SoundConverter (software)

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SoundConverter v2.9.0
Original author(s) Lars Wirzenius (2004) [1]
Developer(s) Gautier Portet (2005-2017) [1] and free software community
Repository github.com/kassoulet/soundconverter
Written in Python (PyGTK)
Operating system Linux
Platform GNOME
Available in English
Type Transcoding
License GNU GPLv3 [2]
Website soundconverter.org

SoundConverter is a free and open-source transcoder for digital audio files. [3] It uses GStreamer for input and output files. It has multi threaded design and can also extract the audio from videos. [4]

Digital audio technology that records, stores, and reproduces sound

Digital audio is sound that has been recorded in, or converted into, digital form. In digital audio, the sound wave of the audio signal is encoded as numerical samples in continuous sequence. For example, in CD audio, samples are taken 44100 times per second each with 16 bit sample depth. Digital audio is also the name for the entire technology of sound recording and reproduction using audio signals that have been encoded in digital form. Following significant advances in digital audio technology during the 1970s, it gradually replaced analog audio technology in many areas of audio engineering and telecommunications in the 1990s and 2000s.

GStreamer Pipeline-based multimedia framework

GStreamer is a pipeline-based multimedia framework that links together a wide variety of media processing systems to complete complex workflows. For instance, GStreamer can be used to build a system that reads files in one format, processes them, and exports them in another. The formats and processes can be changed in a plug and play fashion.

Contents

From many years ago, [5] it is available in the repositories of many Linux distributions included Debian, [6] Fedora, [7] openSUSE, [8] Ubuntu, [9] Gentoo [10] and Arch Linux. [11]

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See also

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This list of free software for audio lists notable free and open source software for use by sound engineers, audio producers, and those involved in sound recording and reproduction.

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References

  1. 1 2 "README". GitHub . Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  2. ↑ "COPYING". GitHub . Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  3. ↑ "A Very SoundConverter - Linux Magazine". Linux Magazine . Linux Magazine . Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Official Website" . Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  5. ↑ "Debian -- Details of package soundconverter in squeeze" . Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  6. ↑ "Debian -- Details of package soundconverter in stretch" . Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  7. ↑ "Package soundconverter" . Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  8. ↑ "software.opensuse.org" . Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  9. ↑ "GNOME application to convert audio files into other formats - Ubuntu Apps Directory" . Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  10. ↑ "media-sound/soundconverter - Gentoo Packages" . Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  11. ↑ "Arch Linux - soundconverter 2.9.0_beta2-1 (any)" . Retrieved 2017-02-18.
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