Do a CDDB query over the Internet to look up your CD or use a locally stored CDDB entry
.TP
.B *
-Grab a track from your CD
+Grab an audio track (or all the audio CD tracks) from your CD
.TP
.B *
-Compress it to Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, Ogg/Speex and/or MPP/MP+(Musepack) format
+Normalize the volume of the individual file (or the album as a single unit)
.TP
.B *
-Comment or ID3 tag it
+Compress to Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, Ogg/Speex and/or MPP/MP+(Musepack) format(s), all in one CD read
.TP
.B *
-Give it an intelligible filename
+Comment or ID3/ID3v2 tag
+.TP
+.B *
+Give an intelligible filename
+.TP
+.B *
+Calculate replaygain values for the individual file (or the album as a single unit)
.TP
.B *
Delete the intermediate WAV file (or save it for later use)
.TP
.B \-a [actions]
Comma-delimited list of actions to perform. Can be one or more of:
-cddb, read, normalize, encode, tag, move, playlist, clean. Normalize
+cddb, read, normalize, encode, tag, move, replaygain, playlist, clean. Normalize
and encode imply read. Tag implies cddb, read, encode. Move implies
-cddb, read, encode, tag. Playlist implies cddb. The default is to
-do all actions except normalize and playlist.
+cddb, read, encode, tag. Replaygain implies cddb, read, encode, tag and move.
+Playlist implies cddb. The default is to do all actions except normalize,
+replaygain and playlist.
.TP
.B \-b
-Enable batch mode normalization. See the BATCH configuration variable.
+Enable batch mode normalization. See the BATCHNORM configuration variable.
+.TP
+.B \-B
+Disable batch mode replaygain. It processes file by file to add the replaygain
+information. See the NOBATCHREPLAYGAIN configuration vatiable.
.TP
.B \-c [filename]
Specifies an additional configuration file to parse. Configuration options
Capture debugging information (you'll want to redirect this \- try 'abcde \-D
2>logfile')
.TP
+.B \-e
+Erase information about encoded tracks from the internal status file, to enable
+other encodings if the wav files have been kept.
+.TP
+.B \-g
+Enable lame's \-\-nogap option. See the NOGAP variable. WARNING: lame's
+\-\-nogap disables the Xing mp3 tag. This tag is required for mp3 players to
+correctly display track lengths when playing variable-bit-rate mp3 files.
+.TP
.B \-h
Get help information.
.TP
encoding other formats.
.TP
.B \-o [filetype][:filetypeoptions]
-Select output type. Can be "vorbis" (or "ogg"), "mp3", "flac", "spx" or "mpc".
-Specify a comma-delimited list of output types to obtain all specified types.
-See the OUTPUTTYPE configuration variable. One can pass options to the encoder
-for a specific filetype on the command line separating them with a colon. The
-options must be escaped with double-quotes.
+Select output type. Can be "vorbis" (or "ogg"), "mp3", "flac", "spx", "mpc" or
+"wav". Specify a comma-delimited list of output types to obtain all specified
+types. See the OUTPUTTYPE configuration variable. One can pass options to the
+encoder for a specific filetype on the command line separating them with a
+colon. The options must be escaped with double-quotes.
.TP
.B \-p
Pads track numbers with 0\'s.
Remote encode on this comma-delimited list of machines using distmp3. See
the REMOTEHOSTS configuration variable.
.TP
-.B \-R
-Add replaygain information to the id3 or tag information for play
-normalization. Only works with Ogg/FLAC and Ogg/Vorbis.
-.TP
.B \-s [fields...]
List, separated by comas, the fields to be shown in the CDDB parsed entries.
Right now it only uses "year" and "genre".
in a subdirectory named after the artist under the current directory.
This can be modified using the OUTPUTFORMAT and VAOUTPUTFORMAT
variables in your abcde.conf. Each file is given an extension identifying
-its compression format, 'vorbis' for '.ogg', '.mp3', '.flac', '.spx', or '.mpc'.
+its compression format, 'vorbis' for '.ogg', '.mp3', '.flac', '.spx', '.mpc', or '.wav'.
.SH CONFIGURATION
abcde sources two configuration files on startup - /etc/abcde.conf and
$HOME/.abcde.conf, in that order.
.B KEEPWAVS
It defaults to no, so if you want to keep those wavs ripped from your CD,
set it to "y". You can use the "-k" switch in the command line. The default
-behaviour with KEEPWAVS set is the keep the temporary directory and the wav
+behaviour with KEEPWAVS set is to keep the temporary directory and the wav
files even you have requested the "clean" action.
.TP
.B PADTRACKS
.TP
.B PATHNAMES
The following configuration file options specify the pathnames of their
-respective utilities: LAME, GOGO, BLADEENC, L3ENC, XINGMP3ENC, MP3ENC, VORBIZE,
-OGGENC, FLAC, SPEEXENC, MPPENC, ID3, ID3V2, CDPARANOIA, CDDA2WAV, CDDAFS,
-CDDISCID, CDDBTOOL, EJECT, MD5SUM, DISTMP3, VORBISCOMMENT, NORMALIZE, CDSPEED,
-VORBISGAIN, MKCUE and HTTPGET.
