If you cannot open the APE-MP3 file on your computer - there may be several reasons. The first and most important reason (the most common) is the lack of a suitable application that supports APE-MP3 among those that are installed on your computer. APE is also known as Monkey's Audio format. It is lossless, which means that no audio information is lost when you convert your files into this format. In contrast, MP3 is a 'lossy' format, it throws away some audio information in order to make your files smaller. It may seem that APE is a better option.
Free APE to MP3 Converter is a free program that converts APE files (Monkey's Audio) to MP3 or WAV format. In addition, the program allows you to extract audio tracks from audio files based on the CUE sheet. CUE files are often attached to the Audio CD images created by programs like EAC (Exact Audio Copy), CDRWin, CUERipper. To convert audio streams to MP3 the application uses the latest version of the LAME encoder.
The program supports encoding with a constant bit rate - CBR, average bitrate - ABR and variable bit rate - VBR (LAME presets). Metadata ( tags) from the source APE and CUE files are copied to the output MP3 files. Converting APE files to MP3 or WAV. CUE Splitter - Extract audio tracks from the Audio CD images into MP3 or WAV files based on the CUE sheet.
Supported character encoding in CUE files: ANSI, ASCII, UTF-8 Little Endian, UTF-8 Big Endian, UTF-16 Little Endian, UTF-16 Big Endian. Supported input formats of audio files defined in the CUE sheets: APE, FLAC, WAV, MP3, SHN, WV, TTA, MPC, OGG, WMA. MP3 compression using the latest version of the LAME encoder.
Support for all the LAME encoder presets. Copying metadata (tags) from APE and CUE files to the generated MP3 files.
A number of predefined conversion profiles. Possibility to save your own settings to an INI file.
The ability to customize encoding parameters: bitrate mode (CBR, ABR, VBR), audio bitrate, audio sampling frequency, number of audio channels, volume, time range. The ability to save encoder commands to BAT file.
Adding files to the file list by Drag and Drop. The program is portable: it does not use system registry and all settings are stored in INI files. Thus, the program can be run from portable devices such as pendrives, removable drives.
The program has a built-in support for multiple languages. Current version supports English, Greek, Japanese, Polish. 100% freeware! - for private and commercial use.
The program does not require registration, there is no built-in limitations. If you no longer use Free APE to MP3 Converter application or if you want to free up space on your hard disk, you can uninstall this program from your computer.
To do this, follow these steps:. Open Programs and Features by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Programs, and then clicking Programs and Features. On the list of installed programs select Free APE to MP3 Converter and then click Uninstall. This will launch the uninstall wizard. Follow the instructions displayed on the screen.
This software is copyrighted by Pazera Jacek company ('Producer') and is protected by copyright laws and international treaty provisions. This software is provided 'as-is' and without warranty of any kind, express, implied or otherwise, including without limitation, any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial use, but this software can NOT be sold or modified without written permission of the Producer.
Can't open a.ape file? If you want to open a.ape file on your computer, you just need to have the appropriate program installed. If the.ape association isn't set correctly, you may receive the following error message: Windows can't open this file: File: example.ape To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it.
Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs that are installed on your computer. To change file associations:.
Right-click a file with the extension whose association you want to change, and then click Open With. In the Open With dialog box, click the program whith which you want the file to open, or click Browse to locate the program that you want. Select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box.