# mpcenc - encoder for MPCENCODERSYNTAX
# wavpack, ffmpeg - encoder for WVENCODERSYNTAX
# mac - for APENCODERSYNTAX
-# faac, neroAacEnc, fdkaac, qaac, fhgaacenc, ffmpeg - for AACENCODERSYNTAX
+# fdkaac, ffmpeg, neroAacEnc, faac, qaac, fhgaacenc - for AACENCODERSYNTAX
# opusenc - for OPUSENCODERSYNTAX
# twolame, ffmpeg - for MP2ENCODERSYNTAX
# tta, ttaenc - for TTAENCODERSYNTAX
# "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/qaac/qaac.exe" is problematic. Try instead:
# "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/qaac/qaac.exe"
# Installation instructions for qaac, refalac and fhgaacenc here:
-# http://www.andrews-corner.org/qaac.html
-# http://www.andrews-corner.org/fhgaacenc.html
+# http://www.andrews-corner.org/linux/qaac.html
+# http://www.andrews-corner.org/linux/fhgaacenc.html
# (Hint: Use QAAC=refalac to use the Open Source alac encoder...)
#QAAC=qaac
#FHGAACENC=fhgaacenc
#APENCOPTS='-c4000'
# M4A/AAC
-# There are now 5 AAC encoders available to abcde, the default being
-# fdkaacenc (FFmpeg is also available for AAC in an m4a container...).
-# Note that the old AACENCOPTS has been rendered obsolete by
+# There are now 6 AAC encoders available to abcde, the default being
+# fdkaacenc. Note that the old AACENCOPTS has been rendered obsolete by
# the following options, new to abcde 2.7:
# 1. fdkaac: see 'fdkaac --help' and consider using
# '--profile 2 --bitrate-mode 5 --afterburner 1'
# for a good quality encode.
#FDKAACENCOPTS='--bitrate 192k'
-# 2. neroAacEnc: see 'neroAacEnc -help' and
+# 2. FFmpeg: Use the following to use the FFmpeg native encoder, adding
+# -strict -2 if you have an older FFmpeg:
+# FFMPEGENCOPTS="-c:a aac -b:a 192k"
+# 3. neroAacEnc: see 'neroAacEnc -help' and
# consider using '-q 0.65' for a good quality encode.
#NEROAACENCOPTS=
-# 3. faac: see 'faac --long-help' and consider
+# 4. faac: see 'faac --long-help' and consider
# using '-q 250' for a good quality encode.
#FAACENCOPTS=
-# 4. qaac: simply run 'wine qaac.exe' to see all options and
+# 5. qaac: simply run 'wine qaac.exe' to see all options and
# consider using '--tvbr 100' for a good quality
# encode or '--alac' for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
#QAACENCOPTS=
-# 5. fhgaacenc: simply run 'wine fhgaacenc.exe' to see all options.
+# 6. fhgaacenc: simply run 'wine fhgaacenc.exe' to see all options.
# consider using '--vbr 4' for a decent quality encode.
#FHGAACENCOPTS=