Audio::APE(3pm) 					User Contributed Perl Documentation					   Audio::APE(3pm)

NAME

       Audio::APE - An object-oriented interface to Monkey's Audio file information and APE tag fields.

SYNOPSIS

	   use Audio::APE;
	   my $mac = Audio::APE->new("song.ape");

	   foreach (keys %$mac) {
	       print "$_: $mac->{$_}
";
	   }

	   my $macTags = $mac->tags();

	   foreach (keys %$macTags) {
	       print "$_: $macTags->{$_}
";
	   }

DESCRIPTION

       This module returns a hash containing basic information about a Monkey's Audio file, as well as tag information contained in the Monkey's
       Audio file's APE tags.

CONSTRUCTORS

       o   new( $filename )

	   Opens a Monkey's Audio file, ensuring that it exists and is actually an Monkey's Audio stream, then loads the information and comment
	   fields.

INSTANCE METHODS

       o   info( [$key] )

	   Returns a hashref containing information about the Monkey's Audio file from the file's information header.

	   The optional parameter, key, allows you to retrieve a single value from the info hash.  Returns "undef" if the key is not found.

       o   tags( [$key] )

	   Returns a hashref containing tag keys and values of the Monkey's Audio file from the file's APE tags.

	   The optional parameter, key, allows you to retrieve a single value from the tag hash.  Returns "undef" if the key is not found.

NOTE

       This module is now a wrapper around Audio::Scan.

SEE ALSO

       <http://www.monkeysaudio.com/>, Audio::Scan

AUTHOR

       Dan Sully, <daniel@cpan.org>

       Kevin Deane-Freeman, <kevindf at shaw dot ca>, based on other work by Erik Reckase, <cerebusjam at hotmail dot com>, and Dan Sully,
       <daniel@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2004, Kevin Deane-Freeman.  Copyright (c) 2005-2007, Dan Sully & Slim Devices.  Copyright (c) 2007-2010, Dan Sully.

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.2 or,
       at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

perl v5.10.1							    2010-12-25							   Audio::APE(3pm)