X-Git-Url: https://git.hcoop.net/clinton/abcde.git/blobdiff_plain/9f659adac68c1a038d7c112806aba0d56bccc741..7acef70b718082c76c122caae92aadb4bbb55ef1:/FAQ diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index a62c2fe..f8caadf 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ A. That is not possible, since abcde gets the information from CDDB database. You can create a template and fill it with the option "-n". Q. What formats can I encode my music to? -A. As for version 2.1.7, abcde includes support for MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, - Ogg/Speex and Flac. +A. As for version 2.2, abcde includes support for MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, + Ogg/Speex, Flac and MPP/MP+(Musepack). Q. I have a CD with a data track, and abcde complaints it cannot read/encode it. @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ A. It is not easy to find a data track on a CD. Right now, I can only think 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. Q. How can I separate the different output files I get using multiple-output support? @@ -83,8 +85,9 @@ A. Try using "-m" when creating the playlists, or setting DOSPLAYLIST as an Q. I am requested to have eject when setting the speed although I do not use for anything. A. If you do not use cdparanoia, eject is used for setting the speed of the - cdrom drive. You can substitute it for "cdset" with "-x" as the argument, - but you have to install it manually. + cdrom drive. You can substitute it for "setcd" with "-x" as the argument, + but you have to install it manually (setcd is, at least, available in + Debian). Another way to get the same results is using the pre_read function, defined in your /etc/abcde.conf file. @@ -100,6 +103,12 @@ A. Patches are welcome! ;) source/free software, it should be fairly easy to integrate. Support for AAC (m4p) should be the next one to be introduced. +Q. (Thanks to Amaya) Where are those options and settings defined? Why dont + you include a proper abcde.conf as an example? +A. I do. It should be installed under /etc/abcde.conf and contains more or + less all the defaults abcde uses. You can use $(HOME)/.abcde.conf to + override those defaults. + OBSOLETE -------- Q. I set KEEPWAVS to "y" but abcde insists on erasing my directory, along