X-Git-Url: https://git.hcoop.net/clinton/abcde.git/blobdiff_plain/79e3928b7ac6011bcfbb077248c67893bd888953..7955851605ddb1f8c3b86533e08a420879491e5b:/README diff --git a/README b/README index adf338b..4c7c8f3 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -13,31 +13,9 @@ end result usually looks like: Our_Lady_Peace/01.Supermans_Dead.ogg This filename munging is customizable - edit the mungefilename function in your abcde.conf to change it. -Need to go through an HTTP proxy for CDDB access? No problem, just export your -http_proxy variable first so wget/fetch/curl can see it. - -You already store CDDB entries for your CD collection on your hard disk? Piece -of cake. Just edit CDDBLOCALDIR to point to the repository and give abcde the -"-L" flag to make use of it. - -Low on disk space? abcde has different algorithms to schedule ripping and -encoding - to optimize for disk conservation, use -l. - -abcde can also take advantage of SMP systems, just like make. Try 'abcde -j 2' - -it'll run two encoder jobs while it rips the next track. - -abcde now uses FreeDB by default. To use a different FreeDB mirror or another -CDDB service, change the CDDBURL option in your abcde.conf. - -Frustrated that you can't use the CPU power on Machine A sitting right next to -Machine B with the fast cdrom drive? Now you don't have to be - Run distmp3host -(included in distmp3) on Machine A, and then run abcde -r MachineA from Machine -B (where "MachineA" is a dns name or IP address). Use this in combination with -'-j 0' to shift all encoding off the local machine. - -You do not have internet connection, or just feel with free time to write down -all the song names and artists instead of using CDDB? Use -n and edit the -template. +Many of the questions related of problems executing abcde have been moved to the +FAQ, which should be distributed along with this package. Reffer to that file +for help. To make abcde 2.x work more like 1.x, put these options in your abcde.conf: @@ -47,17 +25,46 @@ ID3TAGV=1 MAJOR CHANGES ============= -Changes in 2.2-pre2: - -* Support for MPP/MP+(Musepack) format. It can be downloaded from +Changes in 2.4: +* Read TOC entries from the CD. The default uses cdrdao. +* Possibility to use CDDBCHOICE1,CDDBCHOICE2 (i.e., 1,3) to get a diff of two + parsed CDDB entries. +* Added SHOWCDDBFIELDS to define wether to show the YEAR and GENRE fields from + the CDDB output. + +Changes in 2.3: +* Support for mkcue, to create a CUE sheet of the CD structure. It can be used + with "-1" to create a backup, so that later on the original CD can be + recreated. +* New -o :,... way of passing specific options to an + output. Now we can pass specific options without having to modify a config + file. This feature was already present in the last versions of the 2.2 cycle. +* Unix PIPEs, as a second way to encode files with a low disc space. +* Option to erase the "encoded" entries from the status file. Allows one to + encode the wav files (in case they were not erased) into another format. This + is needed until status information is stored for each format. +* The "ogg" output mode will be substituted for "vorbis" in the near future. + This release adds a compatibility layer so that both entries work. +* The FLAC encoder forces the files to be overwritten, in case they previously + exists. This avoids a half-through abcde run to continue without errors in + case it was cancelled during the FLAC encoding. +* Added a post_read() function so that we can do things with the CD before we + eject it. + +Changes in 2.2: + +* Support for MPP/MP+(Musepack) format. It can be downloaded from corecodecs.org. It is supposed to be Free (not only free), and released under the GPL... -* New "-w " option to add a comment for a given CD on the command - line. -* New "-t " option for starting the numbering of the output files at - a given starting number. Ideal for albums with more than one CD. - New "-T " option, similar to "-s" but also modifies the tag entries +* New "-t " option for starting the numbering of the output files at a + given starting number. Ideal for albums with more than one CD. +* New "-T " option, similar to "-t" but also modifies the tag entries on the files themselves. +* New "-w " to add a comment to the tracks of a given CD rip. Use + quotes. +* New "-W " option to combine both a comment with "CD #number" and a + starting number for both the tracks and the tags with "#01" (that is, 101 for + the 1st CD, 201 for the second...) * Support for keeping an existing playlist (and not add new entries to it), erase the existing one (overwrite) or append new entries to the existing one. @@ -68,11 +75,6 @@ Changes in 2.2-pre2: system. * New mungegenre function to switch off (or modify) the default behaviour of transforming uppercase characters to lowercase. -* No network but you have been using abcde with local CDDB storage before? - Use -f and it will try the local CDDB and fallback to an empty template. - -Changes in 2.2-pre1: - * cdparanoia permits performing a query to the CD drive and obtain a list of valid audio tracks. So, now we perform such query and process the results. * Support for "None of the above" has been added with the "0" selection. A @@ -203,13 +205,6 @@ abcde requires the following backend tools to work: * (optional) distmp3, a client/server for distributed mp3 encoding. You can get distmp3 at http://wlug.westbo.se/medlprog/medlprog.html -Potential problems: - -Having trouble getting cdparanoia to read from your drive as a user? Add -yourself to the cdrom group, change the permissions on your cdrom device to 660, -and if you have a SCSI cdrom drive, check the permissions on -/dev/sg* as well. - Abcde's new mailing list is abcde@listas.hispalinux.es. So far has not been actively used. The posts from non-subscribers are moderated to prevent spam. @@ -218,11 +213,9 @@ Archives of the old list are publically available at: http://lly.org/~rcw/abcde/list/current/threads.html Abcde's current page is at http://www.hispalinux.es/~data/abcde.php -Abcde's new homepage will be at http://abcde.hispalinux.es/. Abcde's old homepage is at http://lly.org/~rcw/abcde/page/. -- Jesus Climent -abcde was originally created by Robert Woodcock , but is -currently maintained by Jesus Climent +abcde was originally created by Robert Woodcock