From fd34b28b11bcc1d0bdc45956b86d7195dff66be6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: data Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 17:49:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated FAQ. Applied patches from Fedora Core. git-svn-id: http://abcde.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@83 a0fa61bc-5347-0410-a1a9-7f54aa4e1825 --- FAQ | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- abcde | 4 ++++ cddb-tool | 4 ++-- debian/changelog | 4 +++- 4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index f05fc74..660be22 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -16,18 +16,21 @@ A. To get abcde you can use a pre-packaged version, available for Debian, 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 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. When are you going to - release a new version? -A. Try downloading the trunk of the development from - http://svn.hispalinux.es:8080/svn/abcde/trunk +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 ========= @@ -37,6 +40,9 @@ 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. @@ -106,8 +112,8 @@ 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. + From version 2.2 onwards, abcde includes some checkings with cdparanoia, to + try to get this right. Q. I am requested to have "eject" when setting the speed although I do not use it for anything. @@ -125,13 +131,16 @@ 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 "-M" to make a CUE + sheet file where the information about the tracks is stored. 3. CDDB ==== @@ -186,8 +195,8 @@ 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 diff --git a/abcde b/abcde index 1649671..2390440 100755 --- a/abcde +++ b/abcde @@ -1708,8 +1708,12 @@ do_cddbedit () # If that fails, check for a vi elif which vi >/dev/null 2>&1; then vi "$CDDBDATA" + elif [ -x /usr/bin/vim ]; then + /usr/bin/vim "$CDDBDATA" elif [ -x /usr/bin/vi ]; then /usr/bin/vi "$CDDBDATA" + elif [ -x /bin/vi ]; then + /bin/vi "$CDDBDATA" # nano should be on all (modern, i.e., sarge) debian systems elif which nano >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then nano "$CDDBDATA" diff --git a/cddb-tool b/cddb-tool index 22a6fdd..430e091 100755 --- a/cddb-tool +++ b/cddb-tool @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ parse) # takes 1 argument, a filename, and dumps out a sh parseable version DARTISTALBUM=$(grep ^DTITLE= "$CDDBFILE" | cut -f2- -d= | tr -d \\n | sed 's- / -~-g' | tr -d \[:cntrl:\]) DARTIST=$(echo "$DARTISTALBUM" | cut -f1 -d~ | sed 's,\\,\\\\,g;s,\([\"\$\`]\),\\\1,g' | tr -d \[:cntrl:\]) DALBUM=$(echo "$DARTISTALBUM" | cut -f2 -d~ | sed 's,\\,\\\\,g;s,\([\"\$\`]\),\\\1,g' | tr -d \[:cntrl:\]) - CDDBGENRE=$(grep '^#CATEGORY=' "$CDDBFILE" | cut -f2- -d=) + CDDBGENRE=$(grep '^#CATEGORY=' "$CDDBFILE" | cut -f2- -d= | tr -d \[:cntrl:\]) if grep "^DYEAR" "$CDDBFILE" 2>&1 > /dev/null ; then CDYEAR=$(grep "^DYEAR" "$CDDBFILE" | cut -f2- -d= | tr -d \[:cntrl:\]) elif grep YEAR "$CDDBFILE" 2>&1 > /dev/null ; then @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ send) # cddb-tool send filename email@address FILE="$1" ADDRESS="$2" DISCID=$(grep ^DISCID= "$FILE" | cut -f2 -d= | tr -d \[:cntrl:\]) - CDDBGENRE=$(grep '^#CATEGORY=' "$FILE" | cut -f2- -d=) + CDDBGENRE=$(grep '^#CATEGORY=' "$FILE" | cut -f2- -d= | tr -d \[:cntrl:\]) grep -v "^#CATEGORY=" "$FILE" | mail -s "cddb $CDDBGENRE $DISCID" "$ADDRESS" ;; diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index ddf91cc..2672cdd 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ abcde (2.3.0-1) unstable; urgency=low * Added CUE support. Still experimental... * Added FLAC on Ogg. Still not activated, since we cannot get comments added as a post-process action. + * Applied patches from Fedora Core (Credit goes to Nils Philippsen + ) - -- Jesus Climent Sun, 7 Aug 2005 01:57:11 +0300 + -- Jesus Climent Sun, 7 Aug 2005 18:26:48 +0300 abcde (2.2.6-1) unstable; urgency=low -- 2.20.1