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.IX Title "Audio::APE 3pm"
.TH Audio::APE 3pm "2021-01-04" "perl v5.32.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Audio::APE \- An object\-oriented interface to Monkey's Audio file information and APE tag fields.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\&    use Audio::APE;
\&    my $mac = Audio::APE\->new("song.ape");
\&
\&    foreach (keys %$mac) {
\&        print "$_: $mac\->{$_}\en";
\&    }
\&
\&    my $macTags = $mac\->tags();
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\&    foreach (keys %$macTags) {
\&        print "$_: $macTags\->{$_}\en";
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "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 \s-1APE\s0 tags.
.SH "CONSTRUCTORS"
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new( \f(CW$filename\fR )
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Opens a Monkey's Audio file, ensuring that it exists and is actually an
Monkey's Audio stream, then loads the information and comment fields.
.SH "INSTANCE METHODS"
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info( [$key] )
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Returns a hashref containing information about the Monkey's Audio file from
the file's information header.
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The optional parameter, key, allows you to retrieve a single value from
the info hash.  Returns \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR if the key is not found.
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tags( [$key] )
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Returns a hashref containing tag keys and values of the Monkey's Audio file from
the file's \s-1APE\s0 tags.
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The optional parameter, key, allows you to retrieve a single value from
the tag hash.  Returns \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR if the key is not found.
.SH "NOTE"
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This module is now a wrapper around Audio::Scan.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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<http://www.monkeysaudio.com/>, Audio::Scan
.SH "AUTHOR"
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Dan Sully, <daniel@cpan.org>
.PP
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>
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (c) 2004, Kevin Deane-Freeman.
Copyright (c) 2005\-2007, Dan Sully & Slim Devices.
Copyright (c) 2007\-2010, Dan Sully.
.PP
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.