Same problem here in Xubuntu 16.10: soundconverter's preferences do not offer aac/m4a among the output format options. What is necessary to make the option appear?
$ dpkg-query --show soundconv\* gstreamer1.0-plugins\* gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:amd64 1.8.3-1ubuntu1.1 gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-faad:amd64 1.8.3-1ubuntu1.1 gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-videoparsers:amd64 1.8.3-1ubuntu1.1 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:amd64 1.8.3-1ubuntu1 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:i386 1.8.3-1ubuntu1 gstreamer1.0-plugins-good:amd64 1.8.3-1ubuntu1.2 gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly:amd64 1.8.3-1ubuntu1 gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly-amr:amd64 1.8.3-1ubuntu1 soundconverter 3.0.0~alpha1+git20151209-1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1583520 Title: Unable to convert to AAC using Ubuntu 16.04 / gstreamer0.10-plugins- bad-multiverse not available To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/soundconverter/+bug/1583520/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
