1abcde(1) General Commands Manual abcde(1)
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6 abcde - Grab an entire CD and compress it to Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC,
7 Ogg/Speex and/or MPP/MP+(Musepack) format.
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10 abcde [options] [tracks]
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13 Ordinarily, the process of grabbing the data off a CD and encoding it,
14 then tagging or commenting it, is very involved. abcde is designed to
15 automate this. It will take an entire CD and convert it into a com‐
16 pressed audio format - Ogg/Vorbis, MPEG Audio Layer III, Free Lossless
17 Audio Codec (FLAC), Ogg/Speex, MPP/MP+(Musepack) and/or M4A (AAC) for‐
18 mat(s). With one command, it will:
19 * Do a CDDB query over the Internet to look up your CD or use a
21 locally stored CDDB entry
22 * Grab an audio track (or all the audio CD tracks) from your CD
24 * Normalize the volume of the individual file (or the album as a
26 single unit)
27 * Compress to Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, Ogg/Speex, MPP/MP+(Musepack)
29 and/or M4A format(s), all in one CD read
30 * Comment or ID3/ID3v2 tag
32 * Give an intelligible filename
34 * Calculate replaygain values for the individual file (or the
36 album as a single unit)
37 * Delete the intermediate WAV file (or save it for later use)
39 * Repeat until finished
41 Alternatively, abcde can also grab a CD and turn it into a single FLAC
43 file with an embedded cuesheet which can be user later on as a source
44 for other formats, and will be treated as if it was the original CD. In
45 a way, abcde can take a compressed backup of your CD collection.
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48 -1 Encode the whole CD in a single file. The resulting file uses
49 the CD title for tagging. If the resulting format is a flac file
50 with an embedded cuesheet, the file can be used as a source for
51 creating other formats. Use "-1 -o flac -a default,cue" for
52 obtaining such a file.
53 -a [actions]
55 Comma-delimited list of actions to perform. Can be one or more
56 of: cddb, cue, read, normalize, encode, tag, move, replaygain,
57 playlist, clean. Normalize and encode imply read. Tag implies
58 cddb, read, encode. Move implies cddb, read, encode, tag.
59 Replaygain implies cddb, read, encode, tag and move. Playlist
60 implies cddb. The default is to do all actions except cue, nor‐
61 malize, replaygain and playlist.
62 -b Enable batch mode normalization. See the BATCHNORM configuration
64 variable.
65 -B Disable batch mode replaygain. It processes file by file to add
67 the replaygain information. See the NOBATCHREPLAYGAIN configura‐
68 tion variable.
69 -c [filename]
71 Specifies an additional configuration file to parse. Configura‐
72 tion options in this file override those in /etc/abcde.conf or
73 $HOME/.abcde.conf.
74 -C [discid]
76 Allows you to resume a session for discid when you no longer
77 have the CD available (abcde will automatically resume if you
78 still have the CD in the drive). You must have already finished
79 at least the "read" action during the previous session.
80 -d [devicename | filename]
82 CD-ROM block device that contains audio tracks to be read.
83 Alternatively, a single-track flac file with embedded cuesheet.
84 -D Capture debugging information (you'll want to redirect this -
86 try 'abcde -D 2>logfile')
87 -e Erase information about encoded tracks from the internal status
89 file, to enable other encodings if the wav files have been kept.
90 -f Force the removal of the temporary ABCDETEMPDIR directory, even
92 when we have not finished. For example, one can read and encode
93 several formats, including ´.ogg´, and later on execute a ´move´
94 action with only one of the given formats. On a normal situation
95 it would erase the rest of those encoded formats. In this case,
96 abcde will refuse to execute such command, except if -f is used.
97 -g Enable lame's --nogap option. See the NOGAP variable. WARNING:
99 lame's --nogap disables the Xing mp3 tag. This tag is required
100 for mp3 players to correctly display track lengths when playing
101 variable-bit-rate mp3 files.
102 -h Get help information.
104 -j [number]
106 Start [number] encoder processes at once. Useful for SMP sys‐
107 tems. Overrides the MAXPROCS configuration variable. Set it to
108 "0" when using distmp3 to avoid local encoding processes.
109 -k Keep the wav files after encoding.
111 -l Use the low-diskspace algorithm. See the LOWDISK configuration
113 variable.
114 -L Use a local CDDB repository. See CDDBLOCALDIR variable.
116 -n Do not query CDDB database. Create and use a template. Edit the
118 template to provide song names, artist(s), ...
