file (>= 4.16), automake, intltool, python (>= 2.4). In addition, 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
After downloading Audio-convert-mod, you can run the following steps:
tar zxvf audio-convert-mod-3.45.4.tar.gz
cd audio-convert-mod-3.45.4
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install
Usage
Step 1: Select files.
Step 2: Conversion settings.
Step 3: Running conversion.
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1 B On The Move - Tech News » Blog Archive » Audio-Convert-Mod Transforms Sound Files with No Fuss [Featured Linux Download] // Jun 30, 2008 at 5:52 am
[…] Linux only: If you’ve got a batch of audio files to convert, or you’re just not keen on messing with a full-fledged editor to do the job, Audio-Convert-Mod, a free Linux utility, has you covered. The straight-forward app takes in files, asks you how and where to convert them to, and does the work—no fuss, no muss. You’ll need a few packages related to the various formats you’ll want to work with, but the app seems to handle MP3s, M4P/M4A (unprotected, of course), Ogg Vorbis, and other formats with relative east. Audio-Convert-Mod is a free download for Linux systems only; it comes pre-packaged for Fedora systems, but I had no trouble installing using the alien tool in Ubuntu. Audio-Convert-Mod [via PhoroLinux] […]
2 Life Clerks » Audio-Convert-Mod Transforms Sound Files with No Fuss [Featured Linux Download] // Jun 30, 2008 at 6:29 am
[…] Linux only: If you’ve got a batch of audio files to convert, or you’re just not keen on messing with a full-fledged editor to do the job, Audio-Convert-Mod, a free Linux utility, has you covered. The straight-forward app takes in files, asks you how and where to convert them to, and does the work—no fuss, no muss. You’ll need a few packages related to the various formats you’ll want to work with, but the app seems to handle MP3s, M4P/M4A (unprotected, of course), Ogg Vorbis, and other formats with relative east. Audio-Convert-Mod is a free download for Linux systems only; it comes pre-packaged for Fedora systems, but I had no trouble installing using the alien tool in Ubuntu. Audio-Convert-Mod [via PhoroLinux] […]
3 Audio-Convert-Mod Transforms Sound Files with No Fuss [Featured Linux Download] | Techno Portal // Jun 30, 2008 at 8:00 am
[…] Linux only: If you’ve got a batch of audio files to convert, or you’re just not keen on messing with a full-fledged editor to do the job, Audio-Convert-Mod, a free Linux utility, has you covered. The straight-forward app takes in files, asks you how and where to convert them to, and does the work—no fuss, no muss. You’ll need a few packages related to the various formats you’ll want to work with, but the app seems to handle MP3s, M4P/M4A (unprotected, of course), Ogg Vorbis, and other formats with relative east. Audio-Convert-Mod is a free download for Linux systems only; it comes pre-packaged for Fedora systems, but I had no trouble installing using the alien tool in Ubuntu. Audio-Convert-Mod [via PhoroLinux] […]
4 Convert audio formats « 0ddn1x: tricks with *nix // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:43 pm
[…] Convert audio formats Filed under: Linux — 0ddn1x @ 2008-07-01 19:42:53 +0000 http://phorolinux.com/convert-audio-files-with-audio-convert-mod.html […]
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