-# System defaults for abcde version 2.2.x
+# System defaults for abcde version 2.7
# 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.
# CDDB options
+# Choose whether you want to use CDDB or Musicbrainz. Default is CDDB
+# currently recognized options are 'cddb' and 'musicbrainz'
+#CDDBMETHOD=cddb
# If you wish to use a different CDDB server, edit this line.
# If you just wanted to use a proxy server, just set your http_proxy
# 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
-# mppenc - encoder for MPPENCODERSYNTAX
-# default is a valid option for oggenc, lame, flac, speexenc and mppenc.
+# mpcenc - encoder for MPCENCODERSYNTAX
+# wavpack - encoder for WVENCODERSYNTAX
+# mac - for APENCODERSYNTAX
+# faac, neroAacEnc, fdkaac - 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.
#OGGENCODERSYNTAX=default
#FLACENCODERSYNTAX=default
#SPEEXENCODERSYNTAX=default
-#MPPENCODERSYNTAX=default
+#MPCENCODERSYNTAX=default
+#WVENCODERSYNTAX=default
+#APENCODERSYNTAX=default
#AACENCODERSYNTAX=default
+#OPUSENCODERSYNTAX=default
# Specify the syntax of the normalize binary here - so far only 'normalize'
# is supported.
#NORMALIZERSYNTAX=default
# CD reader program to use - currently recognized options are 'cdparanoia',
-# 'cdda2wav', 'dagrab', 'cddafs' (Mac OS X only) and 'flac'.
+# 'libcdio' (cd-paranoia),'icedax', 'cdda2wav', 'dagrab', 'pird',
+# 'cddafs' (Mac OS X only) and 'flac'.
#CDROMREADERSYNTAX=cdparanoia
# CUE reader syntax for the CUE reader program to use.
#DISTMP3NICE=10
# Paths of programs to use
+
+# Encoders:
#LAME=lame
#TOOLAME=toolame
#GOGO=gogo
#OGGENC=oggenc
#FLAC=flac
#SPEEXENC=speexenc
-#MPPENC=mppenc
-#AACENC=faac
-
+#MPCENC=mpcenc
+#WVENC=wavpack
+#APENC=mac
+#FAAC=faac
+#NEROAACENC=neroAacEnc
+#FDKAAC=fdkaac
+#OPUSENC=opusenc
+
+# Taggers, rippers, replaygain etc:
#ID3=id3
#ID3V2=id3v2
+#EYED3=eyeD3
#CDPARANOIA=cdparanoia
-#CDDA2WAV=cdda2wav
+#CD_PARANOIA=cd-paranoia
+#CDDA2WAV=icedax
+#PIRD=pird
#CDDAFS=cp
#CDDISCID=cd-discid
#CDDBTOOL=cddb-tool
#MKCUE=mkcue
#MKTOC=cdrdao
#DIFF=diff
+#WVGAIN=wvgain
+#APETAG=apetag
+#GLYRC=glyrc
+#IDENTIFY=identify
+#CONVERT=convert
+#DISPLAYCMD=display
# 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
# for fetch (FreeBSD): HTTPGETOPTS="-q -o -"
-# for wget: HTTPGETOPTS="-q -O -"
+# for wget: HTTPGETOPTS="-q -nv -O -"
# for curl (MacOSX): HTTPGETOPTS="-f -s"
#HTTPGETOPTS="-q -O -"
# MP3:
+# For the best LAME encoder options have a look at:
+# <http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=LAME#Recommended_encoder_settings>
+# 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'
#BLADEENCOPTS=
+# L3enc still works with abcde in 2015, pretty amazing when you realise
+# that the last release of l3enc was in 1997! Settings that will produce
+# a great encode are: '-br 256000 -hq -crc'
#L3ENCOPTS=
#XINGMP3ENCOPTS=
+# And mp3enc also still works with abcde in 2015 with the last release
+# of mp3enc in 1998! Settings that will produce a great encode, albeit
+# a slow one, are: '-v -br 256000 -qual 9 -no-is -bw 16500'
#MP3ENCOPTS=
# Ogg:
#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 take a look at the manpage. Set them like this:
-# MPPENCOPTS='--xtreme' if you wish to set more options then:
-# MPPENCOPTS='--xtreme --skip 20 --fade 10'
-#MPPENCOPTS=
+# 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=
+# 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.
+#WVGAINOPTS='-a'
+
+# Monkey's Audio (ape)
+# Without this set mac chokes unfortunately. Choices
+# are from 1000 to 5000.
+#APENCOPTS='-c4000'
# M4A/AAC
-#AACENCOPTS=
-
+# 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
+# using '-q 250' for a good quality encode.
+#FAACENCOPTS=
+# 2. neroAacEnc: see 'neroAacEnc -help' and
+# consider using '-q 0.65' for a good quality encode.
+#NEROAACENCOPTS=
+# 3. fdkaac: see 'fdkaac --help' and consider using
+# '--profile 2 --bitrate-mode 5 --afterburner 1'
+# for a good quality encode.
+#FDKAACENCOPTS='--bitrate 192k'
+
+# OPUS
+# For the encoder options look at: 'opusenc -h'
+#OPUSENCOPTS=
+
+# mp3 tagging:
+# There are three ways to tag MP3 files:
+# 1. id3v1 (with id3)
+# 2. id3v2.3 (with id3v2)
+# 3. id3v2.4 (with eyeD3) This is the default
+# Use ID3TAGV to select one of the older formats:
+#ID3TAGV=id3v2.4
#ID3OPTS=
#ID3V2OPTS=
+#EYED3OPTS="--set-encoding=utf16-LE"
+
+# Other options:
+# The variable CDPARANOIOPTS is also used by GNU's cd-paranoia,
+# so use this when setting CDROMREADERSYNTX=libcdio.
