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)