Just wanted to chime in. I needed to convert some music today and your tool worked almost perfectly for me. :+1:
Regarding this issue: I'm using `soundconverter` 3.0.0~alpha1+git20151209-1 with GStreamer 1.0 from Debian Multimedia and tried to convert some 320 MP3s into Opus. However I got an error message when I tried to do so: GStreamer error when creating pipeline gst_parse_error: no property "cbr" in element "opusenc3" (2) After finding this issue, I did a short investigation and it turns out that the `cbr` option does not exist in GStreamer 1.0; instead the `bitrate-type` option was introduced: bitrate-type : Bitrate type flags: readable, writable, changeable in NULL, READY, PAUSED or PLAYING state Enum "GstOpusEncBitrateType" Default: 0, "cbr" (0): cbr - CBR (1): vbr - VBR (2): constrained-vbr - Constrained VBR Replacing `cbr=false` with `bitrate-type=vbr` resulted in a proper VBR Opus being generated: Processing file "10 Running In Place.opus"... New logical stream (#1, serial: 30e48d71): type opus Encoded with Encoded with GStreamer opusenc User comments section follows... ALBUM=Feeding The Wolves (Deluxe Edition) ALBUMARTIST=10 Years ARTIST=10 Years COMMENT=0 DATE=2010 DISCNUMBER=1 DISCTOTAL=1 GENRE=Rock METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE=3|image/jpeg||0x0x0|<20581 bytes of image data> TITLE=Running In Place TRACKNUMBER=10 Opus stream 1: Pre-skip: 312 Playback gain: 0 dB Channels: 2 Original sample rate: 48000Hz Packet duration: 20.0ms (max), 20.0ms (avg), 20.0ms (min) Page duration: 520.0ms (max), 185.3ms (avg), 120.0ms (min) Total data length: 5144236 bytes (overhead: 1.6%) Playback length: 3m:35.875s Average bitrate: 190.6 kb/s, w/o overhead: 187.6 kb/s Logical stream 1 ended -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1097610 Title: Opus files are encoded in hard-CBR To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/soundconverter/+bug/1097610/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs