3 * Make id3 happy when 'Genre' field is empty. Thanks to Martin
4 Husemann for the fix which closes Issue 8:
5 http://abcde.einval.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8
6 * Add YEAR and GENRE variables to do_getalbumart(). Thanks to
7 Johannes Gernemann for this patch which closes issue 9:
8 http://abcde.einval.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9
9 * Support added for encoding to True Audio using tta while still
10 supporting the older ttaenc. Tagging is with mid3v2.
11 * Support added for encoding to MPEG-1 Audio Layer II (mp2)
12 with either twolame or FFmpeg / avconv. Tagging with mid3v2.
13 * Encoding to WavPack with FFmpeg. Some slight changes to WavPack
14 syntax with backward compatibility built in for abcde 2.7.
15 * Encoding to m4a container with FFmpeg or avconv. This allows
16 for alac encoding with FFmpeg's reverse engineered alac encoder.
17 * AAC encoding with fhgaacenc via Wine. Tagging is provided
18 by AtomicParsley which has been added back to abcde :). This
19 allows encoding with HE-AAC v2, unavailable with qaac.
20 * Support added for AAC encoding with qaac via Wine. This
21 also allows for Apple Lossless Audio Coding (alac) using
22 either qaac or refalac. This closes Issue 142, thanks to
23 Bernd Fischer-Krellenberg for the enhancement request.
27 * Rewrite of abcde's mungefilename function. Thanks to
28 Andreas Kusalananda Kahari for this and also thanks
29 to Andrew Willis for the report which triggered the
30 rewrite. Thanks also to shughes for an earlier report.
31 This closes Issues 72 and 135.
32 * TRACKTOTAL now written to flac and ogg files. Thanks to
33 monkth for the notification. This resolves Issue 76.
34 * Support added for the downloading of album art. A huge
35 thank you to Johannes Gernemann who came forward with
36 the technique used and also the original patch. An equally
37 huge thanks to Richard who extended and greatly enhanced
38 the original patch. Detailed documentation added to the
39 abcde FAQ document although the sane defaults in place
40 will guarantee a good experience even for those who do
41 not read documentation! This closes Issue 33.
42 * Support added for ripping with the GNU Compact Disc
43 Input and Control library (libcdio) as requested by
44 both gentoo and NixOS. The utility used is cd-paranoia
45 and can best be called from a conf file as follows:
47 CDROMREADERSYNTAX=libcdio
48 CD_PARANOIA=cd-paranoia
49 CDPARANOIAOPTS="--never-skip=40 --verbose"
51 with the CD_PARANOIA variable giving the correct path
52 to cd-paranoia. I believe that cd-paranoia uses the same
53 options as cdparanoia but if I am proven incorrect this
54 will need to be rectified...
55 * Fix for encoding with bladeenc and usepipes.
56 * Fix for broken ripping with dagrab. Closes Issue 140.
57 * Fix for diskutil selecting wrong disk on OS X. Thanks
58 to Richard for this fix which closes Issue 139.
59 * Added some error checking and documentation for
60 the abcde-musicbrainz-tool. Thanks yet again to
61 Matthias Andree for this work! Closes issue 138.
62 * New variables for m4a/aac encoding options to be
63 manipulated in a users ~/.abcde.conf file:
64 1. FAACENCOPTS for faac encoding options
65 2. NEROAACENCOPTS for neroAacEnc options
66 3. FDKAACENCOPTS for fdkaacenc options
67 Note that these options replace the now obsolete AACENCOPTS.
68 * Check added for neroAacTag when encoding with neroAacEnc.
69 * Several additions to usepipes with the following encoders
73 3. mpcenc: Musepack SV8
78 The cd ripper cdda2wav (icedax) has also been added.
79 * Ripping and encoding with 'usepipes' fixed. This fix
81 * Suggested encoding options for mp3enc added to the sample
82 abcde.conf. Last release of mp3enc in 1998 but it still
83 works flawlessly with a modern abcde!
84 * Suggested encoding options for l3enc added to the sample
85 abcde.conf. Congratulations to abcde which in 2015 still
86 works with l3enc which saw its final release in 1997!
87 * Fix for -o option use with options and multiple outputs.
88 This allows for commandline options such as the following:
89 abcde -o 'flac:-8,mp3:-b 320'
90 Thanks to Matthias Andree for yet another quality patch!
91 This closes Issue 136.
92 * Support added for ReplayGain with WavPack encoding.
93 * Fix for MusePack to allow the use of the SV8 ReplayGain
94 application 'mpcgain'.
95 * Monkey's Audio (ape) encoding added. Tagging is with
96 Robert Muth's apetag. Thanks to Shantiq for testing.
97 * Simplify Opus tagging.This closes Issue 133.
98 * Allow 'clean' when OUTPUTTYPE=wav, broken for some time.
99 Thanks to Roger rogerx.oss<at>gmail.com for showing the
100 problem and demonstrating the fix. This closes Issue 94.
101 * Clarification that CDDBLOCALRECURSIVE=y is required for
102 local CDDB search. Thanks to Reuben Thomas for the
103 notification. This partially resolves Issue 121.
104 * AtomicParsley removed from debian/control, WavPack added.
105 * Details of abcde's handling of faac compiled with and
106 without mp4v2 added as a new entry to FAQs.
107 * Fix to allow display of the 'date' meta tag generated
108 by eyeD3 in vlc, Audacious and friends.
109 Thanks to Reuben Thomas. This closes Issue 126.
110 * Fix for flac floating point error. Thanks to rwvtveer
111 for the patch which closes Issue 113.
112 * Formalised 3 methods of mp3 tagging using ID3TAGV:
113 1.id3v2.4 using eyeD3 (set in abcde as the default)
114 2.id3v2.3 using id3v2
116 Thanks to Adriaan for this patch which fixes issue 101.
117 * Support for WavPack added. Closes issue 123.
118 * Fix for mp3 encoding with different versions of eyeD3.
119 Thanks to Matthias Andree for this patch.
120 * Major AAC encoding cleanup, including addition of the fdkaac encoder.
121 Thanks to Doug Mcmahon for assistance with this.
125 * Fix finding $CDROM on OS X. Thanks to niederstrasser for the patch.
127 * USEID3 and USEID3V2 variables are unused now, so remove them. Thanks
128 to vskytta for the patch. Closes issue 73.
129 * Clean up movement to eyeD3, remove id3v2 remnants. Thanks to vskytta
130 for the patch. Closes issue 74.
131 * Fix infinite loop if cddb fails. Thanks to Dominic Hargreaves for the
132 patch. Closes: #687038 in Debian
133 * Switch from Musepack SV7 to SV8. Thanks to Andrew Strong for the
135 * Allow aac encoding with neroAacEnc. Thanks to atheren for the patch.
137 * Allow opus encoding with opusenc. Thanks to Tomasz Golinski for the
138 patch. Closes issue 70.
139 * Fix typo: s/CUEWAVEFILE/CUEWAVFILE/ so that abcde.mkcue should now
140 produce working cue files. Closes issue 78.
141 * Remove no-op -q option. Closes issue 106. Thanks to vskytta for the
143 * Fix issue 112: perl encoding pragma deprecation. Thanks to Alex Corrie
145 * Fix option parsing for multiple output formats. Thanks to
146 matthias.andree@gmx.de for the patch. Closes issue 115.
147 * Fix eyeD3 tagging for cddb entries without year. Thanks to vskytta for
148 the patch. Closes issue 107
149 * Add mention of CD-TEXT support in the man page. Closes issue 102.
150 * Make Y/N prompting more consistent. Closes issue 95
151 * Remove the no-op -B option. Closes: #426531 in Debian
152 * Document the need to escape parentheses in tag comments.
153 Closes: #256941 in Debian.
154 * Concatenate option steps on -t/-T option. Thanks to Charles
155 Steinkuehler for the patch. Closes: #391294 in Debian
156 * Try to use bsd-mailx where possible to force UTF-8 for cddb-tool mail
157 submissions. If not possible, attempt to force UTF-8 via the
158 environment and fall back to mail instead. Closes: #756289 in Debian,
161 -- Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org> Sun, 26 Oct 2014 13:17:24 -0700
165 * Update GPL/FSF headers to match current versions. Thanks to vskytta
166 for the patch. (Closes issue 69).
167 * Fix the command line for ID3SYNTAX=eyed3. Thanks to neil.gm.richards
168 for the patch. Closes issue 50.
169 * Switch to eyed3 by default for MP3 tagging, as it looks to do UTF-8
170 tagging better. Closes issue 22 (hopefully)
172 -- Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:42:11 +0100
176 * Sort options alphabetically (Closes issue 58).
177 Thanks to vskytta for the patch.
178 * Add Recommends: mailx in the Debian packaging for Debian/Ubuntu
179 users. Closes: #607147
180 * Fix encoding call for m4a. (Closes issue 31). Closes: #449045
181 * Fix do_musicbrainz() for the case where there are no matches.
182 * When using Musicbrainz, checksum and only output unique matches for an
183 album. Closes: #669143
184 * Add Recommends: atomicparsley in the Debian packaging for Debian/Ubuntu
186 * Remove documentation of the old "-R" option for recursive searching of
187 local CDDB data, it's now enabled always. (Closes issue 57).
188 * Fix use of awk (sub instead of substr) when generating CRLF line endings.
190 * Make sure that ABCDETEMPDIR is quoted so we can deal with spaces in
191 file and directory names. Closes issue 64. Thanks to
192 richard.security.consultant for the patch, adapted slightly.
193 * Tweak do_cdtext() so it works on OS X too. Closes issue 65.
194 Thanks to richard.security.consultant for the patch.
195 * Change cddb-tool to use bash to make sure that echo -n works.
197 * Fixes for lots of spelling mistakes from vskytta. Closes issue 68.
198 * For safety across different systems, avoid using "sed -i".
201 -- Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org> Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:12:11 +0100
206 * Re-fix speex tagging. (Closes issue 19).
207 Thanks to vskytta for pointing out the problem - patch not applied
209 * Quickly re-release as 2.5.2
211 -- Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org> Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:17:14 +0100
216 * Several patches for improved Musicbrainz support from Martin Michlmayr:
217 + add musicbrainz support for FLAC files with embedded cue files.
219 + Don't submit to CDDB server when using musicbrainz
221 + Don't tag CDDB string with musicbrainz id
223 * Fix speex tagging. (Closes issue 19).
224 Thanks to vskytta for the patch.
225 * Fix aac tagging. (Closes issue 7).
226 Thanks to Andrew Strong for forwarding the patch.
227 * Add ATOMICPARSLEY=AtomicParsley (Closes issue 37).
228 * On OS X, switch from disktool to diskutil. (Closes issue 43).
229 * Updates for CD device detection:
230 + Look for /dev/sr0, in case /dev/cdrom doesn't exist.
232 + Add suggested diskutil code to auto-detect the CD on OS X.
234 * Check that we have $CDDBTOOL before we start. (Closes issue 27).
235 * Change the meaning of EXTRAVERBOSE; previously, it was a y/n option
236 to make things more verbose. Add extra levels of verbosity (0, 1, 2 so
237 far) and a new vvecho() function for callers to use.
238 * With EXTRAVERBOSE==2 or more, make run_command() print out each
239 command as it's run. (Closes issue 39).
240 * If we don't find any CDDB or Musicbrainz information for the CD, try
241 to extract CD-Text information to populate the cddbinfo template.
243 * Try to give more helpful error messages when we can't parse the
244 command line, and exit rather than carry on. (Closes issue 51).
247 * replace deprecated egrep with grep -E (Closes issue 24).
248 Thanks to vskytta for the patch.
249 * remove -o 0 options from make install (Closes issue 17).
250 Thanks to vskytta for the patch.
251 * clean up indentation on older changelog entries
252 * remove tarball target from Makefile since dir structure
253 has changed now that we use subversion.
254 * improve presentation of options/defaults when asking a question
257 -- Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:35:00 +0100
262 * Add support for Musicbrainz using a perl helper script.
264 * Tweak man page. Thanks to Mats Erik Andersson for the patch.
266 * Make the -q option work again. Thanks to A Mennucc for the patch.
269 -- Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:29:45 +0100
274 * Fix Cue file always references "dummy.wav" bug
275 patch from Chris Chiappa (Closes: #459928).
276 * Whitespace cleanup, replace single perl instance with sed
277 (Charles Steinkuehler)
278 * Fix leadin/leadout computation for cue files broken bug
279 Patch from Martin Michlmayr (Closes: #582175).
281 -- Colin Tuckley <colint@debian.org> Sat, 29 May 2010 09:43:01 +0100
286 * In manpage note a 2nd use for LOWDISK (or '-l' switch)
287 it's faster and better on scratchy disks (Closes: #426343).
288 * Add configurable options for replaygain tools.
289 * Fix syntax error in tagged speex command (Closes: #554406)
290 Ubuntu patch by Michael Helmling.
291 * Fix mp3 tagging fails for single author albums (Closes: #554030)
293 -- Colin Tuckley <colint@debian.org> Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:09:47 +0000
298 * Corrected REDIR redirection, this time with ifs instead of variable
299 substitution, which did not work (Closes: #527191).
300 * Added TPE2 for Various artists definition (Closes: #521669).
301 * Incorporate syntax error fix patch from Andrew Ruder.
302 * Fix formatting for track number tagging.
303 * Replace dependency on cdda2wav with icedax since the former has
306 -- Colin Tuckley <colint@debian.org> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:33:33 +0100
310 * Remove svn Revision tag from version.
311 * Correct homepage URL in README (Closes: #526165).
312 * Fix typos (Closes: #435605, #435606).
313 * Fix misspelling of comma in script and manpage (Closes: #435603).
314 * Fix Writable temp directories not owned/writeable (Closes: #143552).
315 * Fix broken range code, patch from Charles Steinkuehler (Closes: #389981).
316 * Remove unneeded escapes in cddb-tool URLs.
317 Add support for freedb2 (Closes: #391110).
318 another patch from Charles Steinkuehler.
319 * Fix Endless loop possible when mp3gain asks clipping question bug
321 * Update Vcs-Svn: tag in debian/control.
322 * Add a recommends for vorbis-tools (Closes: #392843).
323 * Update standards version to 3.8.2 (no changes required).
324 * Fix debian/preinst not to ignore errors.
326 -- Colin Tuckley <colint@debian.org> Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:32:30 +0100
332 * The "It took me a long time to get this release out" release.
333 * abcde.1: remove -M in favour of "-a cue" (Closes: #382614, #396505).
334 * Added a check for a DOCUE already set in the command line
336 * Added -q <Q> as a quality option.
337 * PREGAP was not set in some situations (Closes: #390170).
338 * Added -nv to wget for "no verbose" output, to avoid wget complaining it
339 cannot be quiet and verbose at the same time if "verbose = on" is set in
340 ~/.wgetrc (Closes: #388715).
341 * Added XS-Vcs-Svn: field to control file.
342 * Added some hints if we are using Debian for what packages need to be
343 installed if their binaries are not found.
344 * Spelling mistakes corrected (thanks to Ville Skytta).
345 * Unset GREP_OPTIONS to avoid things like printing number in the beginning of
346 the line (Closes: #383771).
347 * Default answer to erase a playlist was not working (thanks to Charles
348 Steinkuehler) (Closes: #395108).
349 * Corrected man page wrapping. Thanks to Edward J. Shornock
351 * Adds DISCNUMBER to Ogg/Vorbis and FLAC when using -W.
352 * Minor typos (Closes: #458995).
353 * Added AtomicParley for AAC encoding. Thanks to Bill Adams.
354 * Added by Marc Staveley:
356 - track comments if null and present in CDDB.
357 * Corrected copyright information (Closes: #516535).
360 * Added new uploader (Closes: #529695).
361 * Fix Lintian warning for make-clean-error.
362 * Fix FSF address in debian/copyright.
363 * Fix binary-arch-rules-but-pkg-is-arch-indep lintian warning.
364 * Add homepage: field to debian/control
365 * Update standards version to 3.8.0
366 * Remove debian/conffiles (it is not needed).
367 * Fix syntax error in abcde (missing fi).
369 -- Colin Tuckley <colint@debian.org> Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:50:42 +0100
373 * Default to UNICODE (UTF8) tags and comments (Closes: #282332).
374 - Added CDDBPROTO option in config file (Closes: #349951)
375 * Added a missing "INDEX 01" entry for CUE sheet creation.
376 * Avoid completing the encoding of files if we aborted previously.
377 * Embed the CUE sheet if we have a cuesheet file and we have a single FLAC
378 file, even if we are not tagging. This way we can use the file as a source
379 even if it is not tagged/named properly.
380 * Fails to quote filenames properly (Closes: #355296)
381 * Introduced VA/ONETRACKOUTPUTFORMAT.
382 * Added a missing check for AACENCODER.
383 * Updated config file with some new AAC bits.
384 * Updated FSF address.
385 * Corrected NetBSD options for ftp (Thanks to Marius).
386 * The final 2.4 will have "cuefile" as an action instead of as a flag.
387 * Create the cuefile when extracting from a FLAC file.
388 * Small bugs (Charles Steinkuehler):
389 - Added missing quotes (Closes: #375710)
390 - toolame is included in Debian as default MP3 encoder
391 - Use IFS to preserve spaces when adding metadata to a cuefile
392 * Small documentation changes:
393 - abcde.1 (Closes: #364978)
394 * The following entries have in common that both add an internal cue2discid
395 function. I will evaluate which one is more accurate and decide which one
396 to use. Right now they are not conflicting:
397 - Added internal mkcue and cue2discid functions (Charles Steinkuehler) and
398 add a check for internal abcde.<function> to make sure we are using the
399 correct version (not sure if needed ;)
400 - Added an internal implementation of cue2discid, so there is no need for
401 an external program to do the conversion. Thanks to Michael (sorry, his
402 mail does not have a surname).
403 * cue2discid is now an internal function, so no need for including the
404 python script in the path (Closes: #378407)
405 * cddb-tool.1 typo (Thanks to A. Costa) (Closes: #351775)
406 * abcde.1 typo (Thanks to David L. Anselmi) (Closes: #364978)
407 * Set proper nice values to not separate encoding and reading in the pipes
408 situation, while having a high priority process running in the system.
409 Also, set proper nice values to tagging tasks. Reading should remain as
410 the default higher priority task in the abcde flow (Closes: #359156)
411 * Standards bumped to 3.7.2.1, no changes needed.
413 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Sat, 5 Aug 2006 05:26:56 +0300
417 * Repaired multiple CDDB entries when recursive search is active.
418 * Patch from A. Costa to clean some typos (Closes: #351774).
420 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Thu, 07 Feb 2006 23:48:00 +0200
424 * Repaired multiple output encoding (Closes: #351362).
425 * Added missing space on a [] test statement.
426 * Added "default" action, so that one can add things on top of what we do
427 regularly, without having to list everything: "-a default,playlist" works.
428 * Restored all the > /dev/null instead of using grep -q, since it is not
430 * Added Solaris OS entry, in case we need to define things for it.
432 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Thu, 05 Feb 2006 15:24:00 +0200
436 * The "Mao es nuestro indiscutible lider" release.
437 * Check the CDROMREADER options we have in Debian which we depend on. Thanks
438 to Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo for finding the error.
439 * New recursive option for local CDDB repositories, to cope with other
440 players saving the entries.
441 * Brand new CD backup procedure: rip a CD into a single FLAC trac with an
442 embedded cuesheet using "-1 -M -o flac" and proceed to rip your tracks
443 from the obtained file using "-d file.flac -o <format>". It needs
444 cue2discid script from the examples directory to work. OH! If you manage
445 to get it working with bash, we can get rid of the python dependency...
446 * Initial steps to make abcde working with musicbrainz, although it is not
448 * Added a missing $ in a variable (Closes: #345629).
449 * Added -p to the mkdir's for $ABCDETEMPDIR (Closes: #345630).
450 * Added iconv + converted to utf-8 the charset of a ready-to-send CDDB
451 entry (Closes: #345708).
452 * Added AAC (Mpeg4) support.
453 * Small cd-discid update.
455 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:27:40 +0200
459 * Missing bits in the 2.3.99.1 changelog:
460 - Man page: added information about -z (Debug option).
461 - Corrected config file with the BATCHNORM/NOGAP split
463 - Uses /bin/bash for the time being... We need to get some substitution
464 functions/operations for the bashisms we have: Closes: #337139.
465 * Config bits with corrected typos
466 * Adding musicbrainz support. First bits.
467 * Reworked comparison for numerical answer when selecting a CDDB output.
470 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:46:58 +0200
474 * Both -z and -C unset EJECTCD to avoid ejecting the CD when a) we are
475 debuging and b) we are not using the CD.
476 * If we are not reading the CD, set "loud" to see all the output messages
477 (that is, in most of the cases, the first encoding).
478 * Added -f to force some events that otherwise would erase files from our
479 current run. In the standard configuration ("OUTPUT=vorbis") the following
480 actions will need a "-f" to force the last one:
481 abcde -a read,encode -o ogg,flac
482 abcde -a tag,move,clean
483 During the second run abcde should complain that it is trying to erase the
484 working directory while the it has not performed any action on the FLAC
485 files, which we encoded previously.
486 * Convert the old cdparanoia-audio-tracks file into a status entry to avoid
487 eating files from previous rounds using an early version (Closes: #341050)
489 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:27:20 +0200
493 * Added diff choice to CDDB entries ("1,4").
494 * Added SHOWCDDBFIELDS to allow the user to show YEAR and GENRE in the
496 * Suggests mkcue, and erase old cdgrab info since sarge is out.
497 * Changed cdparanoia-audio-tracks to use the status file to save the data.
498 * Added the possibility of using a singletrack flac file with an embeded
499 cuesheet as a source of tracks.
500 * Added -z for easy and quick debug.
501 * BATCH has been split into two options: BATCHNORM which allows, by using
502 -b, to use the -a normalize in all the files at once, and NOGAP, that by
503 using -g, introduces the lame's --nogap extension.
504 * Added replygain using the appropriate tags with Ogg/Vorbis and Ogg/FLAC.
505 * Replaygain is an action, not a flag, since it can be performed individually
506 in the chain of events.
507 * debian/{rules,control}:
508 - Changed the target directory from tmp to abcde, to accommodate to compat
510 - Bump standards to 3.6.2.1. No changes needed.
511 * Added "decho" as a DEBUG output for some specific debug variables.
512 * Added USEPIPES file, with information about how to add Unix pipes support.
