# System defaults for abcde version 2.2.x
# Nothing in this file is uncommented by default.
-#
+#
# If you wish to override these system-wide settings, create your own
# .abcde.conf file in your home directory.
# are cached locally in $CDDBLOCALDIR
#CDDBCOPYLOCAL="n"
#CDDBLOCALDIR="$HOME/.cddb"
-#CDDBLOCALRECURSIVE="n"
+#CDDBLOCALRECURSIVE="y"
# If NOSUBMIT is set to y, then abcde will never prompt asking if you
# wish to submit your edited cddb file.
#NOCDDBQUERY=n
# Select here if you want to use the locally stored CDDB entries.
-# This is useful if you do a lot of editing to those CDDB entries.
+# This is useful if you do a lot of editing to those CDDB entries.
# Also, other tools like Grip store CDDB entries under $HOME/.cddb,
-# so they can be reused when ripping CDs.
+# so they can be reused when ripping CDs. (If this is set to "y" make
+# sure that CDDBLOCALRECURSIVE is also set to "y".)
#CDDBUSELOCAL="n"
# List, separated with a comma, the fields we want the parsing function to
# or "YEAR, GENRE"
#SHOWCDDBFIELDS=year,genre
-# Specify the style of encoder to use here -
+# Specify the style of encoder to use here -
# oggenc, vorbize - for OGGENCODERSYNTAX
# lame, gogo, bladeenc, l3enc, xingmp3enc, mp3enc - for MP3ENCODERSYNTAX
# flac - the only supported for FLACENCODERSYNTAX at the moment
# speexenc - the only encoder for SPEEXENCODERSYNTAX
# mpcenc - encoder for MPCENCODERSYNTAX
-# faac, neroAacEnc - for AACENCODER
+# wavpack - encoder for WVENCODER
+# faac, neroAacEnc, fdkaac - for AACENCODER
# opusenc - for OPUSENCODER
-# default is a valid option for oggenc, lame, flac, speexenc, mpcenc, faac and opus.
+# default is a valid option for oggenc, lame, flac, speexenc, mpcenc, wavpack, faac and opus.
# Currently this affects the default location of the binary, the variable
# to pick encoder command-line options from, and where the options are
# given.
#FLACENCODERSYNTAX=default
#SPEEXENCODERSYNTAX=default
#MPCENCODERSYNTAX=default
+#WVENCODERSYNTAX=default
#AACENCODERSYNTAX=default
#OPUSENCODERSYNTAX=default
#FLAC=flac
#SPEEXENC=speexenc
#MPCENC=mpcenc
+#WVENC=wavpack
#AACENC=faac
#OPUSENC=opusenc
#ID3=id3
+#ID3V2=id3v2
#EYED3=eyeD3
#CDPARANOIA=cdparanoia
#CDDA2WAV=icedax
# Options to call programs with:
-# If HTTPGET is modified, the HTTPGETOPTS options should also be defined
+# If HTTPGET is modified, the HTTPGETOPTS options should also be defined
# accordingly. If HTTPGET is changed, the default options will be set,
# if HTTPGETOPTS is empty or not defined.
#HTTPGET=wget
# MP3:
# For the best LAME encoder options have a look at:
# <http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=LAME#Recommended_encoder_settings>
-# The suggested '-V 0' below gives Variable Bitrate Rate (VBR) recording
+# A good option is '-V 0' which gives Variable Bitrate Rate (VBR) recording
# with a target bitrate of ~245 Kbps and a bitrate range of 220...260 Kbps.
-#LAMEOPTS='-V 0'
+#LAMEOPTS=
#TOOLAMEOPTS=
#GOGOOPTS=
#BLADEENCOPTS=
#OGGENCOPTS=
# FLAC:
-#FLACOPTS="-f"
+# The flac option is a workaround for an error where flac fails
+# to encode with error 'floating point exception'. This is flac
+# error in get_console_width(), corrected in flac 1.3.1
+#FLACOPTS="--silent"
# Speex:
#SPEEXENCOPTS=
# MPP/MP+ (Musepack):
-# For the encoder options look at: mpcenc --longhelp. Set them like this:
-# MPCENCOPTS='--xtreme' if you wish to set more options then:
-# MPCENCOPTS='--xtreme --skip 20 --fade 10'
+# For the encoder options look at 'mpcenc --longhelp', consider
+# setting '--extreme' for a good quality encode.
#MPCENCOPTS=
+# WavPack:
+# Look at 'wavpack --help' for detailed options, consider using '-hx3'
+# for a good quality encode
+#WVENCOPTS=
+
# M4A/AAC
-#For faac encoding try the following options (see also: faac --help):
-#AACENC=faac
-#AACENCOPTS='-q 250 -w -s'
-#OUTPUTTYPE="m4a"
-# For neroAacEnc encoding try the following options (see also neroAacEnc -help):
-#AACENC=neroAacEnc
-#AACENCOPTS='-q 0.65'
-#OUTPUTTYPE="m4a"
-#ATOMICPARSLEY='AtomicParsley'
+# For faac options see 'faac --long-help' and consider
+# using '-q 250' for a good quality encode.
+# For neroAacEnc options see 'neroAacEnc -help' and
+# consider using '-q 0.65' for a good quality encode.
+# For fdkaac options see 'fdkaac --help' and consider using
+# '--profile 2 --bitrate-mode 5 --afterburner 1' for a
+# good quaity encode.
+#AACENCOPTS=
# OPUS
-# For the encoder options look at: opusenc -h.
-#OPUSENCOPTS='--bitrate 128'
+# For the encoder options look at: 'opusenc -h'
+#OPUSENCOPTS=
+# There are three ways to tag MP3 files: id3v1 (with id3), id3v2.3
+# (with id3v2) and id3v2.4 (with eyeD3). Use ID3TAGV to select one of
+# the older formats
+#ID3TAGV=id3v2.4
#ID3OPTS=
+#ID3V2OPTS=
#EYED3OPTS="--set-encoding=utf16-LE"
#CDPARANOIAOPTS=
#CDDA2WAVOPTS=
# you can specify that here
#WAVOUTPUTDIR=`pwd`
-# OUTPUTTYPE can be either "ogg", "mp3", "flac", "spx", "opus" or a combination
-# of them separated with ",": "ogg,mp3".
+# OUTPUTTYPE can be any of a number of formats, either a single format
+# (e.g. "ogg") or a combination of them separated with ","
+# (e.g. "flac,mp3"). Currently recognised and supported are:
+# "flac", "m4a", "mp3, "mpc", "ogg", "opus", "spx", "vorbis", "wav", "wv"
#OUTPUTTYPE=ogg
# Output filename format - change this to reflect your inner desire to
#LOWDISK=n
# If set to y, enables batch mode normalization, which preserves relative
-# volume differences between tracks of an album.
+# volume differences between tracks of an album.
#BATCHNORM=n
# Enables nogap encoding when using the 'lame' encoder.
# Custom pre-read function
# By default it does nothing.
# You can set some things to get abcde function in better ways:
-# * Close the CD tray using eject -t (if available in eject and supported by
+# * Close the CD tray using eject -t (if available in eject and supported by
# your CD device.
-# * Set the CD speed. You can also use the built-in options, but you can also
+# * Set the CD speed. You can also use the built-in options, but you can also
# set it here. In Debian, eject -x and cdset -x do the job.
# KEEP IN MIND that executables included in pre_read must be in your $PATH or
# you have to define them with full /path/to/binary