X-Git-Url: https://git.hcoop.net/clinton/abcde.git/blobdiff_plain/c9c2ca2730a901eb83ebbdb15522bd2a5849b64f..72d7162b7cd80d0c48b3572b5087e3d46cb35b36:/FAQ diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 8fe8ef9..49a35f5 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -1,4 +1,11 @@ +Q. What happened with normalize? +A. Normalize has changed its name under Debian, which is the GNU/Linux + distribution for developing abcde (well, is The GNU/Linux Distribution + i only use, at the moment). Now it is called normalize-audio. + If you are using some other flavour of OS, you need to change the name + of the executable in your abcde.conf file. + Q. I am using MacOSX and I am having problems to use abcde. 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 @@ -14,8 +21,8 @@ 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 +31,8 @@ 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? @@ -83,11 +92,30 @@ 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. +Q. Huh! Why is MPPENCODER (with MPP) and .mpc the extension? +A. Dunno. You must ask the guys who created and defined the format. The + standard is MPEGplus (MPP/MP+) but the files use .mpc extension. + +Q. I want the new *put the newest and coolest codec there* format to be + supported by abcde. Abcde is so cool but i want to encode also to this + new format... +A. Patches are welcome! ;) + No, seriously, if the format is usable, available for Linux and open + 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