Capture debugging information (you'll want to redirect this \- try 'abcde \-D
2>logfile')
.TP
+.B \-f
+Force the use of a locally cached CDDB entry and fallback to a template if none
+is found. For faster network-disconnected operation.
+.TP
.B \-j [number]
Start [number] encoder processes at once. Useful for SMP systems. Overrides
the MAXPROCS configuration variable. Set it to "0" when using distmp3 to avoid
the REMOTEHOSTS configuration variable.
.TP
.B \-s [number]
-Start the numbering of the tracks at a given number. It only affects the
-filenames and the playlist. Internal (tag) numbering remains the same.
+[DEPRECATED: use -t, see below]
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.B \-S [speed]
Set the speed of the CD drive. Needs CDSPEED and CDSPEEDOPTS set properly
and both the program and device must support the capability.
.TP
+.B \-t [number]
+Start the numbering of the tracks at a given number. It only affects the
+filenames and the playlist. Internal (tag) numbering remains the same.
+.TP
+.B \-T [number]
+Same as \-t but changes also the internal (tag) numbering. Keep in mind that
+the default TRACK tag for MP3 is $T/$TRACKS so it is changed to simply $T.
+.TP
.B \-v
Show the version and exit
.TP
.TP
.B NORMALIZERSYNTAX
Specifies the style of normalizer to use. Valid options are \'default\'
-and \'normalize'\ (and both run \'normalize\'), since we only support it, ATM.
+and \'normalize'\ (and both run \'normalize-audio\'), since we only support it, ATM.
.TP
.B HELLOINFO
Specifies the Hello information to send to the CDDB server. The CDDB
.B EJECTCD
If set to "y", abcde will call eject(1) to eject the cdrom from the drive
after all tracks have been read.
+.TP
+.B EXTRAVERBOSE
+If set to "y", some operations which are usually now shown to the end user
+are visible, such as CDDB queries. Usefull for initial debug and if your
+network/CDDB server is slow.
.SH BACKEND TOOLS
abcde requires the following backend tools to work:
.TP
.BR cdparanoia (1),
.BR cdda2wav (1),
.BR dagrab (1),
-.BR normalize (1),
+.BR normalize-audio (1),
.BR oggenc (1),
.BR vorbize (1),
.BR flac (1),
.BR distmp3host (1),
.BR curl(1)
.SH AUTHORS
-Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>
-Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es>
+Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>,
+Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> and contributions from many others.