Category Archives: ape

Split lossless audio (ape, flac, wv, wav) by cue file in Ubuntu

Lossless audio files can be split by cue file using “shnsplit” (part of the “shntool” package). You will also need the “cuebreakpoints” tool (part of the “cuetools” package). To install cuetools and shntool in Ubuntu/ Kubuntu, open a terminal window and enter the following:
sudo aptitude install cuetools shntool
You will also need software for your prefered [...]

Converting Monkey’s Audio (ape) to flac in Ubuntu

Converting .ape files to the flac format in linux requires both the “mac” and “flac” software packages. For details on installing mac in ubuntu see here. To install flac enter the following in a terminal window:
sudo aptitude install flac
Audio file format conversions can be performed from the command line, or via the GUI using soundKonverter.
If [...]

Using Monkey’s Audio (ape) files in Ubuntu

To work with monkey’s audio (ape) files you need the “mac” command line tool. This software isn’t available in the Ubuntu repositories so you will need to either compile mac yourself, or alternatively install it from a .deb file.
Installing mac from a .deb file
I’ve put a .deb file for the mac software here (this is [...]