119 -N Non interactive mode. Do not ask anything from the user. Just go
121 ahead.
122 -m Create DOS-style playlists, modifying the resulting one by
124 adding CRLF line endings. Some hardware players insist on having
125 those to work.
126 -o [filetype][:filetypeoptions]
128 Select output type. Can be "vorbis" (or "ogg"), "mp3", "flac",
129 "spx", "mpc", "m4a" or "wav". Specify a comma-delimited list of
130 output types to obtain all specified types. See the OUTPUTTYPE
131 configuration variable. One can pass options to the encoder for
132 a specific filetype on the command line separating them with a
133 colon. The options must be escaped with double-quotes.
134 -p Pads track numbers with 0´s.
136 -P Use Unix PIPES to read and encode in one step. It disables mul‐
138 tiple encodings, since the WAV audio file is never stored in the
139 disc.
140 -q [quality]
142 Use a pre-defined quality level for the encoding process.
143 Defined as low, medium or high. The "medium" value is used to
144 reset the default values if other are used in the config
145 file(s).
146 -r [hosts...]
148 Remote encode on this comma-delimited list of machines using
149 distmp3. See the REMOTEHOSTS configuration variable.
150 -R When CDDBLOCALDIR and CDDBUSELOCAL are defined, search recur‐
152 sively under the defined directory for matches of the CDDB
153 entry.
154 -s [fields...]
156 List, separated by commas, the fields to be shown in the CDDB
157 parsed entries. Right now it only uses "year" and "genre".
158 -S [speed]
160 Set the speed of the CD drive. Needs CDSPEED and CDSPEEDOPTS set
161 properly and both the program and device must support the capa‐
162 bility.
163 -t [number]
165 Start the numbering of the tracks at a given number. It only
166 affects the filenames and the playlist. Internal (tag) numbering
167 remains the same.
168 -T [number]
170 Same as -t but changes also the internal (tag) numbering. Keep
171 in mind that the default TRACK tag for MP3 is $T/$TRACKS so it
172 is changed to simply $T.
173 -U Set CDDBPROTO to version 5, so that we retrieve ISO-8859-15
175 encoded CDDB information, and we tag and add comments with
176 Latin1 encoding.
177 -v Show the version and exit
179 -V Be a bit more verbose. On slow networks the CDDB requests might
181 give the sensation nothing is happening.
182 -x Eject the CD when all tracks have been read. See the EJECTCD
184 configuration variable.
185 -X [cue2discid]
187 Use an alternative "cue2discid" implementation. The name of the
188 binary must be exactly that. abcde comes with an implementation
189 in python under the examples directory. The special keyword
190 "builtin" forces the usage of the internal (default) implementa‐
191 tion in shell script.
192 -w [comment]
194 Add a comment to the tracks ripped from the CD.
195 -W [number]
197 Concatenate CD´s. It uses the number provided to define a com‐
198 ment "CD #" and to modify the numbering of the tracks, starting
199 with "#01". For Ogg/Vorbis and FLAC files, it also defines a
200 DISCNUMBER tag.
201 -z DEBUG mode: it will rip, using cdparanoia, the very first second
203 of each track and proceed with the actions requested very
204 quickly, also providing some "hidden" information about what
205 happens on the background. CAUTION: IT WILL ERASE ANY EXISTING
206 RIPS WITHOUT WARNING!
207 [tracks]
209 A list of tracks you want abcde to process. If this isn't speci‐
210 fied, abcde will process the entire CD. Accepts ranges of track
211 numbers - "abcde 1-5 7 9" will process tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7,
212 and 9.
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215 Each track is, by default, placed in a separate file named after the
216 track in a subdirectory named after the artist under the current direc‐
217 tory. This can be modified using the OUTPUTFORMAT and VAOUTPUTFORMAT
218 variables in your abcde.conf. Each file is given an extension identify‐
219 ing its compression format, 'vorbis' for '.ogg', '.mp3', '.flac',
220 '.spx', '.mpc', '.aac' or '.wav'.
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223 abcde sources two configuration files on startup - /etc/abcde.conf and
224 $HOME/.abcde.conf, in that order.
225 The configuration options stated on those files can be overridden by
227 providing
228 the appropriate flags at runtime.
229 The configuration variables have to be set as follows:
231 VARIABLE=value
233 Except when "value" needs to be quoted or otherwise interpreted.
234 If other variables within "value" are to be expanded upon read‐
235 ing the configuration file, then double quotes should be used.
