# phpman > man > Image::ExifTool::APE(3pm)

## NAME
    [Image::ExifTool::APE](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Image%3A%3AExifTool%3A%3AAPE/markdown) - Read Monkey's Audio meta information

## SYNOPSIS
    This module is used by [Image::ExifTool](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Image%3A%3AExifTool/markdown)

## DESCRIPTION
    This module contains definitions required by [Image::ExifTool](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Image%3A%3AExifTool/markdown) to extract meta information from
    Monkey's Audio (APE) audio files.

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

## AUTHOR
    Copyright 2003-2022, 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
    <<http://www.monkeysaudio.com/>>
    <<http://www.personal.uni-jena.de/~pfk/mpp/sv8/apetag.html>>

## SEE ALSO
    "APE Tags" in [Image::ExifTool::TagNames](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Image%3A%3AExifTool%3A%3ATagNames/markdown), Image::[ExifTool(3pm)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ExifTool/3pm/markdown)