TuxArena is proud to announce the second free PDF giveaway: Command-Line Guide to Audio Files in Ubuntu. You can read it online here or download the PDF from here.
The guide explains the basics of manipulating audio files in command-line mode, as well as converting to and from various audio formats, with an accent on the free formats FLAC and Ogg Vorbis. Here are the topics covered:
Introduction to Audio Manipulation on Linux
The Setup: Tools That We Need
Converting FLAC to WAV and Vice-Versa
Converting FLAC or WAV to Ogg Vorbis
Editing Ogg Vorbis Tags
Converting FLAC or WAV to MP3
Ripping Audio CDs
Split FLAC, WAV or APE With a CUE File
Converting WMA to Ogg Vorbis
Converting APE to Ogg Vorbis or MP3
Converting AC3 to WAV Using MPlayer
Music Players
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