236 If they are only supposed to be expanded upon use (for example
237 OUTPUTFORMAT) then single quotes must be used.
238 All sh escaping/quoting rules apply.
240 Here is a list of options abcde recognizes:
242 CDDBMETHOD
244 Specifies the method we want to use to retrieve the track infor‐
245 mation. Two values are recognized: "cddb" and "musicbrainz". The
246 "cddb" value needs the CDDBURL and HELLOINFO variables described
247 below. The "musicbrainz" value uses Python to establish a con‐
248 versation with the server for information retrieval.
249 CDDBURL
251 Specifies a server to use for CDDB lookups.
252 CDDBPROTO
254 Specifies the protocol version used for the CDDB retrieval of
255 results. Version 6 retrieves CDDB entries in UTF-8 format.
256 HELLOINFO
258 Specifies the Hello information to send to the CDDB server. The
259 CDDB protocol requires you to send a valid username and hostname
260 each time you connect. The format of this is username@hostname.
261 CDDBLOCALDIR
263 Specifies a directory where we store a local CDDB repository.
264 The entries must be standard CDDB entries, with the filename
265 being the DISCID value. Other CD playing and ripping programs
266 (like Grip) store the entries under ~/.cddb and we can make use
267 of those entries.
268 CDDBLOCALRECURSIVE
270 Specifies if the CDDBLOCALDIR has to be searched recursively
271 trying to find a match for the CDDB entry. If a match is found
272 and selected, and CDDBCOPYLOCAL is selected, it will be copied
273 to the root of the CDDBLOCALDIR if CDDBLOCALPOLICY is "modified"
274 or "new".
275 CDDBLOCALPOLICY
277 Defines when a CDDB entry should be stored in the defined
278 CDDBLOCALDIR. The possible policies are: "net" for a CDDB entry
279 which has been received from the net (overwriting any possible
280 local CDDB entry); "new" for a CDDB entry which was received
281 from the net, but will request confirmation to overwrite a local
282 CDDB entry found in the root of the CDDBLOCALDIR directory;
283 "modified" for a CDDB entry found in the local repository but
284 which has been modified by the user; and "always" which forces
285 the CDDB entry to be stored back in the root of the CDDBLOCALDIR
286 no matter where it was found, and no matter it was not edited.
287 This last option will always overwrite the one found in the root
288 of the local repository (if any). STILL NOT WORKING!!
289 CDDBCOPYLOCAL
291 Store local copies of the CDDB entries under the $CDDBLOCALDIR
292 directory.
293 CDDBUSELOCAL
295 Actually use the stored copies of the CDDB entries. Can be over‐
296 ridden using the "-L" flag (if is CDDBUSELOCAL in "n"). If an
297 entry is found, we always give the choice of retrieving a CDDB
298 entry from the internet.
299 SHOWCDDBFIELDS
301 Coma-separated list of fields we want to parse during the CDDB
302 parsing. Defaults to "year,genre".
303 OGGENCODERSYNTAX
305 Specifies the style of encoder to use for the Ogg/Vorbis
306 encoder. Valid options are ´oggenc´ (default for Ogg/Vorbis) and
307 ´vorbize´. This affects the default location of the binary, the
308 variable to pick encoder command-line options from, and where
309 the options are given.
310 MP3ENCODERSYNTAX
312 Specifies the style of encoder to use for the MP3 encoder. Valid
313 options are ´lame´ (default for MP3), ´gogo´, ´bladeenc´,
314 ´l3enc´ and ´mp3enc´. Affects the same way as explained above
315 for Ogg/Vorbis.
316 FLACENCODERSYNTAX
318 Specifies the style of encoder to use for the FLAC encoder. At
319 this point only ´flac´ is available for FLAC encoding.
320 SPEEXENCODERSYNTAX
322 Specifies the style of encoder to use for Speex encoder. At this
323 point only ´speexenc´ is available for Ogg/Speex encoding.
324 MPPENCODERSYNTAX
326 Specifies the style of encoder to use for MPP/MP+ (Musepack)
327 encoder. At this point we only have ´mppenc´ available, from
328 corecodecs.org.
329 AACENCODERSYNTAX
331 Specifies the style of encoder to use for M4A (AAC) encoder. At
332 this point we only support ´faac´, so ´default´ points to it.