513 * Added one more checking for PIPES*_* unset variables (which means support
514 is not added to abcde).
515 * Added toolame as an optional MP3 encoder.
517 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Sat, 8 Oct 2005 17:05:32 +0300
521 * Some patches from Tom Spindler <dogcow () babymeat ! com>
522 - Added some quoting to the md5sum checkings, since the variables could be
524 - NetBSD bits to use ftp instead on anything else to fetch stuff.
525 * do_playlist needs to convert the OUTPUT to the CONTAINERS to avoid ending
526 with playlists pointing to .vorbis files (Closes: #326487).
528 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Sat, 3 Sep 2005 16:50:07 +0300
532 * Rips done in a single track were getting tagged as Various. Corrected.
533 * Possibly eliminated some bashisms from using a variable as a variable
534 (Closes: #324399). Thanks to A Costa.
536 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:36:35 +0300
540 * Too fast... I forgot to make the tarball and change the version strings in
541 several places. Fixed.
543 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:44:37 +0300
547 * The new "I knew there were going to be bugs" upstream release!
548 * MKCUE needs to be passed some $CDROM as an option, or otherwise it will
549 not read the CDROM, in case is not /dev/cdrom.
550 * Also, make the CUEREADER a bit more general, since we might be using other
553 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:44:20 +0300
557 * New upstream release!
558 * Defining the tracknumber now resets the first track if given a number
559 different than 1 (that is: abcde -T 1 2-10 creates songs 1 to 9).
560 * Modified the FAQ to reflect the changes on Marillat's repo
562 * Should be "space" safe: works properly when the working directory contains
563 a space (Closes: #147493).
564 * Repared the CD query for the discid code. When failing to read a disc,
565 actually report that there might be no disc in the drive.
566 * Right now, walk over the different encoders we Depends: on in Debian and
567 use the one available: if a user has a FLAC encoder, abcde will no install
568 vorbis-tools, so it will fail to run out of the box (Closes: #321216)
569 * Added CUE support. Still experimental...
570 * Added FLAC on Ogg. Still not activated, since we cannot get comments added
571 as a post-process action.
572 * Applied patches from Fedora Core (Credit goes to Nils Philippsen
573 <nphilipp@redhat.com>)
574 * Added a post_read() function to be executed before ejecting the CD.
575 * Typos reported by A Costa corrected (Closes: #311463)
576 * Problem with abcde being run in a directory with files containing only
577 numbers solved (Closes: #313628).
578 * vorbiscomment uses now "-R" (Closes: #303566).
579 * "-t" and "-T" use the first track as a starter for the track list.
581 * Added CDPARANOIACDROMBUS option to define -d in case of using IDE and SCSI
582 in case of using ide-scsi emulation layer (Closes: #290768).
583 * Define metaflac in abcde.conf (Closes: #303555)
584 * Added the default "-f" option to the configuration file, to represent the
585 actual default option.
587 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:47:27 +0300
591 * Double quotation added to solve parsing * as a wildcard (Closes: #302904).
592 Thanks to Christian Grigis for the patch. Also (Closes: #268088).
594 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Sun, 3 Apr 2005 18:18:03 +0000
598 * CDPARANOIAOUTPUT missed some quotes.
599 * Removed some useless lines.
600 * If BATCH is used with ONETRACK, disable BATCH.
601 * Small typos with CDROM comparisons.
602 * Logic for CDROM variable improved.
603 * Version bumped to 2.2.5 and targeted to Sarge.
605 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Sat, 2 Apr 2005 21:05:18 +0300
609 * Changed the way we call flac, to adapt to the new times:
610 --import-vc-from= to --import-tags-from.
611 * DOSPLAYLIST was not included in the list of options.
612 * Options passed to the encoder by using <-o ogg:"-b 192"> are now
613 supported. One can modify the way abcde encodes just for the current CD.
614 * Unfortunatelly I forgot to add the starting number for tags in Ogg. For
615 MP3 is a bit more difficult, since it needs changing the X/YY code.
616 * Also, the order of the tags in metaflac is important for the utf8 names.
617 Thanks to Frederik Juul Christiani (Closes: #297482)
618 * Added CDROMID in the .conf file, for reader programs that need it
620 * Added a check for cdparanoia when encountering data-only CDs.
622 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:14:24 +0200
627 - suggest normalize-audio, since it changed its name (Closes: #287674).
628 * Use the default while erasing an existing playlist (Closes: #288835).
629 * Does not destroy track information when a track contains "=" in the name
632 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:35:46 +0200
636 * Quotes missing when evaluating a value (Closes: #284018).
638 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Fri, 3 Dec 2004 09:20:18 +0200
642 * Spotted and solved a problem with the way the data tracks were detected
645 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Wed, 24 Nov 2004 22:47:54 +0200
649 * New release! Let's see if abcde 2.2 gets into Sarge.
650 * Added support for MPP/MP+(Musepack) encoding. Although I am trying to
651 get 2.2 for Debian Sarge release, mpc seems safe enough to introduce. See
652 corecodec.org for code.
653 * Some POSIX shell corrections (making the code more portable). Thanks to
654 Guillem Jover for pointing the problem out.
655 * CDYEAR is also passed to do_move(), so one can use it for sorting the
657 * Small MacOS X fix, allowing directories with "()" to work. Thanks to Evan
659 - On the MacOS X, I still do not know if abcde works correctly. If does
660 not, please, drop a note. Or else.
661 * DOSPLAYLIST also changes "/" with "\".
662 * DATA tracks are now excluded from the ripping process using internally
663 the cdparanoia "-Q" query option. If using another ripper, it does not
664 work (at least there is no support for them in abcde)
665 (Closes: #112692, #117412).
666 * New "0" choice for "None of the above" has been introduced. If selected, a
667 template is created and the user encouraged to edit it (Closes: #147683).
668 * New options for when the PLAYLIST already exists: erase, append or keep.
669 * Bug fixes along the code:
670 - abcde.1 corrections and additions
671 - abcde corrections and code reorganization. abcde now exits earlier if
672 some of the options are incompatible. Also the actions are set as
673 variables earlier, so we use less calls to external tools.
674 - abcde.conf additions
675 * The GENRE is munged now in its own mungegenre function, so that no more
676 upper-to-lowercase is done (forced) except if the default is used.
677 * Examples added to the tarball and /usr/share/doc/abcde/examples with two
678 scripts to make abcde kind-of-a ripper daemon.
679 * Changed to experimental to have an stable 2.1.x version in Sarge.
680 * Add CDDB information to Ogg/Vorbis and FLAC files (Closes: #265358).
681 * Added INTERACTIVE option. Set it to "n" and there you go, without user
683 * Changes normalize to normalize-audio (Closes: #267053)
684 * Copes with wav files being erased by the ripping tool.
685 * Small patch to support ()'s in the path under MacOSX. Thanks to Evan Jones
686 for noticing and sending the patch.
687 * Added -w for COMMENT seed. Used to give a comment to a given CD.
688 * Option "-t <number>" added to modify the numbering from a starting point
689 (Closes: #95828). Geez! That is low bug number...
690 * Added -T to modify also the tag entries on the songs. Currently available
691 for FLAC and Ogg/Vorbis.
692 * Removes trailing spaces (Closes: #280382).
693 * TRACKNAME now combines multi-lines from long CDDB entries.
695 - s/dh_installmanpages/dh_installman/
697 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Sun, 7 Nov 2004 03:11:22 +0200
701 * Changed normalize with normalize-audio (Closes: #267053).
703 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:16:46 +0000
707 * The "Let's have a good abcde in Sarge" release.
