Perl Audio Converter is a tool for converting multiple audio types from
one format to another. It supports AAC, AC3, AIFF, APE, AU, AVR, BONK,
CAF, CDR, FAP, FLA, FLAC, IRCAM, LA, LPAC, MAT, MAT4, MAT5, M4A, MP2, MP3, 
MP4, MPC, MPP, NIST, OFR, OFS, OGG, PAC, PAF, PVF, RA, RAM, RAW, SD2, SF, 
SHN, SMP, SND, SPX, TTA, VOC, W64, WAV, WMA, and WV. It can also convert 
audio from the following video extensions: RM, RV, ASF, DivX, MPG, MKV, 
MPEG, AVI, MOV, OGM, QT, VCD, SVCD, M4V, NSV, NUV, PSP, SMK, VOB, FLV, 
and WMV. A CD ripping function with CDDB support, batch conversion, tag 
preservation for most supported formats, independent tag reading/writing, 
and extensions for Amarok, Dolphin, and Konqueror are also provided.

below is a list of supported applications, and the minimum version
requirement.

app             version    address
========================================================================
lame            3.96.1     http://lame.sourceforge.net
flac             1.2.1     http://flac.sourceforge.net
mac               3.99     http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/mac-port
shorten          3.5.1     http://www.etree.org/linux.html#reqsoft
faac              1.24+    http://www.audiocoding.com
faad               2.0     http://www.audiocoding.com
cdparanoia         9.8     http://www.xiph.org/paranoia
oggenc           1.0.1     http://www.vorbis.com
oggdec             1.0     http://www.vorbis.com
mplayer        1.0pre7     http://www.mplayerhq.hu
speexenc       1.2beta2    http://www.speex.org
speexdec       1.2beta2    http://www.speex.org
sndfile-convert 1.0.17     http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/
mppenc            1.15     http://www.musepack.com
mppdec          1.95z2     http://www.musepack.com
wavpack          4.3.2     http://www.wavpack.com
ofr/ofs          4.510     http://www.LosslessAudio.org
ttaenc             3.2     http://www.true-audio.com
lpac              1.40     http://www.nue.tu-berlin.de/wer/liebchen/lpac.html
ffmpeg           0.4.9     http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
la                0.3d     http://www.lossless-audio.com
bonk               0.6     http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/bonk
sox            12.17.8     http://sox.sourceforge.net/

For help and more information, see the manual page for pacpl.