333 NORMALIZERSYNTAX
335 Specifies the style of normalizer to use. Valid options are
336 ´default´ and ´normalize' (and both run ´normalize´), since we
337 only support it, ATM.
338 CDROMREADERSYNTAX
340 Specifies the style of cdrom reader to use. Valid options are
341 ´cdparanoia´, ´debug´ and ´flac´. It is used for querying the
342 CDROM and obtain a list of valid tracks and DATA tracks. The
343 special ´flac´ case is used to "rip" CD tracks from a single-
344 track flac file.
345 CUEREADERSYNTAX
347 Specifies the syntax of the program we use to read the CD CUE
348 sheet. Right now we only support ´mkcue´, but in the future
349 other readers might be used.
350 KEEPWAVS
352 It defaults to no, so if you want to keep those wavs ripped from
353 your CD, set it to "y". You can use the "-k" switch in the com‐
354 mand line. The default behaviour with KEEPWAVS set is to keep
355 the temporary directory and the wav files even you have
356 requested the "clean" action.
357 PADTRACKS
359 If set to "y", it adds 0's to the file numbers to complete a
360 two-number holder. Useful when encoding tracks 1-9.
361 INTERACTIVE
363 Set to "n" if you want to perform automatic rips, without user
364 intervention.
365 NICE VALUES
367 Define the values for priorities (nice values) for the different
368 CPU-hungry processes: encoding (ENCNICE), CDROM read (READNICE)
369 and distributed encoder with distmp3 (DISTMP3NICE).
370 PATHNAMES
372 The following configuration file options specify the pathnames
373 of their respective utilities: LAME, TOOLAME, GOGO, BLADEENC,
374 L3ENC, XINGMP3ENC, MP3ENC, VORBIZE, OGGENC, FLAC, SPEEXENC,
375 MPPENC, AACEND, ID3, ID3V2, EYED3, METAFLAC, CDPARANOIA,
376 CDDA2WAV, CDDAFS, CDDISCID, CDDBTOOL, EJECT, MD5SUM, DISTMP3,
377 VORBISCOMMENT, NORMALIZE, CDSPEED, MP3GAIN, VORBISGAIN, MPPGAIN,
378 MKCUE, MKTOC, CUE2DISCID (see option "-X"), DIFF and HTTPGET.
379 COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
381 If you wish to specify command-line options to any of the pro‐
382 grams abcde uses, set the following configuration file options:
383 LAMEOPTS, TOOLAMEOPTS, GOGOOPTS, BLADEENCOPTS, L3ENCOPTS,
384 XINGMP3ENCOPTS, MP3ENCOPTS, VORBIZEOPTS, OGGENCOPTS, FLACOPTS,
385 SPEEXENCOPTS, MPPENCOPTS, AACENCOPTS, ID3OPTS, ID3V2OPTS,
386 MP3GAINOPTS, CDPARANOIAOPTS, CDDA2WAVOPTS, CDDAFSOPTS,
387 CDDBTOOLOPTS, EJECTOPTS, DISTMP3OPTS, NORMALIZEOPTS,
388 CDSPEEDOPTS, MKCUEOPTS, VORBISCOMMMENTOPTS, METAFLACOPTS, DIF‐
389 FOPTS, FLACGAINOPTS, VORBISGAINOPTS and HTTPGETOPTS.
390 CDSPEEDVALUE
392 Set the value of the CDROM speed. The default is to read the
393 disc as fast as the reading program and the system permits. The
394 steps are defined as 150kB/s (1x).
395 ACTIONS
397 The default actions to be performed when reading a disc.
398 CDROM If set, it points to the CD-Rom device which has to be used for
400 audio extraction. Abcde tries to guess the right device, but it
401 may fail. The special ´flac´ option is defined to extract tracks
402 from a single-track flac file.
403 CDPARANOIACDROMBUS
405 Defined as "d" when using cdparanoia with an IDE bus and as "g"
406 when using cdparanoia with the ide-scsi emulation layer.
407 OUTPUTDIR
409 Specifies the directory to place completed tracks/playlists in.
410 WAVOUTPUTDIR
412 Specifies the temporary directory to store .wav files in. Abcde
413 may use up to 700MB of temporary space for each session
414 (although it is rare to use over 100MB for a machine that can
415 encode music as fast as it can read it).
