X-Git-Url: https://git.hcoop.net/clinton/abcde.git/blobdiff_plain/ae9416831972ecb8d0af453f3214c56d368d6224..f23ce7009ea5b5d89e5898280d86d97e98205df9:/FAQ diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 5504bf7..8e136ae 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ Q. Who created abcde? Who develops it nowadays? A. It was originally created by Robert Woodcook. He decided to give up - maintaining it at some point in 2002 and Jesus Climent took over. Contact - jesus.climent@hispalinux.es if you have a problem or a suggestion. + maintaining it at some point in 2002 and Jesus Climent took over. In 2012, + Colin Tuckley and Steve McIntyre joined in to help. Contact + jesus.climent@hispalinux.es, colint@debian.org or 93sam@debian.org if you + have a problem or a suggestion. 1. INSTALLATION @@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ A. To get abcde you can use a pre-packaged version, available for Debian, 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 - https://subversion.pumuki.org/svn/abcde/trunk + http://abcde.googlecode.com/svn/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 @@ -156,8 +158,8 @@ A. Yes. Use "abcde -1 -o flac -a default,cue" and it will create a single-track Ogg/Vorbis format. Of course you can select whatever format you want. -3. CDDB - ==== +3. CDDB and Musicbrainz + ==================== Q. I need to go through an HTTP proxy for CDDB access. A. No problem, just export your http_proxy variable first so wget/fetch/curl @@ -182,6 +184,8 @@ Q. After requesting CDDB data, I received several answers which seem to be 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. +Q. I don't like CDDB/FreeDB. How can I use Musicbrainz instead? +A. Set CDDBMETHOD=musicbrainz and try it! 3. FORMATS ======= @@ -250,9 +254,9 @@ A. Well, I have a Mac, but I use linux on it. I have not been able to find a way to make it work there, since I do not have the development tools installed. I have placed a basic support, but some user reports are just complaining about abcde not encoding the ripped tracks, as if - cdda2wav/cdparanoia/cddafs would never end reading them. If you have such - a system and experience problems, please, report them, and I will try to - work them out with your help. + icedax/cdda2wav/cdparanoia/cddafs would never end reading them. If you have + such a system and experience problems, please, report them, and I will + try to work them out with your help. Q. My hardware player (put it here) does not recognize the playlists created with abcde. What I am doing wrong?