-# System defaults for abcde version 2.2.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
# 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.
# 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.
# 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
# flac - the only supported for FLACENCODERSYNTAX at the moment
# speexenc - the only encoder for SPEEXENCODERSYNTAX
# mpcenc - encoder for MPCENCODERSYNTAX
-# faac, neroAacEnc - for AACENCODER
-# opusenc - for OPUSENCODER
-# default is a valid option for oggenc, lame, flac, speexenc, mpcenc, faac and opus.
+# 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.
#FLACENCODERSYNTAX=default
#SPEEXENCODERSYNTAX=default
#MPCENCODERSYNTAX=default
+#WVENCODERSYNTAX=default
+#APENCODERSYNTAX=default
#AACENCODERSYNTAX=default
#OPUSENCODERSYNTAX=default
#DISTMP3NICE=10
# Paths of programs to use
+
+# Encoders:
#LAME=lame
#TOOLAME=toolame
#GOGO=gogo
#FLAC=flac
#SPEEXENC=speexenc
#MPCENC=mpcenc
-#AACENC=faac
+#WVENC=wavpack
+#APENC=mac
+#FAAC=faac
+#NEROAACENC=neroAacEnc
+#FDKAAC=fdkaac
#OPUSENC=opusenc
+# Taggers, rippers, replaygain etc:
#ID3=id3
#ID3V2=id3v2
#EYED3=eyeD3
#MKCUE=mkcue
#MKTOC=cdrdao
#DIFF=diff
+#WVGAIN=wvgain
+#APETAG=apetag
# Options to call programs with:
# 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=
+# 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' Andrew.
#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'. Andrew.
#MP3ENCOPTS=
# Ogg:
#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=
+# 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
-#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'
+# 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=
# OPUS
-# For the encoder options look at: opusenc -h.
-#OPUSENCOPTS='--bitrate 128'
+# 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
#ID3OPTS=
#ID3V2OPTS=
#EYED3OPTS="--set-encoding=utf16-LE"
+
+# Other options:
#CDPARANOIAOPTS=
#CDDA2WAVOPTS=
#PIRDOPTS="-p"
# 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,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:
# 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"
+# "flac", "m4a", "mp3, "mpc", "ogg", "opus", "spx", "vorbis", "wav", "wv", "ape"
#OUTPUTTYPE=ogg
# Output filename format - change this to reflect your inner desire to