416 OUTPUTTYPE
418 Specifies the encoding format to output, as well as the default
419 extension and encoder. Defaults to "vorbis". Valid settings are
420 "vorbis" (or "ogg") (Ogg/Vorbis), "mp3" (MPEG-1 Audio Layer
421 III), "flac" (Free Lossless Audio Codec), "spx" (Ogg/Speex),
422 "mpc" (MPP/MP+ (Musepack)), "m4a" (for M4A (AAC)) or "wav" (Mi‐
423 crosoft Waveform). Values like "vorbis,mp3" encode the tracks in
424 both Ogg/Vorbis and MP3 formats. For example
425 OUTPUTTYPE=vorbis,flac
426 For each value in OUTPUTTYPE, abcde expands a different process
427 for encoding, tagging and moving, so you can use the format
428 placeholder, OUTPUT, to create different subdirectories to hold
429 the different types. The variable OUTPUT will be 'vorbis',
430 'mp3', 'flac', 'spx', 'mpc', 'm4a' and/or 'wav', depending on
431 the OUTPUTTYPE you define. For example
432 OUTPUTFORMAT='${OUTPUT}/${ARTISTFILE}/${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACK‐
433 NUM}._${TRACKFILE}'
434 OUTPUTFORMAT
436 Specifies the format for completed Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC,
437 Ogg/Speex, MPP/MP+ (Musepack) or M4A filenames. Variables are
438 included using standard shell syntax. Allowed variables are
439 GENRE, ALBUMFILE, ARTISTFILE, TRACKFILE, TRACKNUM, and YEAR.
440 Default is ´${ARTISTFILE}-${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACKNUM}-${TRACK‐
441 FILE}´. Make sure to use single quotes around this variable.
442 TRACKNUM is automatically zero-padded, when the number of
443 encoded tracks is higher than 9. When lower, you can force with
444 '-p' in the command line.
445 VAOUTPUTFORMAT
447 Just like OUTPUTFORMAT but for Various Artists discs. The
448 default is 'Various-${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACKNUM}.${ARTIST‐
449 FILE}-${TRACKFILE}'
450 ONETRACKOUTPUTFORMAT
452 Just like OUTPUTFORMAT but for single-track rips (see option
453 "-1"). The default is '${ARTISTFILE}-${ALBUMFILE}/${ALBUMFILE}'
454 VAONETRACKOUTPUTFORMAT
456 Just like ONETRACKOUTPUTFORMAT but for Various Artists discs.
457 The default is 'Various-${ALBUMFILE}/${ALBUMFILE}'
458 MAXPROCS
460 Defines how many encoders to run at once. This makes for huge
461 speedups on SMP systems. You should run one encoder per CPU at
462 once for maximum efficiency, although more doesn't hurt very
463 much. Set it "0" when using mp3dist to avoid getting encoding
464 processes in the local host.
465 LOWDISK
467 If set to y, conserves disk space by encoding tracks immediately
468 after reading them. This is substantially slower than normal
469 operation but requires several hundred MB less space to complete
470 the encoding of an entire CD. Use only if your system is low on
471 space and cannot encode as quickly as it can read.
472 Note that this option may also help when reading a CD with
474 errors. This is because on a scratchy disk reading is quite tim‐
475 ing sensitive and this option reduces the background load on the
476 system which allows the ripping program more precise control.
477 BATCHNORM
479 If set to y, enables batch mode normalization, which preserves
480 relative volume differences between tracks of an album. Also
481 enables nogap encoding when using the ´lame´ encoder.
482 NOGAP Activate the lame's --nogap option, that allows files found in
484 CDs with no silence between songs (such as live concerts) to be
485 encoded without noticeable gaps. WARNING: lame's --nogap dis‐
486 ables the Xing mp3 tag. This tag is required for mp3 players to
487 correctly display track lengths when playing variable-bit-rate
488 mp3 files.
489 PLAYLISTFORMAT
491 Specifies the format for completed playlist filenames. Works
492 like the OUTPUTFORMAT configuration variable. Default is
493 ´${ARTISTFILE}_-_${ALBUMFILE}.m3u´. Make sure to use single
494 quotes around this variable.
495 PLAYLISTDATAPREFIX
497 Specifies a prefix for filenames within a playlist. Useful for
498 http playlists, etc.
499 DOSPLAYLIST
501 If set, the resulting playlist will have CR-LF line endings,
502 needed by some hardware-based players.
