+Q. I have modified some of the options, and now CDDB has stopped working.
+A. Check that you have modified everything in the right way. For instance, if
+ you modify the HTTPGET program you might want to set some options of your
+ own. If you use the predefined ones (wget, curl and fetch) abcde will try
+ to use some defaults. Keep in mind that the output should go to the output
+ as standard output, to be saved in a file for later use.
+
+ If abcde seems to be ignoring your configuration options or not running
+ commands such as the encoder, you may have misquoted something. Config
+ options such as the following do not work:
+
+ LAMEOPTS=-h -k
+
+ Try this instead:
+
+ LAMEOPTS='-h -k'
+
+Q. How can I separate the different output files I get using multiple-output
+ support?
+A. Use the OUTPUT variable in PLAYLISTFORMAT and OUTPUTFORMAT. It holds the
+ different output file types you passed to abcde (i.e., ogg, mp3, flac)
+ during playlist creation and file/directory creation.
+
+Q. I have a CD with a data track, and abcde complaints it cannot read/encode
+ it.
+A. From version 2.2 onwards, abcde includes some checkings with cdparanoia, to
+ try to get this right.
+ (It is not easy to find a data track on a CD. If you find a "data"
+ track and you know the number, restart abcde specifying the tracks
+ to be encoded, leaving out the data one).
+
+Q. I am requested to have "eject" when setting the speed although I do not use
+ it for anything.
+A. If you do not use cdparanoia, eject is used for setting the speed of the
+ cdrom drive. You can substitute it for "setcd" with "-x" as the argument,
+ but you have to install it manually (setcd is, at least, available in
+ Debian).
+ Another way to get the same results is using the pre_read function, defined
+ in your /etc/abcde.conf file.
+
+Q. I have a CD set with 1+ discs, and want to have them in the same directory,
+ sorted properly. What can abcde do for me?
+A. Set abcde to rip the first CD and give it the option "-t 101". Use a generic
+ name for the CD, and reuse it with the rest of the CDs, editing the CDDB
+ entries. Use "-t 201" for the second CD and so on. Use "-w <comment>" 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, 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 <cd_number>", abcde will put a comment to every
+ CD set ("CD <number>") 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. Use "cue" as an action to
+ make a CUE sheet file where the information about the tracks is stored.
+
+Q. Can I use abcde to take a backup of my CD collection?
+A. Yes. Use "abcde -1 -o flac -a default,cue" and it will create a single-track
+ FLAC file with an embedded cuesheet. Later on, you can use the command
+ "abcde -o vorbis -d flac-file.flac" to extract the individual tracks in
+ Ogg/Vorbis format. Of course you can select whatever format you want.
+
+
+3. CDDB and Musicbrainz
+ ====================
+
+Q. I need to go through an HTTP proxy for CDDB access.
+A. No problem, just export your http_proxy variable first so wget/fetch/curl
+ can see it.
+
+Q. I already store CDDB entries in my hard disc. Can I make use of them?
+A. Piece of cake. Just edit CDDBLOCALDIR to point to the repository and give
+ abcde the "-L" flag to make use of it.
+
+Q. Fine, now it uses local CDDB, but I have no network connection. How can I
+ disable CDDB checks?
+A. Use the "-L -n" combination. It will try to use local CDDB entries, and if
+ nothing can be found, it will use a template. You will be also given the
+ choice to edit such template.
+
+Q. How can I use some other CDDB information provider?
+A. abcde now uses FreeDB by default. To use a different FreeDB mirror or
+ another CDDB service, change the CDDBURL option in your abcde.conf.
+
+Q. After requesting CDDB data, I received several answers which seem to be
+ quite alike. Can I find out the difference between some of them?
+A. Yes. When asked which one you want to select, use "X,Y" where X and Y are
+ the numbers of the selections you want to find the difference between.
+
+Q. I get stuck at the screen with multiple CDDB results. How do I exit this
+ screen so I can make my final selection?
+A. abcde tries to use the system's default pager to display these results
+ and thus the actual application used and the method to exit from this
+ application may vary from system to system.
+ Many systems will be using the applications 'more' or 'less' as their
+ pager and the common key to exit this screen is the letter 'q'. If this
+ does not work on your system you should investigate what your system's
+ default pager application is and from there learn the correct method of
+ exiting this screen.
+
+Q. I don't like CDDB/FreeDB. How can I use Musicbrainz instead?
+A. Set CDDBMETHOD=musicbrainz and try it!
+
+
+4. abcde and Album Art
+ ===================
+
+Q. Can abcde download album art?
+A. As of abcde 2.7 it is possible to download a suitable cover
+ image from within abcde that can be used by applications such
+ as Audacious and vlc to illustrate playback with an album cover.
+ Many hardware playback devices such as iPODs will also use this
+ image during playback and show it on the device's display.
+
+Q. How does album art downloading work?
