-# System defaults for abcde version 2.1.x
+# System defaults for abcde version 2.6.1
# 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
# environment variable - wget will use it correctly.
#CDDBURL="http://freedb.freedb.org/~cddb/cddb.cgi"
+# The CDDB protocol level.
+# Right now 5 is latin1 output and 6 is UTF8 encoding.
+#CDDBPROTO=6
+
# The CDDB protocol requires hello information, including a valid username
# and hostname. If you feel paranoid about giving away such info, edit this
# line - the format is username@hostname.
# are cached locally in $CDDBLOCALDIR
#CDDBCOPYLOCAL="n"
#CDDBLOCALDIR="$HOME/.cddb"
+#CDDBLOCALRECURSIVE="y"
+
+# If NOSUBMIT is set to y, then abcde will never prompt asking if you
+# wish to submit your edited cddb file.
+#NOSUBMIT=n
+
+# If NOCDDBQUERY is set to y, then abcde will never even try to access
+# the CDDB server; running abcde will automatically drop you into a
+# blank cddb file to edit at your leisure. This is the same as the
+# -n option. NOCDDBQUERY=y implies NOSUBMIT=y.
+#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"
-# Specify the style of encoder to use here -
+# List, separated with a comma, the fields we want the parsing function to
+# output. Defaults to YEAR and GENRE, for a complete list of fields provided by
+# CDDB.
+# The fields are not case sensitive. Actually, "y,g" will work as fine as "Y,G"
+# or "YEAR, GENRE"
+#SHOWCDDBFIELDS=year,genre
+
+# 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.
-# default is a valid option for oggenc, lame and flac.
+# flac - the only supported for FLACENCODERSYNTAX at the moment
+# speexenc - the only encoder for SPEEXENCODERSYNTAX
+# 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.
-# 'default' will currently choose oggenc or lame depending on OUTPUTTYPE.
#MP3ENCODERSYNTAX=default
#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' and 'cddafs' (Mac OS X only).
+# 'icedax', 'cdda2wav', 'dagrab', 'pird', 'cddafs' (Mac OS X only) and 'flac'.
#CDROMREADERSYNTAX=cdparanoia
+# CUE reader syntax for the CUE reader program to use.
+# abcde supports 2 CUE modes: 'mkcue' and 'abcde.mkcue' so you can set the
+# MKCUE variable accordingly. The 'abcde.mkcue' uses an internal
+# implementation, without the need of an external program.
+#CUEREADERSYNTAX=default
+
+# Specify the program to convert a CUE sheet back to a CD disc ID for CDDB queries.
+# Select between '/path/to/cue2discid' (provided as an example) or
+# 'abcde.cue2discid', implemented internaly.
+#CUE2DISCID=abcde.cue2discid
+
# Keep the wav files after encoding. Set it to "y" and remove "clean" from
# the list of default actions, since we purge the temp directory as default.
#KEEPWAVS=n
# 01.my_song.ext
#PADTRACKS=n
+# Define if you want abcde to be non-interactive.
+# Keep in mind that there is no way to deactivate it right now in the command
+# line, so setting this option makes abcde to be always non-interactive.
+#INTERACTIVE=n
+
# Specify 'nice'ness of the encoder, the CD reader and the distmp3 proc.
# This is a relative 'nice'ness (that is, if the parent process is at a
# nice level of 12, and the ENCNICE is set to 3, then the encoder will
#DISTMP3NICE=10
# Paths of programs to use
+
+# Encoders:
#LAME=lame
+#TOOLAME=toolame
#GOGO=gogo
#BLADEENC=bladeenc
#L3ENC=l3enc
#OGGENC=oggenc
#FLAC=flac
#SPEEXENC=speexenc
+#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
+#CDDA2WAV=icedax
+#PIRD=pird
#CDDAFS=cp
#CDDISCID=cd-discid
#CDDBTOOL=cddb-tool
#MD5SUM=md5sum
#DISTMP3=distmp3
#VORBISCOMMENT=vorbiscomment
-#NORMALIZE=normalize
+#METAFLAC=metaflac
+#NORMALIZE=normalize-audio
#CDSPEED=eject
+#VORBISGAIN=vorbisgain
+#MKCUE=mkcue
+#MKTOC=cdrdao
+#DIFF=diff
+#WVGAIN=wvgain
+#APETAG=apetag
+#GLYRC=glyrc
# 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=
+# 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):
-#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
+# Note that the old AACENCOPTS has been rendered obsolete by
+# the following options, new to abcde 2.6.1:
+# 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='192k'
+
+# OPUS
+# For the encoder options look at: 'opusenc -h'
+#OPUSENCOPTS=
+
+# mp3 tagging:
+# 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"
+
+# Other options:
#CDPARANOIAOPTS=
#CDDA2WAVOPTS=
+#PIRDOPTS="-p"
#CDDAFSOPTS="-f"
#CDDBTOOLOPTS=
#EJECTOPTS=
#NORMALIZEOPTS=
#CDSPEEDOPTS="-x"
#CDSPEEDVALUE=""
+#MKCUEOPTS=""
+#MKTOCOPTS=""
+#DIFFOPTS=""
+#VORBISCOMMENTOPTS="-R"
+#METAFLACOPTS="--no-utf8-convert"
# Actions to take
# Comma-separated list of one or more of the following:
-# cddb,read,normalize,encode,tag,move,playlist,clean
+# 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
-# The default action list is defined in the following comment.