#CDPARANOIAOPTS=
#CDDA2WAVOPTS=
+#PIRDOPTS="-p"
#CDDAFSOPTS="-f"
#CDDBTOOLOPTS=
#EJECTOPTS=
#DIFFOPTS=""
#VORBISCOMMENTOPTS="-R"
#METAFLACOPTS="--no-utf8-convert"
-#DIFFOPTS=""
# Actions to take
# Comma-separated list of one or more of the following:
-# cddb,cue,read,normalize,encode,tag,move,playlist,clean,default
+# cddb,cue,read,normalize,encode,tag,move,replaygain,playlist,getalbumart,clean,default
# encode implies read
# normalize implies read
# tag implies cddb,read,encode
# move implies cddb,read,encode,tag
+# replaygain implies cddb,read,encode,tag,move
# playlist implies cddb
# An action can be added to the "default" action by specifying it along with
# "default", without having to repeat the default ones:
# you can specify that here
#WAVOUTPUTDIR=`pwd`
-# OUTPUTTYPE can be either "ogg", "mp3", "flac" or "spx", 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", "ape"
#OUTPUTTYPE=ogg
# Output filename format - change this to reflect your inner desire to
# organize things differently than everyone else :)
# You have the following variables at your disposal:
-# OUTPUT, GENRE, ALBUMFILE, ARTISTFILE, TRACKFILE, and TRACKNUM.
+# OUTPUT, GENRE, ALBUMFILE, ARTISTFILE, TRACKFILE, TRACKNUM and YEAR.
# Make sure to single-quote this variable. abcde will automatically create
# the directory portion of this filename.
# NOTICE: OUTPUTTYPE has been deprecated in the OUTPUTFORMAT string.
#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.
-#NOGAP
+#NOGAP=y
# Set the playlist file location format. Uses the same variables and format
# as OUTPUTFORMAT. If the playlist is specified to be in a subdirectory, it
#(some hardware players insist on CR-LF line-endings)
#DOSPLAYLIST=n
+# album art download options (see glyrc's help for details with more detailed
+# examples here: https://github.com/sahib/glyr/wiki/Commandline-arguments).
+# For example use '--formats jpg;jpeg' to only search for JPEG images
+# These options: '--from <provider>' and '--lang <langcode>' might also be useful
+#GLYRCOPTS=
+#ALBUMARTFILE="cover.jpg"
+#ALBUMARTTYPE="JPEG"
+
+# Options for ImageMagick commands used by album art processing when available
+# For example: CONVERTOPTS="-colorspace RGB -resize 600x600>"
+# to make the image RGB and fit inside 600x600 while keeping the aspect ratio
+#IDENTIFYOPTS=
+#CONVERTOPTS=
+#DISPLAYCMDOPTS="-resize 512x512 -title abcde_album_art"
+# By default convert is only called when the image type is different from
+# ALBUMARTTYPE, use ALBUMARTALWAYSCONVERT="y" to always call convert
+#ALBUMARTALWAYSCONVERT="n"
+
# Custom filename munging:
-# By default, abcde will do the following to CDDB data to get a useful
-# filename:
-# * Translate colons to a space and a dash for Windows compatibility
-# * Eat control characters, single quotes, and question marks
-# * Translate spaces and forward slashes to underscores
-# * Translate stars into pluses.
-# To change that, redefine the mungefilename function.
-# mungefilename receives the CDDB data (artist, track, title, whatever)
-# as $1 and outputs it on stdout.
+# By default, abcde will do the following to CDDB data to get a useful filename:
+# 1. Delete any dots preceding the title (first sed command)
+# 2. Replace all spaces with an underscore (second sed command). Simply remove
+# this if you prefer spaces.
+# 3. Delete a grab bag of characters which variously Windows and Linux do not permit
+# (tr command). Remove any of these from the list if you wish to actually use them.
+#
#mungefilename ()
#{
-# echo "$@" | sed s,:,\ -,g | tr \ /\* __+ | tr -d \'\"\?\[:cntrl:\]
+# echo "$@" | sed -e 's/^\.*//' -e 's/ /_/g' | tr -d ":><|*/\"'?[:cntrl:]"
#}
# Custom genre munging:
# 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
#:
#}
+# post_encode
+# By default it does nothing.
+# You can set some things to get abcde function in better ways:
+# * Move the resulting directory over the network
+# * Compare results with a previously made run, for tests
+# KEEP IN MIND that executables included in post_encode must be in your $PATH or
+# you have to define them with full /path/to/binary
+# Uncomment and substitute the ":" with your commands.
+#post_encode ()
+#{
+#:
+#}
+
# If you'd like to have abcde eject the cdrom after all the tracks have been
# read, uncomment the following line.
#EJECTCD=y
# distmp3host to be installed and running on all remote machines - see README)
#REMOTEHOSTS=foo,bar,baz,quux,qiix
-# Set to obtain some information about actions happening in the background
+# Set to 1,2, etc. to obtain some information about actions happening in the background
# Useful if you have a slow network or CDDB servers seem unresponsive.
-#EXTRAVERBOSE=n
+#EXTRAVERBOSE=0