Perl Audio Converter Changelog

What's new in Perl Audio Converter 5.0.1

Jan 14, 2014
  • Updated OGG Vorbis & SPX tags to use TRACKNUMBER instead of TRACK
  • Fixed coverting to "wma, ra, & mmf" thanks to bug report by Timothy E. Harris
  • Fixed missing semicolon bug in Nemo/Nautilus/Thunar script
  • Fixed overwrite message to show output file, not source
  • Fixed Thunar PACPL-Konvert script thanks to Timothy E. Harris

New in Perl Audio Converter 5.0.0 (Nov 1, 2013)

  • Minor code optimizations/changes
  • Updated README program description
  • Fixed amr encoding
  • Fixed mmf, ra, wma, and other codecs supported by ffmpeg
  • Added a few obscure audio formats supported by sox/sndfile-convert including: rf64 (sndfile) 8svx amb dat dvms f32 f64 fssd gsrt hcom txw vms

New in Perl Audio Converter 5.0.0 Pre (Sep 30, 2013)

  • added GNOMEDIR variable to the Makefile in case your gnome installation is not located in the default /usr directory
  • updated directory structure for plugins
  • updated configure script to use the following...
  • --enable-kde (for the KDE service menu)
  • --enable-nautilus (for the nautilus script)
  • --enable-nemo (for the nemo action script)
  • the kde and nautilus/nemo options cannot be used together. you can however use both nemo and nautilus (assuming you have both installed) by default none of the options are enabled
  • removed install.sh & README for nemo script directory

New in Perl Audio Converter 4.0.5 (Mar 20, 2009)

  • added support for KDE4 (konqueror/dolphin) service menus
  • removed all previously included mime types.
  • removed support for KDE3 (konqueror/dolphin) service menus. the old pacpl.desktop can still be found in the source package under plugins/d3lphin for those that still need it.
  • the amarok script no longer works in 2.0* due to various changes. a new one is in the works however, and will be included in a future release.
  • fixed typo in tag string when encoding mp4/m4a using faac. thanks to Steve Harrold for reporting the issue.
  • fixed FLAC encoders list in codecs.conf.
  • fixed Makefile.in to include translations from the last release. thanks to Bram Schoenmakers for spotting the fowl-up

New in Perl Audio Converter 4.0.4 (Feb 14, 2009)

  • added Romanian translation thanks to Sabadac Petru-Gabriel
  • added Dutch translation thanks to Sander Pientka
  • added Italian translation thanks to Marco Bignami
  • added flake to supported FLAC encoders
  • updated Russian translation
  • updated Turkish translation thanks to Osman Karagoz
  • updated mime type names to prevent conflicts
  • fixed mp4 encoding/tagging via ffmpeg. thanks to Neil Stewart for reporting the changes in the latest ffmpeg.
  • fixed a few typos/errors in the man page. thanks to Reuben Thomas.

New in Perl Audio Converter 4.0.3 (Aug 31, 2008)

  • added encode/decode support for m4b (iPod audio book)
  • added d3lphin to the configure script
  • added option --defopts. this allows you to turn off/remove all default encoder options set by the program, and allows you to completely customize them via --eopts.
  • updated po directory (moved to /usr/share/pacpl/locale)
  • fixed various inconsistencies in Makefile.in and configure.ac thanks to Cristian Greco for the patches, suggestions, and Debian package.
  • fixed link for ape encoder/decoder (mac) in README file
  • fixed bug when encoding to mp3 using bladeenc. --eopts was not being read into the command.