SoundConverter

What it does

Code

The site links to the project's code on GitHub.checked 8 Oct 2026

Conversion speed

Its multithreaded design uses as many cores as possible to speed up conversion.checked 8 Oct 2026

File organization

It can rename files and create folders according to tags.checked 8 Oct 2026

Input formats

It reads formats supported by GStreamer, including Ogg Vorbis, AAC, MP3, FLAC, WAV, AVI, MPEG, MOV, M4A, AC3, DTS, ALAC, MPC, Shorten, APE, SID, MOD, XM, and S3M.checked 8 Oct 2026

Interface

The site describes its interface as GNOME HIG compliant and designed to be simple to use.checked 8 Oct 2026

License

The program is free software that may be redistributed or modified under GNU GPLv3.checked 8 Oct 2026

MP3 output

MP3 output requires GStreamer-lame; the site links to package instructions for several Linux distributions.checked 8 Oct 2026

Output formats

It writes Opus, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, WAV, AAC, and MP3 files, or can use GNOME audio profiles.checked 8 Oct 2026

Performance limit

The project README says the application is somewhat slower than command-line tools and recommends those for ultimate performance.checked 8 Oct 2026

Purpose

SoundConverter is an audio file transcoder for the GNOME desktop.checked 8 Oct 2026

Requirements

The site lists Linux, GNOME, Python, PyGTK, GStreamer, GStreamer-python, and Gnome-python as requirements.checked 8 Oct 2026

Support

The site links to Launchpad for bug reports, questions, feature requests, and translations.checked 8 Oct 2026

Video audio

The application can extract audio from videos.checked 8 Oct 2026