+# An action can be added to the "default" action by specifying it along with
+# "default", without having to repeat the default ones:
+# ACTIONS=default,playlist
+# The default action list (referenced as "default") is defined in the following
+# comment:
#ACTIONS=cddb,read,encode,tag,move,clean
-# CDDB options
-# If NOSUBMIT is set to y, then abcde will never prompt asking if you
-# wish to submit your edited cddb file.
-#NOSUBMIT=n
-# If NOCDDBQUERY is set to y, then abcde will never even try to access
-# the CDDB server; running abcde will automatically drop you into a
-# blank cddb file to edit at your leisure. This is the same as the
-# -n option. NOCDDBQUERY=y implies NOSUBMIT=y.
-#NOCDDBQUERY=n
-
# CD device you want to read from
+# It can be defined as a singletrack flac file, but since it might change from
+# file to file it makes little sense to define it here.
#CDROM=/dev/cdrom
+# If we are using the IDE bus, we need CDPARANOIACDROMBUS defined as "d"
+# If we are using the ide-scsi emulation layer, we need to define a "g"
+#CDPARANOIACDROMBUS="d"
# If you'd like to make a default location that overrides the current
# directory for putting mp3's, uncomment this.
# 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.
#OUTPUTFORMAT='${ARTISTFILE}-${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACKNUM}.${TRACKFILE}'
# Like OUTPUTFORMAT but for Various Artists discs.
-#VAOUTPUTFORMAT='${ARTISTFILE}/${TRACKFILE}'
+#VAOUTPUTFORMAT='Various-${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACKNUM}.${ARTISTFILE}-${TRACKFILE}'
+
+# Like OUTPUTFORMAT and VAOUTPUTFORMAT but for the ONEFILE rips.
+#ONETRACKOUTPUTFORMAT=$OUTPUTFORMAT
+#VAONETRACKOUTPUTFORMAT=$VAOUTPUTFORMAT
# Define how many encoders to run at once. This makes for huge speedups
# on SMP systems. Defaults to 1. Equivalent to -j.
# y: No parallelization (rip, encode, rip, encode...)
#LOWDISK=n
+# If set to y, enables batch mode normalization, which preserves relative
+# volume differences between tracks of an album.
+#BATCHNORM=n
+
+# Enables nogap encoding when using the 'lame' encoder.
+#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
# will be created for you and the playlist will reference files from that
#(some hardware players insist on CR-LF line-endings)
#DOSPLAYLIST=n
+# album art download options (see glyrc's help for details)
+# '--from <provider>' and '--lang <langcode>' might also be useful
+#GLYRCOPTS="--formats jpg;jpeg"
+#ALBUMARTFILE="cover.jpg"
+
# Custom filename munging:
# By default, abcde will do the following to CDDB data to get a useful
# filename:
# * Eat control characters, single quotes, and question marks
# * Translate spaces and forward slashes to underscores
# To change that, redefine the mungefilename function.
-# mungefilename recieves the CDDB data (artist, track, title, whatever)
+# mungefilename receives the CDDB data (artist, track, title, whatever)
# as $1 and outputs it on stdout.
#mungefilename ()
#{
# echo "$@" | sed s,:,\ -,g | tr \ / __ | tr -d \'\"\?\[:cntrl:\]
#}
+# Custom genre munging:
+# By default we just transform uppercase to lowercase. Not much of a fancy
+# function, with not much use, but one can disable it or just turn the first
+# Uppercase.
+#mungegenre ()
+#{
+# echo $CDGENRE | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"
+#}
+
+
# Custom pre-read function
# By default it does nothing.
-# You can set some things to get abcde funtion in better ways:
-# * Close the CD tray using eject -t (if available in eject and supported by
+# 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
# 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
+# Uncomment and substitute the ":" with your commands.
#pre_read ()
#{
#:
#}
+# Custom post-read function
+# By default it does nothing.
+# You can set some things to get abcde function in better ways:
+# * Store a copy of the CD TOC.
+# KEEP IN MIND that executables included in post_read must be in your $PATH or
+# you have to define them with full /path/to/binary
+# Uncomment and substitute the ":" with your commands.
+#post_read ()
+#{
+#:
+#}
+
+# 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
# on the local machine (requires distmp3 to be installed on local machine and
# distmp3host to be installed and running on all remote machines - see README)
#REMOTEHOSTS=foo,bar,baz,quux,qiix
+
+# 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=0