708 * The mungefile() function changes * with + by default to avoid creating
709 directories with the start expanded to the files found in the current
710 directory. abcde2.2 will most likelly contain a better workaround.
711 * Correct default OUTPUTFORMAT in man page (Closes: #250649)
713 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Fri, 30 Jul 2004 10:16:46 +0300
717 * Encoding the whole CD in one file is now possible. Use "-1" as a flag
720 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Fri, 9 Apr 2004 17:04:58 +0000
724 * Do not release in a hurry. The eject program is not needed if CDSPEEDVALUE
725 is not set and no EJECT action is performed (Closes: #242506)
727 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Thu, 8 Apr 2004 05:18:49 +0000
731 * Dud! Those missing quotes are going to kill me. Quotes restored and
734 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Wed, 7 Apr 2004 06:30:31 +0000
738 * New setting for the CD speed. Some drives have a higher failure ratio when
739 spinning at high speed.
740 * Added a pre-read function for preparations. Uses include closing the CD
741 tray (Closes: #137548).
742 * Added COMMENT part in OggFlac metadata.
743 * Documentation update: README, abcde.1
744 * Do not tag GENRE and DATE in Ogg/Vorbis if CDDB does not provide them
746 * Solved bug with batch encoding, thanks to Travis McKay.
747 * When *DATAPREFIX was set, the playlist creation was made without newline.
748 * Added >&2 redirection to visualize the "Erase playlist" question
750 * Added the option "-m" to modify the resulting playlist, to contain CRLF at
751 the end of every line, letting some hardware players which insist with
752 DOS-style files to use them. Also, added DOSPLAYLIST as a config option.
753 * When using a selected, localy cached CDDB entry, we forgot to show the
754 selection when asking the user for editing the choice. Now we show it.
755 * Improved the logic in the order of events when using a local CDDB repo.
757 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Tue, 6 Apr 2004 05:29:38 +0000
761 * EDITOR is called now evaluating the variable, so it works with full path
763 * Patch for making md5sum a variable (since some systems use a different
765 * Correction by "huf" <mihi at mail.eol.hu>. The test code in line 376
767 * The PADDING code and some CDDB funcions were *really* messy. Now it looks
768 cleaner, works faster and some not needed network operations are no
769 longer performed when we are working with local CDDB repositories.
770 * Added "-V" for extra verbosity (on slow networks the user might be waiting
771 and wondering is somethins is happening).
772 * Solved a bug with the non-interactive code.
774 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Mon, 16 Feb 2004 00:13:12 +0000
778 * Missing quotes restored (Closes: #228648).
780 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Tue, 20 Jan 2004 06:43:04 +0000
784 * Solved the problem with re-runs of multiple choices not showing all the
785 choices (Closes: #228405) (this was a quick one)
786 * We now show the selected CDDB entry on a second run, instead of all of
787 them (not that one should stop abcde, but just in case). This way
788 consecutive interrupted runs obtain the same results.
790 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Sun, 18 Jan 2004 22:42:15 +0000
794 * Check if normalizer is found in the PATH (Closes: #228014)
795 * Added (commented) bits to check if the CD being processed is the CD on the
796 tray, so that if differs we do not eject it.
797 * Store locally the CDDB information, under $HOME/.cddb since it is being
798 used by Grip (at least). PATH is user defined (Closes: #88048)
799 * If you are using cdda2wav and SCSI drives, you can set CDROMID for the
800 SCSI drive, since it differs from the cd-discid CDROM parameter
802 * MacOSX keeps on failing because the OS mounts the CD before we finish
803 ripping it... or something else. Please, test test test the code, and
804 report your findings. Pretty please. I have not been able to make it work
805 with the reports I have received.
807 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:06:07 +0000
811 * Urgent fixes for the FreeBSD and MacOSX bits. When using cdda2wav, the
812 CDROM variable must be modified depending on the device interface. By now
813 we will not try to be very smart.
814 * Added a test for HTTPGETOPTS since it cannot be empty for the default
816 * Quick release to fix a problem with the CDROM detection code.
818 * Cleaned a bashism. Thanks to Klaus Ethgen (Closes: #226782).
819 * Rewrote some parts of the cdda2wav code. Since I do not have a machine
820 where cdda2wav works, I cannot test the code. The modifications have been
821 done following user reports. If you use cdda2wav and abcde does not work
822 for you, please, contact me and we will try to sort things out. Thanks.
824 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Thu, 8 Jan 2004 21:36:23 +0000
828 * INLINETAG and STARTTRACKNUMBER flags added.
829 * CDROM checking is now done with a bit more wiselly (Closes: #219768)
830 * HTTPGET is only requested is "cddb" action is performed.
831 * Workout the possibility of cdparanoia erasing our wav files
833 * The default answer for editing CDDB data is now "y" if the disk is
834 unknown. If not, the default is "n". Requested by Ricky Buchanan.
835 * Now we do not erase silently any previous $PLAYLISTFILE left behind by a
836 previous CD ripping (Closes: #220753)
837 * Write info file with cdda2wav (Closes: #187702).
838 I do not use cdda2wav myself (me is cd-paranoid) so if anyone using
839 cdda2wav has a problem with this, please, report.
840 * CDROM comes in 1,0,0 kind of format for cdda2wav ripper. Corrected with a
841 quick patch. Kudos go to Mikhail Manuilov <viper5k at pisem dot net> for
843 * Merged bits to make abcde work under MacOSX. Thanks to Evan Jones.
844 * Merged bits to avoid FreeDB people anger and to cut down the "abcde." part
845 of the discid. Now you can set the "-C" command with the directory name.
846 Kudos go to Bart Samwel.
847 * Added some info bits to the config file about normalize, requested by
849 * Added some testing for the wav file before normalizing, to check that the
850 file is actually there.
852 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Mon, 5 Jan 2004 14:43:59 +0000
856 * The "First snow in Finland" release.
857 * One head was missing a "-n"
858 * Not use relative links when PLAYLISTDATAPREFIX is set (Closes: #165368)
859 * Stupid use of $OUTPUTTYPE in flac tagging (Closes: #218625)
861 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Sun, 2 Nov 2003 09:05:17 +0000
865 * Small typo corrected (Closes: #217149)
866 * KEEPWAVS now sets the "clean" action to "no", so the wavs are kept.
868 * Quick release fixing a couple of bugs introduced by the padding patch
870 * Control: Build-Depends-Indep: moved to Build-Depends:, as per
871 http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-sourcebinarydeps
874 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Thu, 23 Oct 2003 09:49:01 +0000
878 * The "Engineer" release. Yeah! I graduated!
879 * Patch applied to solve the track submission interface issues. Kudos to
880 Marc HE Brockschmidt, again (Closes: #126289)
881 * Small bug related with DISTMP3NICE solved. Kudos to Wilbert Alberts.
883 * Padding now creates the list with padded numbers. Test patch. This should
884 solve the problem with delayed tagging a single file.
886 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Fri, 13 Oct 2003 09:50:09 +0000
890 * Removed a nasty bug where even if the encode failed, the track was marked
891 as successfully encoded (Closes: #208391)
892 * Various Artists has now its own PLAYLIST format (Closes: #137432)
893 * metaflac path corrected (Closes: #206110)
894 * Hopefully this version repairs the comment part for Ogg/Vorbis files.
895 * If nothing breaks, 2.2 will be released as soon as the KNOWNBUG is solved.
896 * Removed all the inline tagging since it breaks the action chain, except
897 in Ogg/Speex. Need to check if "vorbiscomment" can be used for it.
