Three steps to achieve audio conversion in Linux

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If you need to convert the Audio format in Linux, Audio-convert-mod is a useful tool. Audio-convert-mod is easy to use and only three steps are required to convert Audio files. In addition, you can use Audio-convert-mod to perform batch conversion. Currently, Audio-convert-mod supports MP3, OGG, FLAC, WAV, AAC/MP4/M4A, MAC/Monkey's Audio/APE, MCM (Musepack), WV (wavpack) audio Format encoding and decoding.

The current version of Audio-convert-mod is 3.45.2, which provides the source code package and RPM package. Gawk and file are required to install Audio-convert-mod. in addition, to obtain the encoding/decoding support of the preceding audio format, you need to install some common encodings/decoders, such: lame is used for MP3 conversion, vorbis-tools for OGG conversion, flac for FLAC conversion, mac for APE conversion, and so on.

After starting Audio-convert-mod, you can click the File → Show Features menu to check whether the Audio formats supported by Audio-convert-mod are available. If the color is green, it indicates yes. If the color is red, it indicates no. You need to install the corresponding encoding/decoder.

 

Audio-convert-mod usage

Let's take a look at the basic usage steps of Audio-convert-mod:

1. Select a file

 

As shown in, click the Add button to select the audio file to be converted, or click Add directory to select a directory containing multiple audio files. If the list contains audio files that do not want to be converted, you can click the Remove button to Remove them at any time.

2. Conversion settings

 

In step 2, select the output audio format and bit rate. In addition, you can set other options based on the actual situation, such as for the source file, target file existence, metadata, and Output Folder.

3. Start Conversion

 

After the conversion settings are complete, click Next to start the audio format conversion process.

Defects

I think there are still some shortcomings in Audio-convert-mod. For example, you cannot use the CUE file to perform the split operation during APE conversion. However, you can use the shntool command line tool to complete the split operation. In addition, you cannot save the conversion settings as a preset file (although there is an option to save as the default value, it is not convenient and flexible enough), so you cannot make repeated calls multiple times.