# -----------------$HOME/.abcde.conf----------------- # # # A sample configuration file to convert music cds to # FLAC using abcde version 2.9.3 # # https://andrews-corner.org/abcde/ # -------------------------------------------------- # # Encode tracks immediately after reading. Saves disk space, gives # better reading of 'scratchy' disks and better troubleshooting of # encoding process but slows the operation of abcde quite a bit: LOWDISK=y # Specify the method to use to retrieve the track information, # the alternative is to specify 'musicbrainz': CDDBMETHOD=cddb # With the demise of freedb (thanks for the years of service!) # we move to an alternative: CDDBURL="http://gnudb.gnudb.org/~cddb/cddb.cgi" # Make a local cache of cddb entries and then volunteer to use # these entries when and if they match the cd: CDDBCOPYLOCAL="y" CDDBLOCALDIR="$HOME/.cddb" CDDBLOCALRECURSIVE="y" CDDBUSELOCAL="y" # Specify the encoder to use for FLAC. In this case # flac is the only choice. FLACENCODERSYNTAX=flac # Specify the path to the selected encoder. In most cases the encoder # should be in your $PATH as I illustrate below, otherwise you will # need to specify the full path. For example: /usr/bin/flac FLAC=flac # Specify your required encoding options here. Multiple options can # be selected as '--best --another-option' etc. # Overall bitrate is about 880 kbs/s with level 8. FLACOPTS='-s -e -V -8' # Output type for FLAC. OUTPUTTYPE="flac" # The cd ripping program to use. There are a few choices here: cdda2wav, # dagrab, cddafs (Mac OS X only) and flac. New to abcde 2.7 is 'libcdio'. CDROMREADERSYNTAX=cdparanoia # Give the location of the ripping program and pass any extra options, # if using libcdio set 'CD_PARANOIA=cd-paranoia'. CDPARANOIA=cdparanoia CDPARANOIAOPTS="--never-skip=40" # Give the location of the CD identification program: CDDISCID=cd-discid # Give the base location here for the encoded music files. OUTPUTDIR="$HOME/Music" # The default actions that abcde will take. ACTIONS=cddb,playlist,read,encode,tag,move,clean # Decide here how you want the tracks labelled for a standard 'single-artist', # multi-track encode and also for a multi-track, 'various-artist' encode: OUTPUTFORMAT='${OUTPUT}/${ARTISTFILE}-${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACKNUM}.${TRACKFILE}' VAOUTPUTFORMAT='${OUTPUT}/Various-${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACKNUM}.${ARTISTFILE}-${TRACKFILE}' # Decide here how you want the tracks labelled for a standard 'single-artist', # single-track encode and also for a single-track 'various-artist' encode. # (Create a single-track encode with 'abcde -1' from the commandline.) 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 :-)