503 COMMENT
505 Specifies a comment to embed in the ID3 or Ogg comment field of
506 each finished track. Can be up to 28 characters long. Supports
507 the same syntax as OUTPUTFORMAT. Does not currently support
508 ID3v2.
509 REMOTEHOSTS
511 Specifies a comma-delimited list of systems to use for remote
512 encoding using distmp3. Equivalent to -r.
513 mungefilename
515 mungefilename() is an abcde shell function that can be overrid‐
516 den via abcde.conf. It takes CDDB data as $1 and outputs the
517 resulting filename on stdout. It defaults to eating control
518 characters, apostrophes and question marks, translating spaces
519 and forward slashes to underscores, and translating colons to an
520 underscore and a hyphen.
521 If you modify this function, it is probably a good idea to keep
522 the forward slash munging (UNIX cannot store a file with a '/'
523 char in it) as well as the control character munging (NULs can't
524 be in a filename either, and newlines and such in filenames are
525 typically not desirable).
526 mungegenre
528 mungegenre () is a shell function used to modify the $GENRE
529 variable. As a default action, it takes $GENRE as $1 and outputs
530 the resulting value to stdout converting all UPPERCASE charac‐
531 ters to lowercase.
532 pre_read
534 pre_read () is a shell function which is executed before the
535 CDROM is read for the first time, during abcde execution. It can
536 be used to close the CDROM tray, to set its speed (via "setcd"
537 or via "eject", if available) and other preparation actions. The
538 default function is empty.
539 post_read
541 post_read () is a shell function which is executed after the
542 CDROM is read (and, if applies, before the CDROM is ejected). It
543 can be used to read a TOC from the CDROM, or to try to read the
544 DATA areas from the CD (if any exist). The default function is
545 empty.
546 EJECTCD
548 If set to "y", abcde will call eject(1) to eject the cdrom from
549 the drive after all tracks have been read. It has no effect when
550 CDROM is set to a flac file.
551 EXTRAVERBOSE
553 If set to "y", some operations which are usually now shown to
554 the end user are visible, such as CDDB queries. Useful for ini‐
555 tial debug and if your network/CDDB server is slow.
556
558 Possible ways one can call abcde
559 abcde Will work in most systems
561 abcde -d /dev/cdrom2
563 If the CDROM you are reading from is not the standard /dev/cdrom
564 (in GNU/Linux systems)
565 abcde -o vorbis,flac
567 Will create both Ogg/Vorbis and Ogg/FLAC files.
568 abcde -o vorbis:"-b 192"
570 Will pass "-b 192" to the Ogg/Vorbis encoder, without having to
571 modify the config file
572 abcde -W 1
574 For double+ CD settings: will create the 1st CD starting with
575 the track number 101, and will add a comment "CD 1" to the
576 tracks, the second starting with 201 and so on.
577 abcde -d singletrack.flac
579 Will extract the files contained in singletrack using the embed‐
580 ded cuesheet.
581
583 abcde requires the following backend tools to work:
584 * An Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, Ogg/Speex, MPP/MP+(Musepack) or M4A
586 encoder (oggenc, vorbize, lame, gogo, bladeenc, l3enc, mp3enc,
587 flac, speexenc, mppenc, faac)
588 * An audio CD reading utility (cdparanoia, icedax, cdda2wav,
590 dagrab)
591 * cd-discid, a CDDB DiscID reading program.
593 * An HTTP retrieval program: wget, fetch (FreeBSD) or curl (Mac OS
595 X, among others). Alternatively, musicbrainz-get-tracks (which
596 depends on Python) can be used to retrieve CDDB information
597 about the CD.
598 * (for MP3s) id3 or id3v2, id3 v1 and v2 tagging programs.
600 * (optional) distmp3, a client/server for distributed mp3 encod‐
602 ing.
603 * (optional) normalize, a WAV file volume normalizer.
605 * (optional) a replaygain file volume modifier (vorbisgain,
607 metaflac, mp3gain, replaygain),
608 * (optional) mkcue, a CD cuesheet extractor.
610
612 cdparanoia(1), icedax(1), cdda2wav(1), dagrab(1), normalize(1),
613 oggenc(1), vorbize(1), flac(1), toolame(1), speexenc(1), mppenc(1),
614 faac(1), id3(1), id3v2(1), wget(1), fetch(1), cd-discid(1), distmp3(1),
615 distmp3host(1), curl(1), mkcue(1), vorbisgain(1), mp3gain(1)
616
618 Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>, Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispal‐
619 inux.es> and contributions from many others.
620 abcde(1)