.TP
.B *
Repeat until finished
+.P
+Alternatively,
+.B abcde
+can also grab a CD and turn it into a single FLAC file with an embedded
+cuesheet which can be user later on as a source for other formats, and will be
+treated as if it was the original CD. In a way,
+.B abcde
+can take a compressed backup of your CD collection.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-1
Encode the whole CD in a single file. The resulting file uses the CD title
-for tagging. If the resulting format is a flac file with an embeded cuesheet,
+for tagging. If the resulting format is a flac file with an embedded cuesheet,
the file can be used as a source for creating other formats. Use "-1 -M -o
-flac" for obtaining such a file .TP
+flac" for obtaining such a file.
+.TP
.B \-a [actions]
-Comma-delimited list of actions to perform. Can be one or more of:
-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. Replaygain implies cddb, read, encode, tag and move.
-Playlist implies cddb. The default is to do all actions except normalize,
-replaygain and playlist.
+Comma-delimited list of actions to perform. Can be one or more of: cddb, cue,
+read, normalize, encode, tag, move, replaygain, playlist, clean. Normalize and
+encode imply read. Tag implies cddb, read, encode. Move implies 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 BATCHNORM configuration variable.
.TP
.B \-d [devicename | filename]
CD\-ROM block device that contains audio tracks to be read. Alternatively, a
-single-track flac file with embeded cuesheet.
+single-track flac file with embedded cuesheet.
.TP
.B \-D
Capture debugging information (you'll want to redirect this \- try 'abcde \-D
.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.
-If the cuesheet is embeded in a flac single file it can be used as source for
-encoding other formats.
+If the cuesheet is embedded in a flac single file it can be used as source for
+encoding other formats (see option "\-d").
.TP
.B \-o [filetype][:filetypeoptions]
Select output type. Can be "vorbis" (or "ogg"), "mp3", "flac", "spx", "mpc",
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 \-u
-Set CDDBPROTO to version 6, so that we retrieve UTF-8 encoded CDDB
-information, and we tag and add comments with a proper encoding. This flag will
-be removed and -U will be added to set it to version 5 once version 6 becomes
-the default.
+.B \-U
+Set CDDBPROTO to version 5, so that we retrieve ISO-8859-15 encoded CDDB
+information, and we tag and add comments with Latin1 encoding.
.TP
.B \-v
Show the version and exit
.TP
.B \-V
Be a bit more verbose. On slow networks the CDDB requests might give the
-sensation nothins is happening.
+sensation nothing is happening.
.TP
.B \-x
Eject the CD when all tracks have been read. See the EJECTCD configuration
variable.
.TP
+.B \-X [cue2discid]
+Use an alternative "cue2discid" implementation. The name of the binary must be
+exactly that. abcde comes with an implementation in python under the examples
+directory. The special keyword "builtin" forces the usage of the internal
+(default) implementation in shell script.
+.TP
.B \-w [comment]
Add a comment to the tracks ripped from the CD.
.TP
abcde sources two configuration files on startup - /etc/abcde.conf and
$HOME/.abcde.conf, in that order.
.TP
-The configuration options stated on those files can be overriden by providing
-the appropiate flags at runtime.
+The configuration options stated on those files can be overridden by providing
+the appropriate flags at runtime.
.TP
The configuration variables have to be set as follows:
.TP
Specifies the method we want to use to retrieve the track information. Two
values are recognized: "cddb" and "musicbrainz". The "cddb" value needs the
CDDBURL and HELLOINFO variables described below. The "musicbrainz" value uses
-Python to stablish a conversation with the server for information retrieval.
+Python to establish a conversation with the server for information retrieval.
.TP
.B CDDBURL
Specifies a server to use for CDDB lookups.
Store local copies of the CDDB entries under the $CDDBLOCALDIR directory.
.TP
.B CDDBUSELOCAL
-Actually use the stored copies of the CDDB entries. Can be overriden using the
+Actually use the stored copies of the CDDB entries. Can be overridden using the
"-L" flag (if is CDDBUSELOCAL in "n"). If an entry is found, we always give
the choice of retrieving a CDDB entry from the internet.
.TP
VORBIZE, OGGENC, FLAC, SPEEXENC, MPPENC, AACEND, ID3, ID3V2, EYED3, METAFLAC,
CDPARANOIA, CDDA2WAV, CDDAFS, CDDISCID, CDDBTOOL, EJECT, MD5SUM, DISTMP3,
VORBISCOMMENT, NORMALIZE, CDSPEED, MP3GAIN, VORBISGAIN, MPPGAIN, MKCUE, MKTOC,
-DIFF and HTTPGET.
+CUE2DISCID (see option "\-X"), DIFF and HTTPGET.
.TP
.B COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
If you wish to specify command-line options to any of the programs abcde uses,
'-p' in the command line.
.TP
.B VAOUTPUTFORMAT
-Just like OUTPUTFORMAT but for Various Artists discs. Default is whatever
-OUTPUTFORMAT is set to.
+Just like OUTPUTFORMAT but for Various Artists discs. The default is 'Various-${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACKNUM}.${ARTISTFILE}-${TRACKFILE}'
+.TP
+.B ONETRACKOUTPUTFORMAT
+Just like OUTPUTFORMAT but for single-track rips (see option "\-1"). The default is '${ARTISTFILE}-${ALBUMFILE}/${ALBUMFILE}'
+.TP
+.B VAONETRACKOUTPUTFORMAT
+Just like ONETRACKOUTPUTFORMAT but for Various Artists discs. The default is 'Various-${ALBUMFILE}/${ALBUMFILE}'
.TP
.B MAXPROCS
Defines how many encoders to run at once. This makes for huge speedups
Will work in most systems
.TP
.B abcde \-d /dev/cdrom2
-If the CDROM you are reding from is not the standard /dev/cdrom (in GNU/Linux systems)
+If the CDROM you are reading from is not the standard /dev/cdrom (in GNU/Linux systems)
.TP
.B abcde \-o vorbis,flac
Will create both Ogg/Vorbis and Ogg/FLAC files.
and so on.
.TP
.B abcde \-d singletrack.flac
-Will extract the files contained in singletrack using the embeded cuesheet.
+Will extract the files contained in singletrack using the embedded cuesheet.
.SH BACKEND TOOLS
abcde requires the following backend tools to work:
.TP
HCoop / clinton / abcde.git / blobdiff