899 * Added DISTMP3NICE variable, to nice the distmp3 program (Closes: #208398)
901 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Thu, 4 Sep 2003 10:53:09 +0000
905 * Small fixes and patches.
906 + GENRE can be used for OUTPUTFORMAT and PLAYLISTFORMAT
907 + id3v2 should work now with -c for comments (Closes: #199949)
908 + small bug with batch encoding
909 + Variables are exported before the CDDB functions are called, so they
910 should use the right variables for the HTTPGET command.
911 + Tagging also use TRACKS and CDGENRE for MP3 files (kudos to Dirk
913 + FLAC encoding now uses dismp3 to encode remotelly (kudos to Taylor and
914 Kevin Cramer). HANDLE WITH CARE ;)
915 Also FLAC now uses CDGENRE and CDYEAR for tagging.
916 * tail/head change: -1 has been deprecated. Noted by Stephan Kulow.
917 * Ogg/Speex support added, for speech encoding (Closes #204635)
918 * Documentation update (Closes: #198825)
919 * Patch for "=" in the name applied (Closes: #197199)
921 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Thu, 14 Aug 2003 16:45:29 +0000
926 + COMMENT should work now.
927 + Aesthetic padding on the total amount of tracks.
929 + CDROM is now checked after reading the user defined entries.
930 * Remove trailing args from $EDITOR when checking -x: Closes #179222.
932 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Sun, 18 May 2003 18:47:36 +0000
936 * Makefile was missing cddb-tool.1.
937 * Introduced dagrab as CD ripping utility.
938 * cddb-tool seq calls converted to functions. No more distro dependencies.
939 * WGET* variables converted to HTTPGET* variables. FreeBSD can safelly use
941 * More FreeBSD specific bits: CDROM and EJECT changes.
943 * Added CDDBPROTO for specifying the protocol level of the cddb query.
944 * CDDB protocol upgraded to 5. CDYEAR and CDGENRE are now used for CD
946 * COMMENT is now used for inline tagging with oggenc (my mistake it was
947 missing): Closes: #191475.
949 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Sat, 10 May 2003 07:49:22 +0000
953 * Documentation updates: Closes: #186230.
954 * Usual set of bug fixes and corrections.
955 * Default behaviour of VAOUTPUTFORMAT output changed to avoid multiple
956 directories for a same album. I think the format is more logical, and you
957 can always split the files once they are created.
958 * Padding track wavs with 0 so if you want to burn those wavs just cdrecord
959 *.wav will do it. Use "-p" to force it when encoding a small (<9) number
960 of files (Closes: #111627).
961 * Added "KEEPWAVS" as a variable to keep those wavs. Default is "no". Can
962 use also "-k" in the command line. (Closes: #160372).
963 This probably should be changed with an option to move the wav files to
964 another directory instead of just keep de abcde.<cdid> directory.
965 * Added documentation comments about OUTPUTTYPE (Closes: #184963).
966 * abcde.conf cleanup: (Closes: #186230, #187400).
968 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Tue, 25 Mar 2003 16:39:25 +0200
974 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Mon, 17 Mar 2003 08:52:01 +0200
978 * Since abcde does not depend on eject, an execution test ([-x]) was added,
979 but that means abcde needs a test for eject in the patch if -x is passed:
981 * Merged some more bits from Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt: Closes: #126289.
982 * A bit of more info in abcde.conf: Closes: #184963.
983 * cddb-tool version updated to 0.4.2
985 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Fri, 14 Mar 2003 18:00:03 +0000
989 * Old version string left behind. Updated.
990 * Few more doc update bits.
991 * Patches from Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt: Closes: #149499.
992 * Small patch from Norbert Preining to support multiple output in the output
994 * cddb-tool parses CDYEAR with the help of awk: Closes: #114848.
995 * cddb-tool does not globe "*" characters anymore: Closes: #157448.
997 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Fri, 7 Mar 2003
1000 * The infamous "Works for me(TM)" and "Time to release" release.
1001 + We preppend track number now: Closes: #128966.
1002 + Itegrate flac: Closes: #126311.
1003 + Multi-format encode: Closes: #148934.
1004 + Gapless lame encoding: Closes: #172696.
1005 + CDROM documented: Closes: #182403.
1006 * Applied OpenBSD patches to make the script more portable. Thanks to Han
1008 * Documentation fixes: closes: #100844, #136741.
1009 * NetBSD patches applied:
1010 - EXPERIMENTAL Normalize and Batch support.
1011 - EXPERIMENTAL FLAC support.
1012 * EXPERIMENTAL multiple output support:
1013 + multiple output and error checking
1014 + multiple lists support
1015 * Default output file changed to have the $track_number in the beginning.
1018 -- Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es> Fri, 28 Feb 2003
1021 * The Fixed-Yet?-How-About-Now?-What-About-Now?-Now? Release
1022 * SMP fixed, mad props to Steve Madsen, closes: #69828, #111806
1023 * Minor code cleanups thanks to Adam Heath
1024 * Multiple inexact match results are generated in a safe manner
1025 thanks to Nick Martin, closes: #126025
1026 * Removed cddb-tool template generation bashism, thanks to Greg
1027 Norris, closes: #126327
1028 * Windows can't handle double quotes in filenames either.
1029 The default mungefilename now removes them, closes: #127643
1030 * Using -C with WAVOUTPUTDIR fixed, closes: #127728
1031 * Resuming various artists discs fixed, closes: #127731
1033 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jan 2002
1036 * The One-More-Time-With-Feeling Release
1037 * Bladeenc really works this time. Honest. closes: #121988
1039 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Mon, 3 Dec 2001
1043 * The I-Don't-Listen-To-Sssca Release
1044 * Example abcde.conf fixes, closes: #111580
1045 * So much for bladeenc's l3enc compatibility, closes: #110863
1046 * CDDB submit fixes (to enable CDDB submitting, put
1047 UNINTENTIONALLY_ANGER_THE_FREEDB_PEOPLE=y in your abcde.conf),
1048 closes: #111478, #111500
1049 * Minor mungefilename() cleanup
1051 * Works with oggenc when POSIXLY_CORRECT is defined, thanks to Juhapekka
1053 * Quote remote locations when calling distmp3
1054 * Allow remote encoding of oggs
1055 * Only remove wav files if the encoding succeeded
1056 * No-local-encoding via -j 0 fixed, thanks to Hans-Joachim Baader
1057 * CD read errors are trapped/resumed cleanly now thanks to Pete,
1059 * devfs device check fix, thanks to Clint Adams
1060 * Check for seq command - some BSD's have jot instead and abcde can't
1062 * Various Artists playlist generation fixed, thanks to William Lash
1064 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Tue, 6 Nov 2001
1068 * The Psychiatrist-Says-I'm-Stable-Again Release
1070 * Minor documentation updates
1072 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Wed, 15 Aug 2001
1076 * The Waiter-There's-A-Proof-In-My-Pudding Release
1077 * Fixed some quoting issues preventing abcde from using a temp directory
1078 containing spaces, closes: #89682
1079 * Now purges encodetracklocation notes from the status file when resuming.
1080 * -a playlist now implies -a cddb
1081 * Manpage and default config file updates, closes: #78726, #100841, #100845
1082 * Applied checkstatus patch by Itai Zukerman, fixes certain track number
1083 status checking situations, closes: #93395
1084 * Check to see if things run through run_command return a nonzero error
1085 code and present the command and error code to the user later,
1087 * Devfs fixup - If /dev/cdrom doesn't exist, try /dev/cdroms/cdrom0,
1089 * If a background process returned an error, log it. If it was an encode
1090 process, abandon that encode location and don't wait for the encode
1091 process to finish. Display the commandlines that resulted in error exits
1092 with their exit codes before aborting.
