Perl Audio Converter 4.0.5

[Philip Lyons]

Name: Perl Audio Converter
Version: 4.0.5
Type: KDE Sound Application
Depend: 
License: GPL
Homepage: http://pacpl.sourceforge.net
More Info:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=25766

Description:
 Perl Audio Converter is a tool for converting
multiple audio types from one format to another.
It supports AAC, AC3, AIFF, APE, AU, AVR, BONK,
CAF, CDR, FAP, FLA, FLAC, IRCAM, LA, LPAC, M4A,
MAT, MAT4, MAT5, MMF, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, MPP,
NIST, OFR, OFS, OGG, PAC, PAF, PVF, RA, RAM, RAW,
SD2, SF, SHN, SMP, SND, SPX, TTA, VOC, W64, WAV,
WMA, and WV. It can also convert audio from the
following video extensions: RM, RV, ASF, DivX,
MPG, MKV, MPEG, AVI, MOV, OGM, QT, VCD, SVCD, M4V,
NSV, NUV, PSP, SMK, VOB, FLV, and WMV. A CD
ripping function with CDDB support, batch
conversion, tag preservation for most supported
formats, independent tag reading/writing, and
extensions for Amarok, Dolphin, and Konqueror are
also provided.



Changelog:
 ----[TRANSLATORS NEEDED]----

language files can be downloaded from: 
http://pacpl.sourceforge.net

It should be noted that the language files are not
actual .po files.  They are simply named as such,
and should be opened/edited with a normal text
editor when translating.

v4.0.5:

+ 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


v4.0.4:

+ 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.

v4.0.3:

+ 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.

v4.0.2:

+ added ability to encode to rm

* updated Polish translation
* updated Estonian translation
* updated Russian translation

% fixed typo when trying to find normalize. thanks
to FErki for spotting it.
% fixed WMA tag read bug.  thanks to Andrew
Neitsch for reporting the issue
% fixed other minor issues

v4.0.1:

+ added ability to select alternate
encoders/decoders for various formats
+ added codecs.conf to set desired default
encoders/decoders
+ added options --normalize & --nopts
+ added notice to print total completed/failed
conversions
+ added support for audio format mmf via ffmpeg
+ added Turkish translation thanks to Cantek Cetin
+ added Estonian translation thanks to Priit
Jõerüüt
+ added Catalan translation thanks to Xavi BS
+ added Russian translation thanks to Illarion
Khapersky 
+ added French translation thanks to Guillaume
Loyot

* updated man page to include sndfile-convert in
the "see also" section
* updated application to remove partial files when
encoding fails.
* updated all translations to include new phrases
(att: translators)
* updated user modules (new syntax implemented)
thanks to Stefano Sabatini
* updated -v switch to be used for verbose, not
version
* updated the pnotice() sub to only print the
banner once.  thanks to Robert Krawitz for this,
and many other suggestions.
* updated mod-install.sh to force install
Audio::FLAC::Header.  this may or may not be
necessary depending on your specific distribution
and/or installed libraries.

% fixed typo in mod-install-kubuntu.sh
% fixed a few inconsistencies in the code
% fixed parenthesis/forward-slash in
directory/filename bug 
% fixed ac3 decoding (ffmpeg can only encode to
ac3, use mplayer to decode)
% fixed input file deletion bug (using --delete)
when ^C was pressed.

- removed inclusion of uneeded Perl module
Pod::Usage

v4.0.0:

+ added Chinese Simplified translation thanks to
Ni Hui
+ added Spanish translation thanks to Antonio 
+ added --keep option which prevents re-encoding
files matching the destination format.
+ added the following formats from sndfile-convert
(part of the libsndfile package): caf, fap, ircam,
mat, mat4, mat5, nist, paf, pvf, sd2, sf, w64

* updated en.po (renamed to en_US.po)

% fixed typo in extra/README.module
% fixed a few typos in the man page
% fixed lang sub to handle .uft8/UTF-8 extensions
% fixed apostrophe in directory name bug. this
affected all GUI service menus and plugins with
kdialog using the --getexistingdirectory option.