X-Git-Url: https://git.hcoop.net/clinton/abcde.git/blobdiff_plain/81bc6204b5e55cb49c86639809d99dc2b77d200e..b8d3298b2658dd405fc8fbdda7128622211bc97e:/FAQ diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 731e78f..1412acf 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -14,24 +14,42 @@ Q. How can I install abcde on my system? A. To get abcde you can use a pre-packaged version, available for Debian, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and others. In case you want to install your own release, you need to download the - sources and install the complementary programs (abcde is just a frontend + source and install the complementary programs (abcde is just a frontend and its functionality is provided by other programs). - Read abcde needs cd-discid. Grab it from: http://www.hispalinux.es/~data/files/cd-discid/ Read the README files for a complete list of requirements. + +Q. I have a problem, and I reported some time ago. Have you solved it already? +A. Maybe. Try downloading the trunk of the development from + http://svn.hispalinux.es/svn/abcde/trunk +Q. When are you going to release a new version? +A. When it is ready. I keep on having new ideas and adding them to the trunk + (stored in the URL above), so I dont release until all the ideas are + finished. + 2. EXECUTION ========= +Q. I want to force abcde 2.x to behave more like 1.x. How do I do it? +A. Put these options in your abcde.conf: + + INTERACTIVE=n + OUTPUTTYPE=mp3 + ID3TAGV=1 + Q. Low on disk space? A. abcde has different algorithms to schedule ripping and encoding - to optimize for disk conservation, use -l. You can also define WAVOUTPUTDIR=/some/other/path to your /etc/abcde.conf or ~/.abcde.conf to store the WAV files on another NFS shared fisk, for example. + Also, UNIX pipes have also been implemented, using "-P", so abcde reads and + encodes the tracks from the CD at once. However, it has the drawback that + only one format can be encoded at a time. Q. How can i make abcde encode faster? My CD reader is way faster than the pace it can encode my tracks. @@ -96,13 +114,13 @@ A. Use the OUTPUT variable in PLAYLISTFORMAT and OUTPUTFORMAT. It holds the Q. I have a CD with a data track, and abcde complaints it cannot read/encode it. -A. It is not easy to find a data track on a CD. Right now, I can only think +A. From version 2.2 onwards, abcde includes some checkings with cdparanoia, to + try to get this right. + (It is not easy to find a data track on a CD. Right now, I can only think of getting the track info from CDDB and ask the user for continuing should a "data" track name is found. But the solution is far from been optimal. For now, if you find a "data" track and you know the number, restart abcde - specifying the tracks to be encoded, leaving out the data one. - Version 2.2 includes some checkings with cdparanoia, to try to get this - right. + specifying the tracks to be encoded, leaving out the data one). Q. I am requested to have "eject" when setting the speed although I do not use it for anything. @@ -120,13 +138,23 @@ A. Set abcde to rip the first CD and give it the option "-t 101". Use a generic entries. Use "-t 201" for the second CD and so on. Use "-w " to add a comment about the CD you are ripping (-w "disc #"). Alternatively you can use only the "-t ###" option and then move all the files to the same - directory. If you want the tagged track number to be set to the modified - number you should use "-T ###". Even more! If you use "-W ", - abcde will put a comment to every CD set ("CD ") and use modify the - number of the tracks. + directory, but the tag/comment information on the files will differ. If you + want the tagged track number to be set to the modified number you should use + "-T ###". + Even better! If you use "-W ", abcde will put a comment to every + CD set ("CD ") and modify the number of the tracks both in the file + name and the tag/comment information. Q. I have a live concert. I want to encode it in a single file. How do i do it? -A. Use "-1" and it will be encoded in a single file. +A. Use "-1" and it will be encoded in a single file. Use "cue" as an action to + make a CUE sheet file where the information about the tracks is stored. + +Q. Can I use abcde to take a backup of my CD collection? +A. Yes. Use "abcde -1 -o flac -a default,cue" and it will create a single-track + FLAC file with an embedded cuesheet. Later on, you can use the command + "abcde -o vorbis -d flac-file.flac" to extract the individual tracks in + Ogg/Vorbis format. Of course you can select whatever format you want. + 3. CDDB ==== @@ -149,6 +177,11 @@ Q. How can I use some other CDDB information provider? A. abcde now uses FreeDB by default. To use a different FreeDB mirror or another CDDB service, change the CDDBURL option in your abcde.conf. +Q. After requesting CDDB data, I received several answers which seem to be + quite alike. Can I find out the difference between some of them? +A. Yes. When asked which one you want to select, use "X,Y" where X and Y are + the numbers of the selections you want to find the difference between. + 3. FORMATS ======= @@ -181,14 +214,14 @@ A. Since MP3 is considered non-free (you get it for free, but hardware players now. For that reason some people prefer to encode to MP3. UPDATE *** UPDATE - There are at least 3 known brands already selling Ogg/Vorbis portable - players: Rio, iRiver and Neuros. + There are known brands already selling Ogg/Vorbis portable players: Rio, + iRiver, Neuros, iAudio,... Go buy one and you have no more reasons to use MP3. If you are among those individuals, you might need to add support for MP3 encoding to your system: - Debian : check http://marillat.free.fr to install lame in your system. - others prefer bladeenc. Check www.apt-get.org or google. + Debian : check http://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat to install lame in your + system. Others prefer bladeenc. Check www.apt-get.org or google. RedHat : search on rpmfind.net FreeBSD: By default includes LAME support. OpenBSD: Available by specifying you want to install the port with LAME