1093 * do_tag handles vorbis commenting failures idempotently
1095 * Resumes encoding if all files have ripped, closes: #101843
1096 * do_cddbedit code checks to see if it's already been run
1098 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Wed, 1 Aug 2001
1102 * The Not-Quite-Last-In-The-Development-Series Release
1103 * I broke ID3v1 comments in 1.9.8, it's fixed now, thanks to Christian
1104 Beyerlein for noticing this
1106 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Tue, 13 Mar 2001
1110 * The Groundshaking Release
1111 * Now defaults to using FreeDB instead of Gracenote. Pricks.
1112 * New VAOUTPUTFORMAT variable for those who like their various artists
1113 discs named in a different format
1114 * Accommodates the fact that OpenBSD xargs does not eat whitespace, thanks
1115 to Marcus Daniel for discovering this
1116 * New scheduler for distmp3, thanks to David Bergeron
1117 * xingmp3enc support, thanks to Brian Gannon
1118 * Stripped down cddb-tool a little bit so that abcde no longer requires
1120 * New -C option to let people continue where they left off if they no
1121 longer have the CD handy
1122 * ID3COMMENT is now COMMENT
1123 * Ogg commenting is now done separately so resuming doesn't break it
1124 * More documentation updates
1126 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Sat, 10 Mar 2001
1130 * The Overcast Partial Eclipse Release
1132 * Various Artists heuristics patch by Kevin Everets
1133 * New -c option to specify an extra configuration file
1134 * Does not try to check if a tagger exists unless OUTPUTTYPE=mp3
1135 * cddb-tool template output fixes
1136 * Yet more documentation updates
1137 * Avoids id3v2's -c option for now
1138 * Adds support for another Various Artists format, "Artist: Title", thanks
1140 * Fixed typo that was breaking remote encoding support
1141 * Hitting control-c while there's nothing in the foreground no longer
1142 causes abcde to delete all its work upon exit
1144 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Sun, 7 Jan 2001
1148 * The Squishy Release
1149 * Updated getopts call to remove obsoleted options
1150 * More documentation fixes, closes: #77957
1151 * Single inexact match spurious question fix
1152 * Fixed encoder trigger timing when using -l, closes: #77854
1154 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Sun, 26 Nov 2000
1158 * The "Run Towards Trick Or Treaters With Scissors" Release
1159 * Some documentation updates
1160 * mungefilename quoting fix
1161 * Implemented -a, which replaces -p, -P, and a number of other things
1163 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Mon, 30 Oct 2000
1167 * The "Run With Scissors" Release
1168 * Various Artists support by Kevin Everets
1169 * Specifying track numbers on the command line should work again, bash was
1170 getting a wee bit confuzzled with the way I had things before.
1171 * A couple more error output changes and miscellaneous fixes
1172 * OUTPUTDIR works again
1174 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Thu, 28 Sep 2000
1179 * Brown Paper Bag fix for mp3enc users
1180 * Recreated the rest of the variable environment in do_playlist, fixes
1181 TRACKNUM availability for real this time, closes: #72535
1183 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Tue, 26 Sep 2000
1187 * The "Very Long Changelog Entries Can Become Addicting" Release.
1188 * Switched default output type to ogg, default encoder to oggenc
1189 * Since 1.9.x prompts for CDDB edits by default there is now a -N switch
1190 for non-interactivity.
1191 * Handles cddb entries with random sprinklings of CR's and LF's
1192 * You can now specify niceness for the reader and encoders, thanks to
1193 Kevin Everets <kevin.everets@alcatel.com>
1194 * -j 0 will now disable local encoding, thanks to Antonio Fiol
1195 <Antonio.FIOL@enst-bretagne.fr>
1196 * Vorbize should actually work now, thanks to Kevin Everets and James
1198 * Oggenc/Vorbize commenting support
1199 * Made TRACKNUM available for playlist generation
1200 * Fleshed out the TODO list a bit more
1201 * mungefilename() now translates ':' to ' -' by default. Rationale: You
1202 can't put ':' on a FAT filesystem. It also wreaks havoc with Samba.
1204 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Mon, 25 Sep 2000
1208 * The "Don't Fraun" Release.
1209 * Fixed a half-dozen minor buglets
1210 * A little less debug output, a lot more normal output
1211 * Resuming operation works better now
1212 * Patched up offline usage again
1213 * Broke OUTPUTFORMAT - if you plan on ever using Ogg support, and you've
1214 overridden the OUTPUTFORMAT default, change the ".mp3" to
1216 * Beginnings of Ogg Vorbis support (vorbize and oggenc) - warning:
1219 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Thu, 17 Aug 2000
1224 * Completely redone tmpfile handling, abcde can now continue where you left
1225 off. closes: #42970, #50883, #66668
1226 * Restructured program execution scheduling around central status file
1227 * Moved cddb-tool interactivity to abcde, 'cddb-tool get' no longer exists,
1228 it is now 'cddb-tool query' and 'cddb-tool read'.
1229 * Removed -e, -v, and -V, since abcde will now prompt you if you want to
1230 edit or otherwise muck with the data after you have a chance to see it.
1232 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Thu, 22 Jun 2000
1236 * The "That wasn't chicken" release.
1237 * Remote distributed encoding had a bad bug in 1.1 - work to be done
1238 remotely was duplicated locally (everything still turned out ok - there
1239 was just no speedup). Fixed that.
1240 * Restructured encode_and_tag function.
1242 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Sun, 07 May 2000
1246 * The "We heard Mr. Garrison say them a couple of times" Release.
1247 * New -r and REMOTEHOSTS option to use distmp3 to encode to multiple
1249 * Command-line track range specification (f.e. "abcde 1-12"
1250 (Thanks: Vincent Ho)
1251 * Now displays minutes/seconds for each track while displaying track titles
1254 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Tue, 18 Apr 2000
1258 * The "Inspected by #17" Release.
1259 * New EJECTCD option to eject the CD after all tracks are read (thanks:
1260 Hrafnkell F Hlodversson)
1262 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Sun, 2 Apr 2000
1266 * The "...So we can both watch X-Files..." Release.
1267 * Quoting fix for setups without space->underscore filename munging
1268 * README file URL fixes/updates
1270 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Thu, 16 Mar 2000
1274 * CDPARANOIAOPTS and CDDA2WAVOPTS should work now.
1276 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Sun, 20 Feb 2000
1280 * The "This Space Intentionally Left Blank" Release
1281 * Support for reverse and dashed Various Artists discs
1282 * More elegant way of passing backtick data
1283 * Replaced all `foo` commands with $(foo)
1284 * Custom filename munging, closes: #38448
1286 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Wed, 9 Feb 2000
1290 * Now eats backticks in CDDB input (thanks to Steve Beattie)
1291 * mp3enc support (thanks to Richard Jelinek and Chris Ruvolo), closes: #56189
1292 * cddb-tool more gracefully handles no net connection for those with
1293 local caching name servers
1294 * Fixed HELLOINFO documentation bug, closes: #56189
1296 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Wed, 26 Jan 2000
1300 * The "s/ever/ Three Days/" Release
1301 * Now properly handles double-quotes in Artist and Album data
1302 (thanks to Clint Adams), closes: #54888
1304 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Thu, 13 Jan 2000
1308 * The "But a 1.0 is Forever" Release
1309 * Backed out cddb-tool quoting change, closes: #54005
1310 * Now strips carriage returns from CDDB data, closes: #53815
1311 * Added ID3COMMENT config option
1313 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Mon, 10 Jan 2000
1317 * The "Get it Before the World Implodes" Release
1318 * Added -D (debugging option, outputs debugging information to stderr).
