# flac - the only supported for FLACENCODERSYNTAX at the moment
# speexenc - the only encoder for SPEEXENCODERSYNTAX
# mpcenc - encoder for MPCENCODERSYNTAX
-# wavpack - encoder for WVENCODERSYNTAX
+# wavpack, ffmpeg - encoder for WVENCODERSYNTAX
# mac - for APENCODERSYNTAX
-# faac, neroAacEnc, fdkaac, qaac, fhgaacenc - for AACENCODERSYNTAX
+# faac, neroAacEnc, fdkaac, qaac, fhgaacenc, ffmpeg - for AACENCODERSYNTAX
# opusenc - for OPUSENCODERSYNTAX
-# 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.
+# twolame, ffmpeg - for MP2ENCODERSYNTAX
+# ttaenc - for TTAENCODERSYNTAX
+# default is a valid option for oggenc, lame, flac, speexenc, mpcenc, wavpack,
+# faac, opus, twolame and ttaenc. Currently this affects the default location of the
+# binary, the variable to pick encoder command-line options from, and where
+# the options are given.
#MP3ENCODERSYNTAX=default
#OGGENCODERSYNTAX=default
#FLACENCODERSYNTAX=default
#APENCODERSYNTAX=default
#AACENCODERSYNTAX=default
#OPUSENCODERSYNTAX=default
+#MP2ENCODERSYNTAX=default
+#TTAENCODERSYNTAX=default
# Specify the syntax of the normalize binary here - so far only 'normalize'
# is supported.
# Encoders:
#LAME=lame
-#TOOLAME=toolame
#GOGO=gogo
#BLADEENC=bladeenc
#L3ENC=l3enc
#NEROAACENC=neroAacEnc
#FDKAAC=fdkaac
#OPUSENC=opusenc
+#TWOLAME=twolame
+# Note that if you use avconv rather than FFmpeg give the
+# path to avconv here (e.g. FFMPEG=/usr/bin/avconv):
+# FFMPEG=ffmpeg
+#TTAENC=ttaenc
# The path for qaac, refalac and fhgaacenc can be problematic as abcde
# cannot cope with the 'standard' Wine location with spaces. For example:
# Taggers, rippers, replaygain etc:
#ID3=id3
#ID3V2=id3v2
+#MID3V2=mid3v2
#EYED3=eyeD3
#CDPARANOIA=cdparanoia
#CD_PARANOIA=cd-paranoia
# 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=
-#TOOLAMEOPTS=
#GOGOOPTS=
# Bladeenc still works with abcde in 2015, and the last release of bladeenc
# was in 2001! Settings that will produce a great encode are: '-br 192'
# WavPack:
# Look at 'wavpack --help' for detailed options, consider using '-hx3'
# for a good quality encode
-#WVENCOPTS=
+#WAVENCOPTS=
# For Wavpack replay gain we set both the default of 'track gain'
# as well as this option for 'album gain'. Better media players
# such as vlc can select either or neither.
#APENCOPTS='-c4000'
# M4A/AAC
-# There are now 5 AAC encoders available to abcde :).
+# There are now 5 AAC encoders available to abcde. (FFmpeg
+# is also available for the m4a container...)
# Note that the old AACENCOPTS has been rendered obsolete by
# the following options, new to abcde 2.7:
# 1. faac: see 'faac --long-help' and consider
# consider using '--vbr 4' for a decent quality encode.
#FHGAACENCOPTS=
+# True Audio
+# This is a lossless format so no options of any note available:
+#TTAENCOPTS=
+
# OPUS
# For the encoder options look at: 'opusenc -h'
#OPUSENCOPTS=
+# MP2
+# Currently uses either twolame or ffmpeg, for twolame options look at:
+# 'twolame --help',a highly recommended setting is "--bitrate 320".
+#TWOLAMENCOPTS=
+
+# FFmpeg or avconv can be used for several audio codecs:
+# 1. Encoding to WavPack (FFmpeg only: avconv does not have a native encoder).
+# Consider setting the following with a compression_level between 0-8:
+# FFMPEGENCOPTS="-c:a wavpack -compression_level 6"
+# 2. Encoding to ALAC (both FFmpeg and avconv have a native encoder).
+# Consider using the following for either FFmpeg and avconv:
+# FFMPEGENCOPTS="-c:a alac"
+# 3. Encoding to mp2
+# Consider using the following for either FFmpeg and avconv:
+# FFMPEGENCOPTS="-c:a mp2 -b:a 320k"
+#FFMPEGENCOPTS=
+
# mp3 tagging:
# There are three ways to tag MP3 files:
# 1. id3v1 (with id3)