+respective utilities: LAME, TOOLAME, GOGO, BLADEENC, L3ENC, XINGMP3ENC, MP3ENC,
+VORBIZE, OGGENC, FLAC, SPEEXENC, MPPENC, ID3, ID3V2, CDPARANOIA, CDDA2WAV,
+CDDAFS, CDDISCID, CDDBTOOL, EJECT, MD5SUM, DISTMP3, VORBISCOMMENT, NORMALIZE,
+CDSPEED, VORBISGAIN, MKCUE and HTTPGET.
.TP
.B COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
-If you wish to specify command-line options to any of the programs abcde
-uses, set the following configuration file options: LAMEOPTS, GOGOOPTS,
+If you wish to specify command-line options to any of the programs abcde uses,
+set the following configuration file options: LAMEOPTS, TOOLAMEOPTS, GOGOOPTS,
BLADEENCOPTS, L3ENCOPTS, XINGMP3ENCOPTS, MP3ENCOPTS, VORBIZEOPTS, OGGENCOPTS,
FLACOPTS, SPEEXENCOPTS, MPPENCOPTS, ID3OPTS, ID3V2OPTS, CDPARANOIAOPTS,
CDDA2WAVOPTS, CDDAFSOPTS, CDDBTOOLOPTS, EJECTOPTS, DISTMP3OPTS, NORMALIZEOPTS,
-CDSPEEDOPTS, MKCUEOPTS,VORBISCOMMMENTOPTS, METAFLACOPTS and HTTPGETOPTS.
+CDSPEEDOPTS, MKCUEOPTS,VORBISCOMMMENTOPTS, METAFLACOPTS DIFFOPTS and
+HTTPGETOPTS.
.TP
.B CDSPEEDVALUE
Set the value of the CDROM speed. The default is to read the disc as fast as
Specifies the encoding format to output, as well as the default extension and
encoder. Defaults to "vorbis". Valid settings are "vorbis" (or "ogg")
(Ogg/Vorbis), "mp3" (MPEG-1 Audio Layer III), "flac" (Free Lossless Audio
-Codec), "spx" (Ogg/Speex) and "mpc" (MPP/MP+ (Musepack)). Values like
-"vorbis,mp3" encode the tracks in both Ogg/Vorbis and MP3 formats.
+Codec), "spx" (Ogg/Speex), "mpc" (MPP/MP+ (Musepack)) or "wav" (Microsoft
+Waveform). Values like "vorbis,mp3" encode the tracks in both Ogg/Vorbis and
+MP3 formats.
.br
For each value in OUTPUTTYPE, abcde expands a different process for encoding,
tagging and moving, so you can use the format placeholder, OUTPUT, to create
entire CD. Use only if your system is low on space and cannot encode as
quickly as it can read.
.TP
-.B BATCH
+.B BATCHNORM
If set to y, enables batch mode normalization, which preserves relative
volume differences between tracks of an album. Also enables nogap encoding
when using the \'lame\' encoder.
.TP
+.B NOGAP
+Activate the lame's \-\-nogap option, that allows files found in CDs with no
+silence between songs (such as live concerts) to be encoded without noticeable
+gaps. WARNING: lame's \-\-nogap disables the Xing mp3 tag. This tag is
+required for mp3 players to correctly display track lengths when playing
+variable-bit-rate mp3 files.
+.TP
.B PLAYLISTFORMAT
Specifies the format for completed playlist filenames. Works like the
OUTPUTFORMAT configuration variable. Default is
.B abcde
Will work in most systems
.TP
-.B abcde -d /dev/cdrom2
+.B abcde \-d /dev/cdrom2
If the CDROM you are reding from is not the standard /dev/cdrom (in GNU/Linux systems)
.TP
-.B abcde -o vorbis,flac
+.B abcde \-o vorbis,flac
Will create both Ogg/Vorbis and Ogg/FLAC files.
.TP
-.B abcde -o vorbis:"-b 192"
+.B abcde \-o vorbis:"-b 192"
Will pass "-b 192" to the Ogg/Vorbis encoder, without having to modify the
config file
.TP
-.B abcde -W 1
+.B abcde \-W 1
For double+ CD settings: will create the 1st CD starting with the track number
101, and will add a comment "CD 1" to the tracks, the second starting with 201
and so on.
(optional) distmp3, a client/server for distributed mp3 encoding.
.TP
.B *
-(optional) normalize, a WAV file volume normalizer.
+(optional) normalize-audio, a WAV file volume normalizer.
+.TP
+.B *
+(optional) a replaygain file volume modifier (vorbisgain, metaflac, mp3gain),
.TP
.B *
(optional) mkcue, a CD cuesheet extractor.
.BR oggenc (1),
.BR vorbize (1),
.BR flac (1),
+.BR toolame (1),
.BR speexenc (1),
.BR mppenc (1),
.BR id3 (1),
+.BR id3v2 (1),
.BR wget (1),
.BR fetch (1),
.BR cd-discid (1),
.BR distmp3 (1),
.BR distmp3host (1),
-.BR curl (1)
+.BR curl (1),
.BR mkcue (1),
+.BR vorbisgain (1),
+.BR mp3gain (1)
.SH AUTHORS
Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>,
Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> and contributions from many others.
HCoop / clinton / abcde.git / blobdiff