The lossless2lossy.sh script does not give enough good functions to split *.ape files into tracks. The below solves the problem in Fedora 12.
ffmpeg with aac support in Fedora 12
I have found a pretty helpful article for ffmpeg recompile: http://fozzolog.fozzilinymoo.org/tech/2009/11/recompiling-ffmpeg-for-fedora-12-to-add-faac-support.html . However, it looks like the instructions were incomplete.
Create Video Preview Thumbnails with Ffmpeg
See http://blog.prashanthellina.com/2008/03/29/creating-video-thumbnails-using-ffmpeg/ ffmpeg -ss -4 -i test.avi -vcodec mjpeg -vframes 1 -an -f rawvideo -s 320×240 test.jpg ffmpeg -itsoffset -4 -i test.avi -vcodec mjpeg -vframes 1 -an -f rawvideo -s 320×240 test.jpg
Dependencies of ffmpeg
Once in a blue moon I decide to compile ffmeg from sources. Ffmpeg depends on (borrowed from this site): libogg libvorbis libvorbisenc libvorbisfile libamrnb libamrwb libgsm libtheora lame libtheoradec libtheoraenc libxvidcore libx264 libnut liba52 mplayer codecs at /usr/lib/codecs , /usr/local/lib/codecs…
