Synopsis


apecue [options] inputfile [cuefile]

Options

-v,--verbose	report what's going on
-k,--keep	keep input and intermediate files
-c,--composer=STRING	set composer for this album
-q,--quality=INT	set quality for encoding (default 3)
-m,--mp3	convert to mp3 instead of the default ogg
-h,--help	print this help and exit

Examples: In a directory containing Vol1.ape and Vol1.cue:

   apecue Vol1        # convert Vol1.ape + Vol1.cue into ogg tracks
   apecue Vol1 file   # convert Vol1.ape + file.cue into ogg tracks
   apecue -m Vol1     # convert Vol1.ape + Vol1.cue into mp3 tracks

In a directory containing Vol1.mpc and Vol1.mpc.cue:

   apecue -kv Vol1    # convert Vol1.ape + Vol1.mpc.cue into ogg tracks,
                      # with verbose output, keep both Vol1.mpc and Vol1.mpc.cue.

Description

apecue is a Ruby version of a bash script by Rafael Ponieman - Buenos Aires, Argentina, with some added flexibility and options. apecue is intended to convert ape (Monkeys Audio Files), mcp (Musepack) or flac (Free Lossless Audio Codec) + cue files to ogg vorbis or mp3 files, setting the tags, obtained from the cue file, to the correct value.

The simplest use is just:

   apecue name

which looks for an input file name.ape, name.mpc, or name.flac, whichever it finds first. A file name.cue should then be present, too, and the input file is converted to Ogg Vorbis tracks, with tag-information taken from the .cue file.

The file extensions and the name of the cue files can also be stated explicitly, thus overriding the defaults.

The -m option can be used to obtain mp3 instead of ogg tracks. On exit, input (flac, ape, cue) files and intermediate files are removed, unless the -k option is used.

Requirements

Oggenc installed (it comes with vorbis-tools) if you want to encode into Ogg Vorbis.
lame installed if you want to encode into mp3
mac to decode ape files (Monkey's Audio); I used APE_3.96b8_Binary_Linux.zip
flac to decode flac files.

mp3splt to split ogg and mp3 in tracks. Use a recent version, I use:

libmad-0.15.1b.tar.gz
libmp3splt-0.4_rc1.tar.gz
mp3splt-2.2_rc1.tar.gz

Author

Wybo Dekker

Copyright

Released under the GNU General Public License