Create DOS-style playlists, modifying the resulting one by adding CRLF line
endings. Some hardware players insist on having those to work.
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+.B \-M
+Create a CUE file with information about the CD. Together with the possibility
+of creating a single file (see option "\-1"), one can recreate the original CD.
+.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.
Add replaygain information to the id3 or tag information for play
normalization. Only works with MP3 and Ogg/Vorbis.
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-.B \-s [number]
-[DEPRECATED: use -t, see below]
+.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".
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.B \-S [speed]
Set the speed of the CD drive. Needs CDSPEED and CDSPEEDOPTS set properly
abcde sources two configuration files on startup - /etc/abcde.conf and
$HOME/.abcde.conf, in that order.
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+The configuration options stated on those files can ba overriden by providing
+the appropiate flags at runtime.
+.TP
The configuration variables have to be set as follows:
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.B VARIABLE=value
"-L" flag (if is CDDBUSELOCAL in "n"). If an entry is found, we always give
the choice of retrieving a CDDB entry from the internet.
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+.B SHOWCDDBFIELDS
+Coma-separated list of fields we want to parse during the CDDB parsing.
+Defaults to "year,genre".
+.TP
.B OGGENCODERSYNTAX
Specifies the style of encoder to use for the Ogg/Vorbis encoder. Valid options
are \'oggenc\' (default for Ogg/Vorbis) and \'vorbize\'.
and \'debug\'. It is used for querying the CDROM and obtain a list of valid
tracks and DATA tracks. Right now, only cdparanoia is supported.
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+.B CUEREADERSYNTAX
+Specifies the syntax of the program we use to read the CD CUE sheet. Right now
+we only support \'mkcue\', but in the future other readers might be used.
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.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
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.B PADTRACKS
If set to "y", it adds 0's to the file numbers to complete a two-number
-holder. Usefull when encoding tracks 1-9.
+holder. Useful when encoding tracks 1-9.
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.B INTERACTIVE
Set to "n" if you want to perform automatic rips, without user intervention.
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
-and HTTPGET.
+CDDISCID, CDDBTOOL, EJECT, MD5SUM, DISTMP3, VORBISCOMMENT, NORMALIZE, CDSPEED,
+VORBISGAIN, MKCUE and HTTPGET.
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.B COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
If you wish to specify command-line options to any of the programs abcde
BLADEENCOPTS, L3ENCOPTS, XINGMP3ENCOPTS, MP3ENCOPTS, VORBIZEOPTS, OGGENCOPTS,
FLACOPTS, SPEEXENCOPTS, MPPENCOPTS, ID3OPTS, ID3V2OPTS, CDPARANOIAOPTS,
CDDA2WAVOPTS, CDDAFSOPTS, CDDBTOOLOPTS, EJECTOPTS, DISTMP3OPTS, NORMALIZEOPTS,
-CDSPEEDOPTS and HTTPGETOPTS.
+CDSPEEDOPTS, MKCUEOPTS,VORBISCOMMMENTOPTS, METAFLACOPTS and HTTPGETOPTS.
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.B CDSPEEDVALUE
Set the value of the CDROM speed. The default is to read the disc as fast as
If set, it points to the CD-Rom device which has to be used for audio
extraction. Abcde tries to guess the right device, but it may fail.
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+.B CDPARANOIACDROMBUS
+Defined as "d" when using cdparanoia with an IDE bus and as "g" when using
+cdparanoia with the ide-scsi emulation layer.
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.B OUTPUTDIR
Specifies the directory to place completed tracks/playlists in.
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tray, to set its speed (via "setcd" or via "eject", if available) and other
preparation actions. The default function is empty.
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+.B post_read
+post_read () is a shell function which is executed after the CDROM is read
+(and, if applies, before the CDROM is ejected). It can be used to read a TOC
+from the CDROM, or to try to read the DATA areas from the CD (if any exist).
+The default function is empty.
+.TP
.B EJECTCD
If set to "y", abcde will call eject(1) to eject the cdrom from the drive
after all tracks have been read.
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.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
+are visible, such as CDDB queries. Useful for initial debug and if your
network/CDDB server is slow.
.SH EXAMPLES
-Possible ways one can call abcdeÑ
+Possible ways one can call abcde
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.B abcde
Will work in most systems