+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 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 is 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' for 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.