transKode 0.6b2 review

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: Sergio Pistone

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transKode is a KDE/Qt based frontend for varios audio transcoding tools.

Based on AUDIO FORMAT CONVERTER v.6 by Michael Mitton (take a look at http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=23653)

Supported Input Formats:

wav
mp3 (needs lame)
mpc (needs mppdec)
ogg (needs oggdec)
flac (needs flac)
ape/mac (needs mac)
m4a/mp4 (needs faad)
spx (needs speexdec)
audio formats decodable by installed gst-streamer (needs gst-launch with gst-spider plugin)

Supported Output Formats:

wav
mp3 (needs lame)
mpc (needs mppenc)
ogg (needs oggenc)
flac (needs flac)
ape/mac (needs mac)
m4a/mp4 (needs faac)
spx (needs speexenc)
output formats for which you have gstreamer encoder plugins (needs gst-launch with wavparse plugin).

Requirements:
amaroK 1.3
TagLib 1.4

Optional dependencies:

FAAC/FAAD
FLAC
GStreamer
LAME
Monkey's Audio Port
MPlayer
Musepack
OGG Vorbis
Speex

What's New in This Release:
New: support for LPAC format
New: support for OptimFROG format
New: support for Bonk format
New: support for Lossless Audio format
New: configurable temp dir
New: check for metadata support in FAAC encoder
Fix: broken connects on Amarok script
Fix: mayor bug which caused the application to crash frequently(*)
Fix: minor bug in application log
Fix: dialogs should compile without troubles now

(*) Thanks to Jeff Mitchell for reporting and testing.