Perl Audio Converter    

Nightly ChangeLog:

 

[01-04-2014]

 

* 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

 

- removed support for .src and .ram extenions (no longer supported)

 

[11-1-2013]

 

** 5.0.0 Official Stable Release **

 

* 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

 

[10-12-2013]

 

% fixed encoding to .mp4/.m4a using ffmpeg/avconv

% fixed configure error when enabling nemo

 

- removed use of Ogg::Vorbis::Header.  tag writing for oga and ogg

  is now done via vorbiscomment (part of vorbis-tools)

 

+ added oga extension for ogg vorbis audio

+ added ogv audio extract support

+ added webm audio extract support

 

* updated oga/ogg tag reading to use Audio::Scan

 

[10-10-2013]

 

% changed the kde plugin to popup a combobox for selecting the

  output format to keep things somewhat consistent with the rest of

  the platforms.

 

% flip-flopped on the use 5.18.0 statement.  seems other (*buntu*)

  distros consider that release "experimental".  worked around it

  with a simple:

 

  no if $] >= 5.018, warnings => "experimental::smartmatch";

 

% re-wrote preserve directory function.  it actually works again...

 

+ added parallel processing.  about time we put those cores to use!

+ added use of Parallel::ForkManager modules

  you can install it manually or run the extra/mod-install.sh

+ added option -j,--jobs option to specify concurrent jobs to process

+ added JOBS varible in pacpl.conf.  default is set to 4

+ added jobs description to locale files (need translations!)

 

+ added support for the Thunar file manager (tested under Xbuntu 13.04)

  see plugins/gnome/thunar/INSTALL for more information

 

[10-1-2013]

 

+ added the use 5.18.0; requriement to pacpl. to those using earlier versions, you can remove this line but YMMV.

 

% fixed configure script to work properly when different gui dialog / file managers are installed

 

- removed support for lpac/pac (obsolete)

- removed support for gogo (obsolete)

 

[9-30-2013]

 

+ 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

 

[9-24-2013]

 

# bumped version to 5.0.0.  with the amount of time passed since the last release and all the feature additons/changes I feel its warranted:

   For now we're still in the nightly/pre-release testing stage for now...

 

*******************************************************************

GNOME Support Added:

 

Note: Tested and tailored for 13.04 Unity, it will however

      work on earlier versions and other debian based distros

      using the Gnome desktop which have zenity & notify-send

      installed.

 

+ added PACPL-Convert Nautilus script

+ added Gnome/Nautilus right-click gui dialog support

 

+ added support for running the script through Nemo on Linux Mint

  or other distributions that use that file manager.

  (tested on Linux Mint 15 "Olivia" Cinnamon (64-bit))

 

For general Gnome/Nautilus use the following:

 

./configure --enable-gnome

 

For Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon use:

 

./configure --enable-gnome

sh plugins/mint/install.sh

 

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+++++++++++++++++++++++++READ THIS+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

! replaced Audio::WMA, MP4::Info, Audio::Musepack, & Audio::APETags

  with Audio::Scan.  All of which are read only for the time being.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

+ added support for reading .ape tags

+ added support for TAK audio format (decode only)

+ added cdparanoia to mod-install-ubuntu.sh as part of the basic tools

+ added new string to .po files (gui_outdir) - **translators needed**

 

% fixed changed FLAC tag DESCRIPTION to COMMENT

% fixed FLAC upper/lower case issue by reading tags with Audio::Scan

% fixed cd ripping - $out_dir should be $outdir in order run correctly

% fixed encoding to .mp4 & .m4a.  Had same issue as Musepack files.

 

* updated configure for gnome & kde - neither is installed by default.

  you will need to --enable-kde or --enable-gnome if you would like to

  have eiher of the plugins installed.

 

* updated extra/mod-install*.sh to reflect module changes

* updated %run (put all codedcs in alphabetical order) a little house cleaning..

* updated default bitrate in pacpl.conf to 192kbps for formats that support it

* updated pacpl.conf - changed default disc device to /dev/dvd

  & modified all lang/*.po files to reflect change.

 

- removed RAM from codecs.conf (has no encoder)

 

[9-21-2013]

 

+ added --enable-kde (adds Konqueror/Dolphin pacpl.desktop)

+ added --enable-gnome (nautilus script in the works)     ***not included...yet***

+ added support for amr audio format

+ added support for 3gp audio format

+ added support for 3g2 audio format

 

= Note: The above three formats only work if your version of ffmpeg/avconv supports them.

   see extra/ffmpeg-conf.sh / extra/libav-conf.sh (requires libopencore-amr*)

 

% fixed spacing error in codecs.conf for DTS

 

- removed --enable-konqueror  & --enable-dolphin options

 

* updated %run hash variable and put formats in alphabetical order (house cleaning)

 

[9-18-2013]

 

+ added ffmpeg-conf.sh and libav-conf.sh to extra/ dir. this shows what libs and options are needed for full support for pacpl

+ added support for libav (avconv) encoder/decoder - ffmpeg fork

+ added ffmpeg/avconv support to various formats as available encoder/decoder

+ added support for adts audio format

 

% fixed mpc tagging using the new SV7/SV8 releases. (options have to come BEFORE the input and output file)

% fixed all ffmpeg encode instances to apply $eopts (user options) when --defopts=0 to the output file as opposed to the input.

 

* updated codecs.conf to include new formats that can be configured

* updated extra/README.extra

* update Makefile.am

       * use wildcard for LANG_MODS instead of listing them individually

       - removed -t flag for $(INSTALL_DATA)

 

[9-14-2013]

 

* updated extra/mod-install.sh (removed Switch module)

* updated extra/mod-install-kubuntu.sh (renamed to mod-install-ubuntu.sh)

     - removed liboggvorbis-perl

    + added various required modules/libs for Ogg::Vorbis::Header

    + added section to install basic encoders/decoders

    + added section to fix apt repository /var/lib/apt/lists to be able to install restricted-extras package.

    = tested in both Ubuntu & Kubuntu 13.04

   

    Note: When running the script choose the default [yes] for all prompts

 

[09-12-2013]

 

+ added git repository (https://github.com/vorzox/pacpl)

+ added support for dcaenc (dts) encoder (requires multi-channel wav as input)

+ added support for dts (default encoder/decoder=ffmpeg)

 

[09-10-2012]

 

+ added support for mp3HD

+ added support for aften ac3 encoder

+ added support for twolame mp2 encoder

+ added support for opus encode/decode

+ added support for off (OptimumFrog - Float)

+ added support for TwinVQ (vqf) decoding (no available encoder)

+ added Greek/Hellenic translation thanks to Evangelos Apostolakos

+ added required module CDDB (this goes along with CDDB_get)

 

- removed amarok support

- removed pacpl gui KMDR

- removed support for d3lphin (obsolete)

- removed --enable-all configuration option (obsolete)

 

* updated README to include new/updated URLs for applications

* updated website pacpl.sourceforge.net (vorzox.wix.com/pacpl)

* update Makefile.am and configure.ac to comply with current standards

* removed deprecated use of Switch in favor of given-when-default

* updated slack-desc: changed layout and included new formats

* konqueror and dolphin plugins will be installed by default if detected.

  eiher can be diabled respectively by using --disable-appname

 

% fixed ffmpeg ac3 encoding. specified bitrate was in bits not kilobits

% fixed ffmpeg tag handling...again...thanks to Dave Allen Barker Jr.

% fixed pacpl.desktop to include a few missing formats

% fixed return 1 when encoding fails

% fixed added MP3::Tag->config(write_v24 => 'YES') to allow updating &

  modifying of newer ID3v2 tags.