| SoundConverter | |
|---|---|
 | |
 SoundConverter 3.0.2 with its preferences | |
| Original author | Lars Wirzenius (2004)1 |
| Developers | Gautier Portet (2005-2020)1 and free software community |
| Stable release | |
| Written in | Python (PyGTK) |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Platform | GNOME |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Transcoding |
| License | GNU GPLv33 |
| Website | soundconverter |
| Repository | github |
GNOME SoundConverter is an unofficial GNOME-based free and open-source transcoder for digital audio files.4 It uses GStreamer for input and output files. It has multi threaded design and can also extract the audio from video files.5
From many years ago,6 it is available in the repositories of many Linux distributions included Debian,7 Fedora,8 openSUSE,9 Ubuntu,10 Gentoo11 and Arch Linux.12
Features
- Change filenames based on custom pattern or predefined patterns
- Create folder according to tags or selected location
- Can delete original file
- Adjust bitrate
- Importing the all metadata including image from original file
References
References
- "README". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- "Release 4.1.3". 25 February 2026. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- "COPYING". GitHub. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- "A Very SoundConverter - Linux Magazine". Linux Magazine. Archived from the original on August 12, 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- "Official Website". Retrieved 2017-02-17.
- "Debian -- Details of package soundconverter in squeeze". Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- "/ Packages / bookworm (stable) / gnome / soundconverter". Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- "Fedora - soundconverter". Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- "software.opensuse.org". Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- "soundconverter package in Ubuntu". Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- "media-sound/soundconverter - Gentoo Packages". Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- "Arch Linux - soundconverter". Retrieved 2025-01-29.