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foobar2000 equivalent for Linux with same custom converting abilities?

I have searched ut couldn't find a suitable thread that already existed. I am trying out Debian (Crunchbang) and i would love to have a audio converter that can let me do custom command lines for encoders just like I can do in Foobar2000. I have downloaded Sound Converter but it only supports predefined encoders and presets (it seems). Regards.

Edit: I tried to edit the title of this thread because of spelling error(s) but couldn't do that.

foobar2000 equivalent for Linux with same custom converting abilities?

Reply #1 –
foobnix (foobnix.com) is apparently inspired by foobar2000, but I have not used it...

wine would be a possible solution for this question.  I've been looking for a foobar2000-like program for Ubuntu, but settled on the wine ppa.  be warned, though - if you have 32-bit wine, you can only run 32-bit encoders from within wine (meaning no 64-bit oggenc2.exe, for example).  more importantly, foobar2000 + wine cannot play CDs without a more difficult setup, as far as I know.

however, if you want to be hardcore, I suggest using a terminal and scripting things.  this will be difficult with tags, but there's tagging programs for linux out there - could also be done by hand.

foobar2000 equivalent for Linux with same custom converting abilities?

Reply #2 –
You can try the funny-named Deadbeef player:
http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/

It has a powerful converter plugin.

foobar2000 equivalent for Linux with same custom converting abilities?

Reply #3 –
Heh...reminds me of 0xDEADBEEF. *geek alert*

But, yeah, in Linux, I don't think there's one that can match fb2k's compactness and versatility (yet).
The best bet would be Wine + fb2k, but I've yet to try Deadbeef.


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Hm, Deadbeef is pretty neat; a keeper if you don't have TAK files. =b
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foobar2000 equivalent for Linux with same custom converting abilities?

Reply #4 –
A good converter for Linux is soundKonverter (not the same as Sound Converter), a KDE application. Since I found this, I do not use wine + foobar for converting.

foobar2000 equivalent for Linux with same custom converting abilities?

Reply #5 –
foobar2000 is a Windows application with a Windows mentality. The Unix mentality for file format conversion is to use the command-line. I'd recommend picking the command-line up instead of looking for a nice GUI. It'll serve you better in the long run.

foobar2000 equivalent for Linux with same custom converting abilities?

Reply #6 –
Linux terminals rule and GUI seems primitive compared to Windows/Mac, but not to the point of using CLI as everyday converter. Although it depends on user needs, in a manner if user has couple of converter scenarios he/she may be comfortable with foobar2000 converter 'preset workflow' or predefined bash scripts, otherwise Deadbeef converter is my definite choice as simplicity and usability put together

foobar2000 equivalent for Linux with same custom converting abilities?

Reply #7 –
Quote from: Canar on
I'd recommend picking the command-line up instead of looking for a nice GUI. It'll serve you better in the long run.


The command line would serve him only better (or as well as e.g. foobar) if he has a good script which copies also tags. Besides, foobar (and native KDE soundKonverter) convert 2 files simultaneously using both cores of the CPU.

foobar2000 equivalent for Linux with same custom converting abilities?

Reply #8 –
hi guys! DeaDBeeF did the charm! I love that it let me customize the encoding options like I can in Foobar2000. Do you guys know about a secure and accuraterip ripper for linux? Thanks for the help guys!

foobar2000 equivalent for Linux with same custom converting abilities?

Reply #9 –
I don't see any need for a native app in this case. Foobar under wine is finally a very stable solution and you won't notice any difference in resource consumption.

Quote from: punkrockdude on
Do you guys know about a secure and accuraterip ripper for linux?


Try rubyripper. It's secure but AFAIK it does not yet support AccurateRip. You can also use this for AR verification but there should be a newer version floating around.

Update: AR was accepted.