.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 embedded cuesheet,
-the file can be used as a source for creating other formats. Use "-1 -M -o
-flac" for obtaining such a file.
+the file can be used as a source for creating other formats. Use "\-1 \-o
+flac \-a default,cue" for obtaining such a file.
.TP
.B \-a [actions]
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.
+implies cddb. The default is to do all actions except cue, normalize,
+replaygain and playlist.
.TP
.B \-b
Enable batch mode normalization. See the BATCHNORM configuration variable.
Create DOS-style playlists, modifying the resulting one by adding CRLF line
endings. Some hardware players insist on having those to work.
.TP
-.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 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",
"m4a" or "wav". Specify a comma-delimited list of output types to obtain all
Use Unix PIPES to read and encode in one step. It disables multiple encodings,
since the WAV audio file is never stored in the disc.
.TP
+.B \-q [quality]
+Use a pre-defined quality level for the encoding process. Defined as low,
+medium or high. The "medium" value is used to reset the default values if other
+are used in the config file(s).
+.TP
.B \-r [hosts...]
Remote encode on this comma-delimited list of machines using distmp3. See
the REMOTEHOSTS configuration variable.
defined directory for matches of the CDDB entry.
.TP
.B \-s [fields...]
-List, separated by comas, the fields to be shown in the CDDB parsed entries.
+List, separated by commas, the fields to be shown in the CDDB parsed entries.
Right now it only uses "year" and "genre".
.TP
.B \-S [speed]
.TP
.B \-W [number]
Concatenate CD\'s. It uses the number provided to define a comment "CD #" and
-to modify the numbering of the tracks, starting with "#01".
+to modify the numbering of the tracks, starting with "#01". For Ogg/Vorbis and
+FLAC files, it also defines a DISCNUMBER tag.
.TP
.B \-z
DEBUG mode: it will rip, using cdparanoia, the very first second of each track
.TP
.B CDDBUSELOCAL
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
+"\-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
.B SHOWCDDBFIELDS
.TP
.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
+set it to "y". You can use the "\-k" switch in the command line. The default
behaviour with KEEPWAVS set is to keep the temporary directory and the wav
files even you have requested the "clean" action.
.TP
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, AACENCOPTS, ID3OPTS, ID3V2OPTS,
+FLACOPTS, SPEEXENCOPTS, MPPENCOPTS, AACENCOPTS, ID3OPTS, ID3V2OPTS, MP3GAINOPTS,
CDPARANOIAOPTS, CDDA2WAVOPTS, CDDAFSOPTS, CDDBTOOLOPTS, EJECTOPTS, DISTMP3OPTS,
NORMALIZEOPTS, CDSPEEDOPTS, MKCUEOPTS, VORBISCOMMMENTOPTS, METAFLACOPTS,
-DIFFOPTS and HTTPGETOPTS.
+DIFFOPTS, FLACGAINOPTS, VORBISGAINOPTS and HTTPGETOPTS.
.TP
.B CDSPEEDVALUE
Set the value of the CDROM speed. The default is to read the disc as fast as
(Ogg/Vorbis), "mp3" (MPEG-1 Audio Layer III), "flac" (Free Lossless Audio
Codec), "spx" (Ogg/Speex), "mpc" (MPP/MP+ (Musepack)), "m4a" (for M4A (AAC)) or
"wav" (Microsoft Waveform). Values like "vorbis,mp3" encode the tracks in both
-Ogg/Vorbis and MP3 formats.
+Ogg/Vorbis and MP3 formats. For example
+.br
+OUTPUTTYPE=vorbis,flac
.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
TRACKNUM, and YEAR. Default is \'${ARTISTFILE}-${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACKNUM}-${TRACKFILE}\'.
Make sure to use single quotes around this variable. TRACKNUM is automatically
zero-padded, when the number of encoded tracks is higher than 9. When lower,
-you can force with
-'-p' in the command line.
+you can force with '\-p' in the command line.
.TP
.B VAOUTPUTFORMAT
Just like OUTPUTFORMAT but for Various Artists discs. The default is 'Various-${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACKNUM}.${ARTISTFILE}-${TRACKFILE}'
requires several hundred MB less space to complete the encoding of an
entire CD. Use only if your system is low on space and cannot encode as
quickly as it can read.
+
+Note that this option may also help when reading
+a CD with errors. This is because on a scratchy disk reading is quite timing
+sensitive and this option reduces the background load on the system which
+allows the ripping program more precise control.
.TP
.B BATCHNORM
If set to y, enables batch mode normalization, which preserves relative
.TP
.B REMOTEHOSTS
Specifies a comma-delimited list of systems to use for remote encoding using
-distmp3. Equivalent to -r.
+distmp3. Equivalent to \-r.
.TP
.B mungefilename
mungefilename() is an abcde shell function that can be overridden via
Will create both Ogg/Vorbis and Ogg/FLAC files.
.TP
.B abcde \-o vorbis:"-b 192"
-Will pass "-b 192" to the Ogg/Vorbis encoder, without having to modify the
+Will pass "\-b 192" to the Ogg/Vorbis encoder, without having to modify the
config file
.TP
.B abcde \-W 1
An Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, Ogg/Speex, MPP/MP+(Musepack) or M4A encoder (oggenc, vorbize, lame, gogo, bladeenc, l3enc, mp3enc, flac, speexenc, mppenc, faac)
.TP
.B *
-An audio CD reading utility (cdparanoia, cdda2wav, dagrab)
+An audio CD reading utility (cdparanoia, icedax, cdda2wav, dagrab)
.TP
.B *
cd-discid, a CDDB DiscID reading program.
(optional) mkcue, a CD cuesheet extractor.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR cdparanoia (1),
+.BR icedax (1),
.BR cdda2wav (1),
.BR dagrab (1),
.BR normalize-audio (1),
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