+A. The details are contained in abcde within a new function called
+ 'getalbumart' which can be called either from the commandline or
+ from within an ~/.abcde.conf file. The technique works in 3 possible
+ ways:
+
+ 1. If CDDBMETHOD includes musicbrainz the album art is downloaded from
+ coverartarchive by MBID (MusicBrainz Identifier)
+ 2. If 1 fails, download is tried from amazon by ASIN (Amazon
+ Standard Identification Number)
+ 3. If if 1 and 2 fail or CDDBMETHOD is cddb the album art will
+ be downloaded using glyrc by artist + album title
+
+ You will need to install your distro's package of glyr, a music
+ related metadata search engine, and it is strongly advised that
+ you use 'musicbrainz' in your cddb lookups. To access the more
+ advanced features of getalbumart it is also strongly advised that
+ you install the ImageMagick package of your distro. getalbumart
+ will work without ImageMagick but functionality will be reduced.
+
+Q. What settings and options should I select?
+A. If you want to operate abcde from the commandline only you will
+ get reasonable results with something like either of the following:
+
+ abcde -o mp3:-V2 -a default,getalbumart
+ abcde -o mp3:-V2 -G
+
+ But to experience all of the options of getalbumart you should also
+ consider setting the following in your ~/.abcde.conf file:
+
+ #----------------------------------------------------------------#
+ CDDBMETHOD=musicbrainz # Use MusicBrainz for CDDB
+ ACTIONS=default,getalbumart # Select the album art action + default
+
+ # Give the path to the metadata search application glyrc. Add any
+ # glyrc options:
+ GLYRC=glyrc
+ GLYRCOPTS=
+
+ # Give the path to ImageMagick's 'identify' which is used to give a
+ # commandline summary of the album art and also assist in any conversions.
+ # Add any 'identify' options:
+ IDENTIFY=identify
+ IDENTIFYOPTS=
+
+ # Give the path to ImageMagick's 'display' which will show the album art.
+ # The options below are the abcde default, feel free to add your own:
+ DISPLAYCMD=display
+ DISPLAYCMDOPTS="-resize 512x512 -title abcde_album_art"
+
+ # Give the path to ImageMagick's 'convert' which is used to convert album
+ # art to the format specified in ALBUMARTTYPE. Add any 'convert' options:
+ CONVERT=convert
+ CONVERTOPTS=
+ # If you want to run CONVERTOPTS on all files (including those specified
+ # in ALBUMARTTYPE) set the following to "y":
+ ALBUMARTALWAYSCONVERT="n"
+
+ # By default the filename will be cover.jpg and the file format will
+ # be jpeg. 'convert' will automagically change other formats to jpeg:
+ ALBUMARTFILE="cover.jpg"
+ ALBUMARTTYPE="JPEG"
+ #----------------------------------------------------------------#
+
+ There are more hints concerning commandline options in the sample
+ abcde.conf file included with your abcde package. Good news is that
+ the existing defaults will work well without any extra adjustments :).
+
+Q. Can I manually select album art?
+A. If you have set INTERACTIVE=y (this is the default) then you will have
+ the opportunity to manually select the album art of your choice either
+ from online by typing in a URL or by typing in the path to a local file.
+
+Q. What if I want my album art embedded?
+A. As of abcde 2.8.2 it is possible to have the album art automatically
+ embedded in the mp3 container using eyeD3, embedded in the flac container
+ using metaflac, embedded in the m4a container using AtomicParsley,
+ embedded in the wv container using wvtag and embedded into an ogg
+ container using vorbiscomment.
+
+ There are 3 different ways to accomplish this:
+
+ 1. Use the command line '-B' option (this will also call getalbumart)
+ 2. Use the command line '-a embedalbumart' option to add to list of actions
+ 3. Use 'embedalbumart' in the 'ACTIONS' list in ~/.abcde.conf
+
+ Adding newer containers for album art embedding should be fairly straightforward
+ and these will be added when the right combination of available abcde developer
+ time and abcde user interest occurs...
+
+4. FORMATS
+ =======
+
+Q. What formats can I encode my music to?
+A. As of version 2.8.2 abcde includes support for MP3, Ogg/Vorbis,
+ Ogg/Speex, Flac, MPP/MP+(Musepack), AAC, AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format),
+ Alac, WavPack, TTA (True Type Audio), APE (Monkey's Audio), Opus,
+ AC3 and MP2.
+
+Q. I want the new *put the newest and coolest codec there* format to be
+ supported by abcde. Abcde is so cool but i want to encode also to this
+ new format...
+A. Patches are welcome! ;)
+ No, seriously, if the format is usable, available for Linux and open
+ source/free software, it should be fairly easy to integrate. Support for
+ AAC (m4p) should be the next one to be introduced.
+
+Q. I use Debian/RedHat/(put your Unix flavour here) and MP3 encoding is not