Image::ExifTool::APE(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::APE(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Image::ExifTool::APE - Read Monkey's Audio meta information

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module contains definitions required by Image::ExifTool to extract meta information from Monkey's Audio (APE) audio files.

# [BUGS](#BUGS)

Currently doesn't parse MAC header unless it is at the start of the file.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# [REFERENCES](#REFERENCES)

<http://www.monkeysaudio.com/>

<http://www.personal.uni-jena.de/~pfk/mpp/sv8/apetag.html>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

"APE Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, [**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/man/os/exiftool/Image::ExifTool.3pm)

2026-10-09 perl v5.44.0

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Document: Image::ExifTool::APE(3pm) from exiftool 13.59-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool