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How to install SoundConverter on Debian 8.3

How to install SoundConverter on Debian 8.3

SoundConverter is a simple sound converter application for the GNOME environment. It reads sound files in any format supported by GStreamer and outputs them in Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and WAV format or MP3 format. This tutorial explains the installation process of SoundConverter in Debian 8.3.

Installation procedure

Before starting the installation procedure, use the nano command to open the sources.list 

root@linuxhelp:~# nano /etc/apt/sources.list

The sources.list configuration file is opened. Now add these lines at end of the file. Save and exit from the file. 

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian jessie main

Next execute the apt-get update command to update the apt sources-list

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease [145 kB]
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie InRelease          
Get:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release.gpg [2,373 B]
Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable InRelease                               
Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release [148 kB]
Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Sources [15.5 kB]
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Sources [32 B]        
Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [7,900 B]
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib amd64 Packages [32 B]
Get:8 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Translation-en [14 B]
Get:9 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex [2,704 B]  
Get:10 http://ftp.debian.org stable Release.gpg [2,373 B]               
Get:11 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-03-14-2025.02.pdiff [526 B]
Get:12 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-04-15-2027.16.pdiff [528 B]
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Fetched 23.5 MB in 2min 9s (182 kB/s)                                                          
Reading package lists... Done

The target system is updated with the required repositories. Install the SoundConverter package by running the following command. 

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install soundconverter
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  python-glade2 python-gst0.10
Suggested packages:
  python-gtk2-doc python-gst0.10-dev python-gst0.10-dbg gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
  gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  python-glade2 python-gst0.10 soundconverter
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 292 not upgraded.
Need to get 771 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,283 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
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Setting up python-gst0.10 (0.10.22-3) ...
Setting up soundconverter (2.1.3-1) ...

Once the package is installed click the activities window and type the package name in the search bar. Click on the icon to run the application.

Wasn' t that an easy installation procedure? SoundConverter supports multithreaded conversion and advanced filename and folder organization based on audio file tag.

Tag : debian Audio Converter
FAQ
Q
What is command to add into the repositary?
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Add the repository GPG key, open a terminal window and type:
wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key |
And then update
Q
SoundConverter batch processing: how to set mp3 cbr quality settings?
A
am using XFCE (Ubuntu 18.04 and Debian 9), and have set in gconf editor the keys:
-- gconftool-2 --set /apps/SoundConverter/mp3-mode --type=string cbr
Q
M4A missing from SoundConverter 18.04 what can i do now?
A
Ubuntu do not install the "faac" GStreamer AAC encoder, but we can use another one: "avenc_aac", I created a bug issue to implement this.
Q
What are the mail features of SoundConverter?
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SoundConverter Features

is simple to use, with an intuitive interface
is very fast and uses multithreaded conversion
is capable of processing many files with ease, CPU usage reduced.
Q
Any way to add sample rate of 43200 when converting to FLAC?
A
I am in the process of converting my entire audio library to FLAC but I want to use sample rate 43200 instead of 44100 or 48000 for that matter. Your application would be perfect but no option for 43200.