# -----------------$HOME/.abcde.conf----------------- # # # A sample configuration file to convert music cds to # Apple Lossless Audio Codec (alac) using either qaac # or refalac and abcde version 2.9.3 # # https://andrews-corner.org/abcde/ # -------------------------------------------------- # # Encode tracks immediately after reading. Saves disk space, gives # better reading of 'scratchy' disks and better troubleshooting of # encoding process but slows the operation of abcde quite a bit: LOWDISK=y # Specify the method to use to retrieve the track information, # the alternative is to specify 'musicbrainz': CDDBMETHOD=cddb # With the demise of freedb (thanks for the years of service!) # we move to an alternative: CDDBURL="http://gnudb.gnudb.org/~cddb/cddb.cgi" # Make a local cache of cddb entries and then volunteer to use # these entries when and if they match the cd: CDDBCOPYLOCAL="y" CDDBLOCALDIR="$HOME/.cddb" CDDBLOCALRECURSIVE="y" CDDBUSELOCAL="y" # Specify the encoder to use for AAC or in our case # Apple Lossless Audio Codec (alac): AACENCODERSYNTAX=qaac # The path for qaac can be problematic as abcde cannot cope # with the 'standard' Wine location with spaces: # "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/qaac/qaac.exe" # However the following works well: QAAC="$HOME/.wine/drive_c/qaac/qaac.exe" # Or use the Open Source alac encoder 'refalac' with this small hack: # QAAC="$HOME/.wine/drive_c/qaac/refalac.exe" # Specify your required encoding options here, these options # give Apple Lossless Audio Codec (alac) encoding: QAACENCOPTS="--alac --threading --verbose" # Output type for alac: OUTPUTTYPE="m4a" # The cd ripping program to use. There are a few choices here: cdda2wav, # dagrab, cddafs (Mac OS X only) and flac. New to abcde 2.7 is 'libcdio'. CDROMREADERSYNTAX=cdparanoia # Give the location of the ripping program and pass any extra options, # if using libcdio set 'CD_PARANOIA=cd-paranoia'. CDPARANOIA=cdparanoia CDPARANOIAOPTS="--never-skip=40" # Give the location of the CD identification program: CDDISCID=cd-discid # Give the location for the 'compatibility layer software application' # known as Wine: WINE=wine # Give the base location here for the encoded music files. OUTPUTDIR="$HOME/Music" # The default actions that abcde will take. ACTIONS=cddb,playlist,read,encode,tag,move,clean OUTPUTFORMAT='${OUTPUT}/${ARTISTFILE}-${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACKNUM}.${TRACKFILE}' VAOUTPUTFORMAT='${OUTPUT}/Various-${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACKNUM}.${ARTISTFILE}-${TRACKFILE}' ONETRACKOUTPUTFORMAT='${OUTPUT}/${ARTISTFILE}-${ALBUMFILE}/${ALBUMFILE}' VAONETRACKOUTPUTFORMAT='${OUTPUT}/Various-${ALBUMFILE}/${ALBUMFILE}' # Create playlists for single and various-artist encodes. I would suggest # commenting these out for single-track encoding. PLAYLISTFORMAT='${OUTPUT}/${ARTISTFILE}-${ALBUMFILE}/${ALBUMFILE}.m3u' VAPLAYLISTFORMAT='${OUTPUT}/Various-${ALBUMFILE}/${ALBUMFILE}.m3u' # This function takes out dots preceding the album name, and removes a grab # bag of illegal characters. It allows spaces, if you do not wish spaces add # in -e 's/ /_/g' after the first sed command. mungefilename () { echo "$@" | sed -e 's/^\.*//' | tr -d ":><|*/\"'?[:cntrl:]" } # What extra options? MAXPROCS=2 # Run a few encoders simultaneously PADTRACKS=y # Makes tracks 01 02 not 1 2 EXTRAVERBOSE=2 # Useful for debugging COMMENT='abcde version 2.9.3' # Place a comment... EJECTCD=y # Please eject cd when finished :-)