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• 4.0.5 released!

  4.0.5 has been release. With it comes support for KDE4 service menus, along with a few bug fixes/corrections.

  posted by viiron 240 days ago

• File released: /pacpl/4.0.5/pacpl-4.0.5.tar.bz2

  posted 240 days ago

• File released: /pacpl/4.0.5/pacpl-4.0.5.tar.gz

  posted 240 days ago

• File released: /pacpl/4.0.5/pacpl-4.0.5-i486-1.tgz

  posted 240 days ago

• pacpl 4.0.5 file released: pacpl-4.0.5.tar.gz

  v4.0.5: + added support for KDE4 (konqueror/dolphin) service menus - removed all previously included mime types. - removed support for KDE3 (konqueror/dolphin) service menus. the old pacpl.desktop can still be found in the source package under plugins/d3lphin for those that still need it. * the amarok script no longer works in 2.0* due to various changes. a new one is in the works however, and will be included in a future release. % fixed typo in tag string when encoding mp4/m4a using faac. thanks to Steve Harrold for reporting the issue. % fixed FLAC encoders list in codecs.conf. % fixed Makefile.in to include translations from the last release. thanks to Bram Schoenmakers for spotting the fowl-up ------------------------------------------------------------------------ v4.0.4: + added Romanian translation thanks to Sabadac Petru-Gabriel + added Dutch translation thanks to Sander Pientka + added Italian translation thanks to Marco Bignami + added flake to supported FLAC encoders * updated Russian translation * updated Turkish translation thanks to Osman Karagoz * updated mime type names to prevent conflicts % fixed mp4 encoding/tagging via ffmpeg. thanks to Neil Stewart for reporting the changes in the latest ffmpeg. % fixed a few typos/errors in the man page. thanks to Reuben Thomas. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ v4.0.3: + added encode/decode support for m4b (iPod audio book) + added d3lphin to the configure script + added option --defopts. this allows you to turn off/remove all default encoder options set by the program, and allows you to completely customize them via --eopts. * updated po directory (moved to /usr/share/pacpl/locale) % fixed various inconsistencies in Makefile.in and configure.ac thanks to Cristian Greco for the patches, suggestions, and Debian package. % fixed link for ape encoder/decoder (mac) in README file % fixed bug when encoding to mp3 using bladeenc. --eopts was not being read into the command. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ v4.0.2: + added ability to encode to rm * updated Polish translation * updated Estonian translation * updated Russian translation % fixed typo when trying to find normalize. thanks to FErki for spotting it. % fixed WMA tag read bug. thanks to Andrew Neitsch for reporting the issue % fixed other minor issues ------------------------------------------------------------------------ v4.0.1: + added ability to select alternate encoders/decoders for various formats + added codecs.conf to set desired default encoders/decoders + added options --normalize & --nopts + added notice to print total completed/failed conversions + added support for audio format mmf via ffmpeg + added Turkish translation thanks to Cantek Cetin + added Estonian translation thanks to Priit Jert + added Catalan translation thanks to Xavi BS + added Russian translation thanks to Illarion Khapersky + added French translation thanks to Guillaume Loyot * updated man page to include sndfile-convert in the "see also" section * updated application to remove partial files when encoding fails. * updated all translations to include new phrases (att: translators) * updated user modules (new syntax implemented) thanks to Stefano Sabatini * updated -v switch to be used for verbose, not version * updated the pnotice() sub to only print the banner once. thanks to Robert Krawitz for this, and many other suggestions. * updated mod-install.sh to force install Audio::FLAC::Header. this may or may not be necessary depending on your specific distribution and/or installed libraries. % fixed typo in mod-install-kubuntu.sh % fixed a few inconsistencies in the code % fixed parenthesis/forward-slash in directory/filename bug % fixed ac3 decoding (ffmpeg can only encode to ac3, use mplayer to decode) % fixed input file deletion bug (using --delete) when ^C was pressed. - removed inclusion of uneeded Perl module Pod::Usage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ v4.0.0: + added Chinese Simplified translation thanks to Ni Hui + added Spanish translation thanks to Antonio + added --keep option. this option prevents re-encoding of files matching the destination format. + added the following formats from sndfile-convert (part of the libsndfile package): caf, fap, ircam, mat, mat4, mat5, nist, paf, pvf, sd2, sf, w64 * updated en.po (renamed to en_US.po) % fixed typo in extra/README.module % fixed a few typos in the man page % fixed lang sub to handle .uft8/UTF-8 extensions % fixed apostrophe in directory name bug. this affected all GUI service menus and plugins with kdialog using the --getexistingdirectory option. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ v4.0.0-beta3: + added Polish translation thanks to Michal Smoczyk + added Dolphin PACPL-Convert service menu + added --enable-all option to configure script. this should aid package maintainers who install in a chroot. * updated configure script to not exit when plugin apps are not found * updated extra directory contents are now installed along with docs * updated pacpl.desktop service menu to use audio/* and video/* Suggested by William Pfeffer % fixed duplication bug when modifying ogg tags % fixed various directory creations in the Makefile % fixed owner and group on all po files % fixed copying of WMA artist tag to use AUTHOR instead of ALBUMARTIST. thanks to Matthias Meyer for reporting this issue. - removed LANG variable from pacpl.conf. The locale is now set according to the environment variable $LANG. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ v4.0.0-beta2: + added ability to rip audio tracks in Amarok via the right-click menu. + added mod-install in extra/ directory for Kubuntu users. + added German translation thanks to Andreas Lang. * updated kdialog bitrate prompt to include 320kbps * updated user modules to use .m extension rather than .mod * updated mods/ directory in /etc/pacpl (renamed to modules/) % fixed Amarok plugin to close pacpl after adding the supported out formats % fixed bug in taginfo to make it case-insensitive % fixed sub write_user_tags() to print error when tags could not be wrote % fixed bug in write_user_tags() to make it case-insensitive % fixed configure script to check for CDDB_get % fixed bug when converting to .fla. Thanks to Steven Woskow for the report and beta-testing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ v4.0.0-beta1: major update. the entire application has been re-written from scratch. the new layout allows languages and codecs to be added much easier than prior releases. - removed all --formattoformat options (eg: --mp3toflac) - removed pacpl-install - removed daemon mode (this may be re-implemented in a future release) - removed --playlist option - removed --play function - removed support for kexis (kxs). if anyone was actually using this format I apologize, but the programs inability to specify an output file just wouldn't work with the new system. + added support for speex + added support for user modules. see extra/sample.mod + added ability to alter/add meta-data during conversion via tagging opts + added configure and makefile for installation (replaces pacpl-install) + added --to option. this replaced --ct and the --formattoformat options + added --only option. with this option, only files matching .ext will get converted. (eg: pacpl --to wav --only flac /home/directory/) only converts files ending in .flac to wav + added --dryrun option. this was inspired/suggested by Stefano Sabatini + added --verbose option. useful in conjunction with --dryrun + added language po-like files. translators (as always) are welcome. + added the following video types to the video->audio conversions: svcd, m4v, nsv, nuv, psp, and smk. * update all files are now converted to wav first, then to the desired output format. in the future this will allow normalization, gain, etc. * update slackware package now uses the new kde installation directory /usr * update a large portion of the amarok script has been re-written. % fixed bug with handling dollar signs ($) in file names being treated as regular expressions. thanks to Donald Byrd for the report. % fixed bug when copying ogg tags. only copy tags starting with the tag string (artist, title, etc)...as opposed to any tag containing the string. thanks to Edward Kear for reporting this issue.

