Audio Converter

[Georgetoon]

In KDE 3.5, I could right click on any audio/video file and extract audio or convert the audio file to a different format.
I can't remember what package this was (AudioKonverter? SoundKonverter?)
I've been looking in the repo and can only find a package for nautilus.

Is audio conversion available for KDE4?

[Rudge]

Mark, "Pytube" is a kind of cheesy tool that can do some of the conversions. I use it to extract audio out of video sometimes. It can also convert video formats,, (hit and miss) I like it for converting flash into .avi. It's tiny and harmless. give it a try and get rid of it if it won't do what you want.  

EDIT: as far as right clicking and converting from there, never knew you could do that.

[Georgetoon]

Mark, "Pytube" is a kind of cheesy tool that can do some of the conversions. I use it to extract audio out of video sometimes. It can also convert video formats,, (hit and miss) I like it for converting flash into .avi. It's tiny and harmless. give it a try and get rid of it if it won't do what you want.  

EDIT: as far as right clicking and converting from there, never knew you could do that.

Rudge, I'll  give it a look in the repo. thanks.

Yeah, the right click conversion tool is really slick! 

[Rudge]

Pytube is pretty limited. Good luck with it.

[ThirdOfSix]

georgetoon,

I think I know the answer. But I'll ask anyway.

Is there any chance that you made a remaster of your KDE 3 system when it was set up the way you liked it?

If so, boot that disk and see what process was called when you did your conversions.

This is a case that shows why all of us who are getting ready to install PCLOS 2010, might want to do a remaster NOW.

There are functions on an old comfortable system that we have long since forgotten that we added to the base system.

It is a lot easier to find a KDE 4 replacement for a known KDE 3 package  than it is to find a replacement by function.

No, I really don't mean this as one of those "hey dummy, YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS" posts.

I know that there are people who have not converted who soon will who are following your threads.

[timeth]

Hey Mark,

I'd love to 'right' click on a file and get convert options from there! I didn't know you could do that either.

Until we get SoundKonverter back, which I loved, I've been using an app called pacpl which is in the repos. I think it converts just about anything. You have to run it in a terminal though. pacpl in a terminal. Good luck!  

Peace

    

[coffeetime]

I think it converts just about anything. You have to run it in a terminal though. pacpl in a terminal. Good luck!  

Peace

    

Terminal? Just right click on the file, choose pacpl and convert. Otherwise try soundgonverter.

[timeth]

Aaaaahhhhh! Holy Shmoly!! Thanks coffeetime!! I didn't know that!      

There you go Mark (georgetoon). You can use it (pacpl) by right clicking, go to actions, then PACPL-convert.   

[Duvid]

Thanks, I always missed that right click feature from soundconverter in KDE3. Just in time too, I have a bunch of flac to convert to mp3 so I can put it on a cd for the car. For me this was one of the trivial inconveniences of KDE4.

[daveleh]

Is audio conversion available for KDE4?

Yes. I have konvertible installed - it's in the repositories. With this I recently converted a batch on .flac files into .mp3 to go on a player.

Regards

[Was_Just19]

To convert audio from one type to another, extract audio from a video file, or even rip audio using a right click menu entry install:

pacpl

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, CDR, FLA, FLAC,
LA, LPAC, M4A, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, MPP, OFR, OFS, OGG, PAC, RA,
RAM, RAW, SHN, SMP, SND, SPX, TTA, VOC, 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 Konqueror, Dolphin and Amarok
are also provided.

There is a version for KDE3 also, so make sure if on KDE3 that you install the correct package.

regards.

[AndrzejL]

In KDE 3.5, I could right click on any audio/video file and extract audio or convert the audio file to a different format.
I can't remember what package this was (AudioKonverter? SoundKonverter?)
I've been looking in the repo and can only find a package for nautilus.

Is audio conversion available for KDE4?

I miss that as heck... Right click on any folder > Actions > Convert to > MP3 / OGG etc etc etc...

Andy

[daniel]

In KDE 3.5, I could right click on any audio/video file and extract audio or convert the audio file to a different format.
I can't remember what package this was (AudioKonverter? SoundKonverter?)
I've been looking in the repo and can only find a package for nautilus.

Is audio conversion available for KDE4?

I miss that as heck... Right click on any folder > Actions > Convert to > MP3 / OGG etc etc etc...

Andy

do that with pacpl, where is the problem?

[Georgetoon]

Guys,

I had to boot my laptop and sure enough, I had AudioKonverter installed on this KDE 3.5 system.    And I forgot that I had blogged about this package. And, as it turns out, I learned about AudiKonverter from you guys on this forum.

So, the question is, is this available for KDE4? Is there something similar?

@ThirdOfSix  - My apologies, I don't quite understand what you mean by "remaster of your KDE 3 system."  My KE4 system is brand new ith a new instal of KDE4. KDE 3.5 did not exist on the desktop system. i stil run KDE 3.5 on my laptop. since getting the new system, the laptop's been pretty quiet.   This is the first time in about a month that I booted it up.

[Roc4fun]

I've been doing some command line conversions...

Using Lame

for flac to mp3...

lame -h inputfile [outputfile]

All files in a folder...

do $(flac -cd "$file" | lame -h - "${file%.flac}.mp3"); done

I think mencoder can also do audio conversions; it shines for video...

Flash to avi...

mencoder -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -o *.avi *.flv

Here's an article with more command line examples...

http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/121385

Dave