soundKonverter is a frontend to various audio converters.
The key features are:
- Audio conversion
- Replay Gain calculation
- CD ripping
soundKonverter currently supports the following plugins and file formats:
Encoders/Decoders:
Encode: Decode:
faac (aac,m4a) (aac,m4a)
ffmpeg (ogg vorbis,mp3,flac,wma,aac,m4a,ac3,alac,mp2,amr nb) (ogg vorbis,mp3,flac,wma,aac,ac3,alac,mp2,als,amr nb,amr wb,ape,speex,m4a,mp1,mpc,shorten,tta,wavpack,ra,3gp,rm,avi,mkv,ogv,mpeg,mov,mp4,flv,wmv,rv)
flac (flac) (flac)
lame (mp3) (mp2,mp3)
mplayer (ogg vorbis,mp3,flac,wma,aac,ac3,alac,mp2,als,amr nb,amr wb,ape,speex,m4a,mp1,mpc,shorten,tta,wavpack,ra,3gp,rm,avi,mkv,ogv,mpeg,mov,mp4,flv,wmv,rv)
neroaac (m4a) (m4a)
timidity (midi,mod)
fluidsynth (midi,mod)
vorbistools (ogg vorbis) (ogg vorbis)
twolame (mp2)
musepack (musepack) (musepack)
flake (flac)
mac (ape) (ape)
shorten (shorten) (shorten)
wavpack (wavpack) (wavpack)
speex (speex) (speex)
Replay Gain calculators:
aacgain (aac,mp3)
metaflac (flac)
mp3gain (mp3)
vorbisgain (ogg vorbis)
wvgain (wavpack)
mpcgain (musepack)
CD rippers:
cdparanoia
soundKonverter has nothing to do with the soundconverter project, the very similar name is just an unfortunate coincident.
Website: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=29024
Installation:
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This section describes install soundKonverter from it's sources.
If you prefer to use precompiled packages have a look at the corresponding section below.
First you should make sure that all dependences are installed.
soundKonverter will need the follwing packages to compile:
kde development packages version 4.4 or higher
taglib development packages version 1.4 or higher
cdparanoia development packages
All dependences - and whether they are fulfilled - should be shown when running cmake.
Then open a console and change to the soundKonverter source directory and execute the following commands:
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde-config --prefix` ..
make
sudo make install
For installing soundKonverter to your home directory see Building Amarok Locally at: http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/2.0_Development_HowTo
Un-Installation:
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For uninstalling soundKonverter, open a console and change to the soundKonverter build directory.
(If you followed the instructions above it's the directory named 'build' in the soundKonverter source directory.)
Then execute one of the following commands:
sudo xargs rm < install_manifest.txt
or
make uninstall
In order to remove the soundKonverter configuration and kde integration, run the following commands:
rm ~/.kde4/share/config/soundkonverterrc
rm -r ~/.kde4/share/apps/soundkonverter
rm ~/.kde4/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/add_replaygain_with_soundkonverter.desktop
rm ~/.kde4/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/convert_with_soundkonverter.desktop
or (depending on the location of your local kde directory)
rm ~/.kde/share/config/soundkonverterrc
rm -r ~/.kde/share/apps/soundkonverter
rm ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/add_replaygain_with_soundkonverter.desktop
rm ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/convert_with_soundkonverter.desktop
Precompiled packages:
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openSUSE users should either add the following installation source to yast: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/HessiJames/<suse version>
eg.: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/HessiJames/openSUSE_11.3 for openSUSE 11.3.
Or add the KDE:Extra repository.
eg.: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_11.4 for openSUSE 11.4
More information about openSUSE KDE repositories: http://en.opensuse.org/KDE_repositories
Ubuntu/Debain Packages are also available at http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/HessiJames
Packages for non openSUSE distributions are not tested, so please tell me if something is wrong with the packages.
Here is another download interface with some instructions (please check if the version number is up-to-date):
http://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home:HessiJames&package=soundkonverter-1.1.0
If your distribution is not listed here, you should start an internet search, there might be precompiled packages for your distribution provided by somebody else.
(But make sure the source is trustworthy of cause...)
Git repository:
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For everybody who is interested, there is a git repository at http://gitorious.org/soundkonverter/soundkonverter
In order to obtain the source code from the git repository you need to install 'git' and execute the following commands:
initialize local git repository
git clone git://gitorious.org/soundkonverter/soundkonverter.git
update repository
git pull
Please report every bug you find, that's the only way I can fix it.
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You can either leave a comment at http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=29024
or write me a mail to hessijames@gmail.com
but the best way is to create a bug report/ask a question at https://bugs.launchpad.net/soundkonverter
Participating:
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Translations:
If you would like to translate soundKonverter to your native language you can request a new translation at https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/soundkonverter
Patches:
You can very easily clone the current code with gitorious. You can then work in your cloned version and request a merge.
Have a look at: http://gitorious.org/soundkonverter/soundkonverter
