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.
- From version 2.2 onwards, abcde 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.
A. Use "-1" and it will be encoded in a single file. Use "-M" 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 -M" 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
====
single BACKUP flag is most likely needed to use all the needed flags:
"abcde -1 -M -o flac"
* Added the possibility of using a singletrack flac file with an embeded
- cuesheet as a source to extract tracks from.
+ cuesheet as a source to extract tracks from (use -X to specify an external
+ CUE2DISCID implementation; check under examples in the distributed source
+ code or package).
* Added replaygain for Ogg/Vorbis and Ogg/FLAC.
* Added M4A encoding.
* Uses the default found $CDROMREADER instead of forcing cdparanoia when
cdda2wav is installed.
* BATCH mode has been splitted into two options: BATCHNORM and NOGAP.
-* Added -u option for UNICODE (UTF-8) tag encoding.
+* Added -U option for non-UNICODE (UTF-8) tag encoding.
* Added -z for debug.
* Added -f to force the removal of left files.
http://www.iis.fhg.de/amm/download/ or:
* FLAC encoder (flac) or:
* Ogg/Speex encoder (speexenc) or:
-* MPP/MP+(Musepack) encoder (mppenc)
+* MPP/MP+(Musepack) encoder (mppenc) or:
+* AAC encoder (faac)
* normalize-audio for volume normalization.
-* CD Paranoia, an audio CD reading utility,
-* Or cdda2wav, the audio CD reading utility cdparanoia was born from,
-* Or dagrab, another audio CD reading utility.
+* CD Paranoia, an audio CD reading utility or:
+* cdda2wav, the audio CD reading utility cdparanoia was born from or:
+* dagrab, another audio CD reading utility.
* cd-discid, a CDDB DiscID reading program. Formerly bundled with abcde.
It's available in Debian or http://www.hispalinux.es/~data/files/cd-discid/
* An HTTP retrieval program: wget, fetch (FreeBSD) or curl (MacOSX)
if $METAFLAC $METAFLACOPTS --export-cuesheet-to=- "$CDROM" > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
case "$CUE2DISCID" in
builtin)
+ #vecho "Using builtin cue2discid implementation..."
CUESHEET="$(metaflac $METAFLACOPTS --export-cuesheet-to=- "$CDROM")"
#TRACKS=$(echo $CUESHEET | egrep "TRACK \+[[:digit:]]\+ \+AUDIO" |wc -l)
makeids
;;
*)
+ #vecho "Using external python cue2discid implementation..."
TRACKINFO=$($METAFLAC $METAFLACOPTS --export-cuesheet-to=- "$CDROM" | $CUE2DISCID)
;;
esac
MKCUE=mkcue
MKTOC=cdrdao
DIFF=diff
-CUE2DISCID=cue2discid
+CUE2DISCID=builtin
# Options for programs called from abcde
# mp3
# Parse command line options
#while getopts 1a:bc:C:d:Dehj:klLmMnNo:pPr:Rs:S:t:T:vVxw:W: opt ; do
-while getopts 1a:bBc:C:d:Defghj:klLmMnNo:pPr:s:S:t:T:uvVxw:W:z opt ; do
+while getopts 1a:bBc:C:d:Defghj:klLmMnNo:pPr:s:S:t:T:uvVxX:w:W:z opt ; do
case "$opt" in
1) ONETRACK=y ;;
a) ACTIONS="$OPTARG" ;;
;;
V) EXTRAVERBOSE="y" ;;
x) EJECTCD="y" ;;
+ X) CUE2DISCID="$OPTARG" ;;
w) COMMENT="$OPTARG" ;;
W) if echo $OPTARG | grep "[[:digit:]]" > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
STARTTRACKNUMBER="${OPTARG}01" ; STARTTRACKNUMBERTAG="y" ; COMMENT="CD${OPTARG}"
fi
;;
z) DEBUG=y ; CDROMREADERSYNTAX=debug ; EJECTCD="n" ;;
- Z) CUE2DISCID=builtin;;
?) usage; exit ;;
esac
done
.TP
.B *
Repeat until finished
+.P
+Alternatively,
+.B abcde
+can also grab a CD and turn it into a single FLAC file with an embedded
+cuesheet which can be user later on as a source for other formats, and will be
+treated as if it was the original CD. In a way,
+.B abcde
+can take a compressed backup of your CD collection.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-1
Create a CUE file with information about the CD. Together with the possibility
of creating a single file (see option "\-1"), one can recreate the original CD.
If the cuesheet is embedded in a flac single file it can be used as source for
-encoding other formats.
+encoding other formats (see option "\-d").
.TP
.B \-o [filetype][:filetypeoptions]
Select output type. Can be "vorbis" (or "ogg"), "mp3", "flac", "spx", "mpc",
Eject the CD when all tracks have been read. See the EJECTCD configuration
variable.
.TP
+.B \-X [cue2discid]
+Use an alternative "cue2discid" implementation. The name of the binary must be
+exactly that. abcde comes with an implementation in python under the examples
+directory. The special keyword "builtin" forces the usage of the internal
+(default) implementation in shell script.
+.TP
.B \-w [comment]
Add a comment to the tracks ripped from the CD.
.TP
VORBIZE, OGGENC, FLAC, SPEEXENC, MPPENC, AACEND, ID3, ID3V2, EYED3, METAFLAC,
CDPARANOIA, CDDA2WAV, CDDAFS, CDDISCID, CDDBTOOL, EJECT, MD5SUM, DISTMP3,
VORBISCOMMENT, NORMALIZE, CDSPEED, MP3GAIN, VORBISGAIN, MPPGAIN, MKCUE, MKTOC,
-DIFF and HTTPGET.
+CUE2DISCID (see option "\-X"), DIFF and HTTPGET.
.TP
.B COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
If you wish to specify command-line options to any of the programs abcde uses,
'-p' in the command line.
.TP
.B VAOUTPUTFORMAT
-Just like OUTPUTFORMAT but for Various Artists discs. Default is whatever
-OUTPUTFORMAT is set to.
+Just like OUTPUTFORMAT but for Various Artists discs. The default is 'Various-${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACKNUM}.${ARTISTFILE}-${TRACKFILE}'
+.TP
+.B ONETRACKOUTPUTFORMAT
+Just like OUTPUTFORMAT but for single-track rips (see option "\-1"). The default is '${ARTISTFILE}-${ALBUMFILE}/${ALBUMFILE}'
+.TP
+.B VAONETRACKOUTPUTFORMAT
+Just like ONETRACKOUTPUTFORMAT but for Various Artists discs. The default is 'Various-${ALBUMFILE}/${ALBUMFILE}'
.TP
.B MAXPROCS
Defines how many encoders to run at once. This makes for huge speedups
* Updated config file with some new AAC bits.
* Updated FSF address.
* Corrected NetBSD options for ftp (Thanks to Marius).
+ * Added an internal implementation of cue2discid, so there is no need for an
+ external program to do the conversion. Thanks to Michael (sorry, his mail
+ does not have a surname).
- -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:56:44 +0300
+ -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:09:32 +0300
abcde (2.3.99.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
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