1319 Very useful for submitting bug reports, hint hint hint :)
1320 Just do 'abcde -D 2>logfile' and include logfile in your bug report.
1321 * Now uses id3's new -T option to embed track numbers in ID3 tags.
1322 * Fixed cddb-tool output for FreeDB submissions, closes: #51986.
1323 Thanks to Clint Adams for spotting the problem
1324 * New -v switch for Various Artist CD's (thanks to Magenta Hari Nezumi)
1326 * Fixed minor cddb-tool manpage buglet
1327 * Fixed cddb-tool output for shell quoting, thanks to Philipp Meier.
1330 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Fri, 31 Dec 1999
1334 * Added gogo explainations to manpages and example config file
1335 * Added code by Stuart Ballard <sballard@netreach.net> to intelligently use
1336 relative paths for playlist files
1337 * Added PLAYLISTDATAPREFIX config option for those who wish to prefix their
1338 playlist data with things like URL's
1339 * Fixed bug added in 0.8 where the multiple inexact match choice selection
1340 would be hidden to the user (cddb-tool wasn't sending all user output to
1341 stderr as it should).
1343 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Sun, 28 Nov 1999
1347 * Removed parallelization of silent encoder processes
1349 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999
1353 * Removed bashisms (again :)
1355 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Sun, 14 Nov 1999
1359 * Fixed some output issues regarding background encoding that cropped up in
1362 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Sun, 7 Nov 1999
1366 * New name. A Better CD Encoder. cdgrab was already taken - the original
1367 cdgrab name belongs to a CDDA reading program for DOS dating back to
1368 1993. It's still in use and active development, so I'm changing the
1369 name of cdgrab instead. See this URL for a description of the original
1370 cdgrab: http://www.scn.rain.com/pub/cdrom/cdgrab.txt
1372 Your old /etc/cdgrab.conf and/or ~/.cdgrab.conf can simply be
1373 renamed to /etc/abcde.conf and ~/.abcde.conf.
1375 The program name is now 'abcde'.
1377 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Tue, 2 Nov 1999
1381 * cdgrab 0.7 through 0.8.2 would leave around cdgrab.xxxxxx
1382 tempfiles with -j. Fixed that.
1383 * Fixed quoting issues regarding spaces in output files
1385 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Thu, 28 Oct 1999
1389 * Supports the 'gogo' mp3 encoder
1390 * cddb-tool escapes double quotes when sourcing its temp files
1391 * Added cddb-tool manpage
1393 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Sun, 10 Oct 1999
1397 * Cleared up some bashisms from the patches merged in 0.8
1399 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Sun, 19 Sep 1999
1403 * Fixed a bug where if multiple tracks (but not the entire CD) was
1404 specificed explicitly, cdgrab would loop forever after the first track
1405 * Now uses Debian's sensible-editor wrapper if available
1406 * Merged in patches from Nathaniel J Smith that puts cddb lookup
1407 functionality in a separate script, cddb-tool
1408 * Adds WAVOUTPUTDIR environment variable for those running out of space in
1411 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 1999
1415 * Yet another quick fix to finish what 0.7.6 started - cdgrab should now
1416 handle multiple inexact matches as well. (Thanks again to Robert Macaulay)
1418 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Thu, 12 Aug 1999
1422 * Another quick bugfix release - hopefully this will handle inexact matches
1423 properly now. (Thank you Robert Macaulay :)
1425 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Mon, 9 Aug 1999
1429 * Quick bugfix release - with any luck I can start on 0.8 soon :)
1430 * **** YOU WILL NEED TO EDIT CDGRAB.CONF **** if you use lame as
1431 /usr/bin/lamer. The default program name is now 'lame' as of lame v3.0.
1432 If you don't want to touch your lame installation, put the following in
1433 your cdgrab.conf: "LAME=lamer"
1434 * Omits -w from cdparanoia commands
1435 * Depends on cdparanoia-bin or cdparanoia now - this accommodates the recent
1436 cdparanoia package namechange.
1437 * Fixed a stealth-whitespace typo at line 495. Thanks go to Gregory T.
1438 Norris for tracking this down.
1440 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Tue, 13 Jul 1999
1444 * Now only uses the first match from a CDDB datafile for the track
1445 information, this works around a cddb glitch some of you may have
1447 * Default config file now gets version number from program.
1448 * added 'debug' option to CDROMREADERSYNTAX to get cdparanoia to only rip
1449 the first 5 seconds of a track. This is very useful to those debugging
1450 cdgrab, makes things go much faster. This will also prevent me releasing
1452 * Now puts options last on the encoder command line if you are using
1453 bladeenc or l3enc, this should allow the proper use of these encoders
1454 with additional commandline options (thanks to Justin Hugh Daly for
1456 * m3u PLAYLIST SUPPORT! Check out the new -p and -P options!
1458 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Mon, 7 Jun 1999
1462 * Fixes wget calling method
1463 * -l/LOWDISK documented
1464 * Fixes the lowdisk #2 option so it exits cleanly
1465 * Lets you enter track info for CDs without CDDB matches now
1467 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Sun, 23 May 1999
1471 * Woops, left some debugging code in 0.7.1 - if you have truckloads of 80kb
1474 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Sun, 16 May 1999
1478 * LOWDISK/-l option added for those who don't have the disk space to run a
1479 parallelized session.
1480 * MAXPROCS added to config file
1481 * CDDB handling revisited - cdgrab should now properly handle CD's with
1482 multiple or inexact CDDB entries.
1484 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Fri, 14 May 1999
1488 * Parallelizes ripping and encoding - this may take substantially more disk
1489 space temporarily (up to 500MB or so depending on how fast your CPU is
1490 compared to your cdrom drive) but cdgrab will be done with your CD
1492 * Allows for SMP optimizations (multiple encoders running at once) with the
1494 * Output fix for TOC printing
1495 * cd-discid split off into it's own package
1497 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Fri, 7 May 1999
1501 * Fixes encoder and cdrom reader option-passing bug
1503 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999
1507 * Adds the -H option (don't create .inf files) when calling cdda2wav
1508 * Removed a bashism from the usage function
1510 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Mon, 29 Mar 1999
1514 * Tacks a .wav extension to the wave data temporary file to make bladeenc
1516 * Munges /'s to _'s now instead of eating them
1517 * Adds command-line option configuration options for backend programs
1518 * Properly zero-pads the TRACKNUM variable
1520 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Sun, 28 Mar 1999
1524 * Added support for inexact or multiple CDDB matches
1525 * Properly bombs out if CDDB can't come up with a match
1526 (without CDDB, you might as well use cdparanoia -B)
1528 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Thu, 18 Mar 1999
1532 * Added ALBUMFILE, fixed manpage reference to it
1533 * Deletes editor backups from 'cdgrab -e' automagically
1534 (I wish mutt did this :)
1535 * Bombs out if there's no CD in the drive
1536 * Bombs out if any necessary external programs don't exist
1537 * Encourages people to use brackets for OUTPUTFORMAT variables to
1538 handle formats like Artist/TrackName_Number.mp3
1540 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Tue, 16 Mar 1999
1544 * Fixed one thinko in user preferences loading and another in the tagger
1545 * New option syntax - if you used to specify a cdrom device through the
1546 command line, use 'cdgrab -d device' now to get the same result.
1547 * Allows you to edit CDDB response data before using it (-e)
1548 * Added support for getting a user-specified selection of tracks
1549 * Added support for user-specified output file formats
1551 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Wed, 10 Mar 1999
1557 -- Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org> Sun, 21 Feb 1999