  posted 241 days ago

• pacpl 4.0.5 file released: pacpl-4.0.5.tar.bz2

  v4.0.5: + added support for KDE4 (konqueror/dolphin) service menus - removed all previously included mime types. - removed support for KDE3 (konqueror/dolphin) service menus. the old pacpl.desktop can still be found in the source package under plugins/d3lphin for those that still need it. * the amarok script no longer works in 2.0* due to various changes. a new one is in the works however, and will be included in a future release. % fixed typo in tag string when encoding mp4/m4a using faac. thanks to Steve Harrold for reporting the issue. % fixed FLAC encoders list in codecs.conf. % fixed Makefile.in to include translations from the last release. thanks to Bram Schoenmakers for spotting the fowl-up ------------------------------------------------------------------------ v4.0.4: + added Romanian translation thanks to Sabadac Petru-Gabriel + added Dutch translation thanks to Sander Pientka + added Italian translation thanks to Marco Bignami + added flake to supported FLAC encoders * updated Russian translation * updated Turkish translation thanks to Osman Karagoz * updated mime type names to prevent conflicts % fixed mp4 encoding/tagging via ffmpeg. thanks to Neil Stewart for reporting the changes in the latest ffmpeg. % fixed a few typos/errors in the man page. thanks to Reuben Thomas. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ v4.0.3: + added encode/decode support for m4b (iPod audio book) + added d3lphin to the configure script + added option --defopts. this allows you to turn off/remove all default encoder options set by the program, and allows you to completely customize them via --eopts. * updated po directory (moved to /usr/share/pacpl/locale) % fixed various inconsistencies in Makefile.in and configure.ac thanks to Cristian Greco for the patches, suggestions, and Debian package. % fixed link for ape encoder/decoder (mac) in README file % fixed bug when encoding to mp3 using bladeenc. --eopts was not being read into the command. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ v4.0.2: + added ability to encode to rm * updated Polish translation * updated Estonian translation * updated Russian translation % fixed typo when trying to find normalize. thanks to FErki for spotting it. % fixed WMA tag read bug. thanks to Andrew Neitsch for reporting the issue % fixed other minor issues ------------------------------------------------------------------------ v4.0.1: + added ability to select alternate encoders/decoders for various formats + added codecs.conf to set desired default encoders/decoders + added options --normalize & --nopts + added notice to print total completed/failed conversions + added support for audio format mmf via ffmpeg + added Turkish translation thanks to Cantek Cetin + added Estonian translation thanks to Priit Jert + added Catalan translation thanks to Xavi BS + added Russian translation thanks to Illarion Khapersky + added French translation thanks to Guillaume Loyot * updated man page to include sndfile-convert in the "see also" section * updated application to remove partial files when encoding fails. * updated all translations to include new phrases (att: translators) * updated user modules (new syntax implemented) thanks to Stefano Sabatini * updated -v switch to be used for verbose, not version * updated the pnotice() sub to only print the banner once. thanks to Robert Krawitz for this, and many other suggestions. * updated mod-install.sh to force install Audio::FLAC::Header. this may or may not be necessary depending on your specific distribution and/or installed libraries. % fixed typo in mod-install-kubuntu.sh % fixed a few inconsistencies in the code % fixed parenthesis/forward-slash in directory/filename bug % fixed ac3 decoding (ffmpeg can only encode to ac3, use mplayer to decode) % fixed input file deletion bug (using --delete) when ^C was pressed. - removed inclusion of uneeded Perl module Pod::Usage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ v4.0.0: + added Chinese Simplified translation thanks to Ni Hui + added Spanish translation thanks to Antonio + added --keep option. this option prevents re-encoding of files matching the destination format. + added the following formats from sndfile-convert (part of the libsndfile package): caf, fap, ircam, mat, mat4, mat5, nist, paf, pvf, sd2, sf, w64 * updated en.po (renamed to en_US.po) % fixed typo in extra/README.module % fixed a few typos in the man page % fixed lang sub to handle .uft8/UTF-8 extensions % fixed apostrophe in directory name bug. this affected all GUI service menus and plugins with kdialog using the --getexistingdirectory option. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ v4.0.0-beta3: + added Polish translation thanks to Michal Smoczyk + added Dolphin PACPL-Convert service menu + added --enable-all option to configure script. this should aid package maintainers who install in a chroot. * updated configure script to not exit when plugin apps are not found * updated extra directory contents are now installed along with docs * updated pacpl.desktop service menu to use audio/* and video/* Suggested by William Pfeffer % fixed duplication bug when modifying ogg tags % fixed various directory creations in the Makefile % fixed owner and group on all po files % fixed copying of WMA artist tag to use AUTHOR instead of ALBUMARTIST. thanks to Matthias Meyer for reporting this issue. - removed LANG variable from pacpl.conf. The locale is now set according to the environment variable $LANG. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ v4.0.0-beta2: + added ability to rip audio tracks in Amarok via the right-click menu. + added mod-install in extra/ directory for Kubuntu users. + added German translation thanks to Andreas Lang. * updated kdialog bitrate prompt to include 320kbps * updated user modules to use .m extension rather than .mod * updated mods/ directory in /etc/pacpl (renamed to modules/) % fixed Amarok plugin to close pacpl after adding the supported out formats % fixed bug in taginfo to make it case-insensitive % fixed sub write_user_tags() to print error when tags could not be wrote % fixed bug in write_user_tags() to make it case-insensitive % fixed configure script to check for CDDB_get % fixed bug when converting to .fla. Thanks to Steven Woskow for the report and beta-testing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ v4.0.0-beta1: major update. the entire application has been re-written from scratch. the new layout allows languages and codecs to be added much easier than prior releases. - removed all --formattoformat options (eg: --mp3toflac) - removed pacpl-install - removed daemon mode (this may be re-implemented in a future release) - removed --playlist option - removed --play function - removed support for kexis (kxs). if anyone was actually using this format I apologize, but the programs inability to specify an output file just wouldn't work with the new system. + added support for speex + added support for user modules. see extra/sample.mod + added ability to alter/add meta-data during conversion via tagging opts + added configure and makefile for installation (replaces pacpl-install) + added --to option. this replaced --ct and the --formattoformat options + added --only option. with this option, only files matching .ext will get converted. (eg: pacpl --to wav --only flac /home/directory/) only converts files ending in .flac to wav + added --dryrun option. this was inspired/suggested by Stefano Sabatini + added --verbose option. useful in conjunction with --dryrun + added language po-like files. translators (as always) are welcome. + added the following video types to the video->audio conversions: svcd, m4v, nsv, nuv, psp, and smk. * update all files are now converted to wav first, then to the desired output format. in the future this will allow normalization, gain, etc. * update slackware package now uses the new kde installation directory /usr * update a large portion of the amarok script has been re-written. % fixed bug with handling dollar signs ($) in file names being treated as regular expressions. thanks to Donald Byrd for the report. % fixed bug when copying ogg tags. only copy tags starting with the tag string (artist, title, etc)...as opposed to any tag containing the string. thanks to Edward Kear for reporting this issue.

  posted 241 days ago