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Ordinarily, the process of grabbing the data off a CD and encoding it, then tagging or commenting it, is very involved. abcde is designed to automate this. It will take an entire CD and convert it into a compressed audio format - Ogg/Vorbis, MPEG Audio Layer III, Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC), Ogg/Speex, MPP/MP+(Musepack), M4A (AAC) or Opus format(s). With one command, it will: Ordinarily, the process of grabbing the data off a CD and encoding it,
then tagging or commenting it, is very involved. abcde is designed to
automate this. It will take an entire CD and convert it into a
compressed audio format - Ogg/Vorbis, MPEG Audio Layer III, Free
Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC), Ogg/Speex, MPP/MP+(Musepack), M4A (AAC)
or Opus format(s). With one command, it will:
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Alternatively, abcde can also grab a CD and turn it into a single FLAC file with an embedded cuesheet which can be user later on as a source for other formats, and will be treated as if it was the original CD. In a way, abcde can take a compressed backup of your CD collection. Alternatively, abcde can also grab a CD and turn it into a single FLAC
file with an embedded cuesheet which can be user later on as a source
for other formats, and will be treated as if it was the original
CD. In a way, abcde can take a compressed backup of your CD
collection.
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Older releases of abcde were hosted using Google Code, but Google removed the ability to push new tarball downloads there a while ago so we decided to move away. We're still using the Issue Tracker there (for now!), but the canonical place is now http://abcde.einval.com/download/ (here!). abcde version 2.7 is the most recent download and was released on June 18th 2015. Older releases of abcde were hosted using Google Code, but Google
removed the ability to push new tarball downloads there a while ago so
we decided to move away. We still have some old bugs in the Issue
Tracker there (for now!), but the canonical download location is now
http://abcde.einval.com/download/ (here!).
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We've also moved to git for development at [[http://git.einval.com/|git.einval.com]]. abcde version 2.7 is the most recent download and was released on June
18th 2015.

We've use git for our code repository; see
[[http://git.einval.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=abcde.git;a=summary]].
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The best place for discussion is the [[http://lists.einval.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/abcde-users|abcde-users]] mailing list. The best place for discussion is the
[[http://lists.einval.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/abcde-users|abcde-users]]
mailing list.

== Bug tracking ==

The right place to report bugs in abcde is now in our own bugzilla:
[[http://abcde.einval.com/bugzilla/]] . We used to use Google Code's
issue tracker, but we have now moved away from it. Old bugs filed
there will ''not'' be transcribed to the new bugzilla by the abcde
developers - if you have an issue there that you'd like to see
continued focus on, feel free to file a new bug about it.
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If you prefer a more 'interactive' experience another place for abcde discussion is in the new Freenode channel #abcde where you can speak directly to the abcde developers or just chat about audio encoding in general with other abcde users. If you prefer a more 'interactive' experience another place for abcde
discussion is in the new Freenode channel #abcde where you can speak
directly to the abcde developers or just chat about audio encoding in
general with other abcde users.
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The abcde tarball contains comprehensive documentation including a detailed FAQ and a sample abcde.conf file. There is also some quality documentation to be found elsewhere, all written by Andrew at the moment: The abcde tarball contains comprehensive documentation including a
detailed FAQ and a sample abcde.conf file. There is also some quality
documentation to be found elsewhere, all written by Andrew at the
moment:
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More documentation will hopefully appear soon in this wiki! If you'd like an account to help with that, please mail abcde-wiki AT einval.com to ask. More documentation will hopefully appear soon in this wiki! If you'd
like an account to help with that, please mail abcde-wiki AT
einval.com to ask.
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Over the years, abcde has seen contributions from Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>, Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es>, Colin Tuckley <colint@debian.org>, Steve !McIntyre <93sam@debian.org>, Andrew Strong <andrew.david.strong@gmail.com> and many others. Steve and Andrew are the current maintainers. Over the years, abcde has seen contributions from Robert Woodcock
<rcw@debian.org>, Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es>, Colin
Tuckley <colint@debian.org>, Steve !McIntyre <93sam@debian.org>,
Andrew Strong <andrew.david.strong@gmail.com> and many others. Steve
and Andrew are the current maintainers.
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To learn more about what a WikiWikiWeb is, read about MoinMoin:WhyWikiWorks and the MoinMoin:WikiNature. To learn more about what a WikiWikiWeb is, read about
MoinMoin:WhyWikiWorks and the MoinMoin:WikiNature.

abcde - A Better CD Encoder

Grab an entire CD and compress it to Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, Ogg/Speex and/or MPP/MP+(Musepack) format.

Why abcde?

Ordinarily, the process of grabbing the data off a CD and encoding it, then tagging or commenting it, is very involved. abcde is designed to automate this. It will take an entire CD and convert it into a compressed audio format - Ogg/Vorbis, MPEG Audio Layer III, Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC), Ogg/Speex, MPP/MP+(Musepack), M4A (AAC) or Opus format(s). With one command, it will:

  • Do a CDDB or Musicbrainz query over the Internet to look up your CD or use a locally stored CDDB entry, or read CD-TEXT from your CD as a fallback for track information
  • Grab an audio track (or all the audio CD tracks) from your CD
  • Normalize the volume of the individual file (or the album as a single unit)
  • Compress to Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, Ogg/Speex, MPP/MP+(Musepack), M4A and/or Opus format(s), all in one CD read
  • Comment or ID3/ID3v2 tag
  • Give an intelligible filename
  • Calculate replaygain values for the individual file (or the album as a single unit)
  • Delete the intermediate WAV file (or save it for later use)
  • Repeat until finished

Alternatively, abcde can also grab a CD and turn it into a single FLAC file with an embedded cuesheet which can be user later on as a source for other formats, and will be treated as if it was the original CD. In a way, abcde can take a compressed backup of your CD collection.

Downloads

Older releases of abcde were hosted using Google Code, but Google removed the ability to push new tarball downloads there a while ago so we decided to move away. We still have some old bugs in the Issue Tracker there (for now!), but the canonical download location is now http://abcde.einval.com/download/ (here!).

abcde version 2.7 is the most recent download and was released on June 18th 2015.

We've use git for our code repository; see http://git.einval.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=abcde.git;a=summary.

Mailing list

The best place for discussion is the abcde-users mailing list.

Bug tracking

The right place to report bugs in abcde is now in our own bugzilla: http://abcde.einval.com/bugzilla/ . We used to use Google Code's issue tracker, but we have now moved away from it. Old bugs filed there will not be transcribed to the new bugzilla by the abcde developers - if you have an issue there that you'd like to see continued focus on, feel free to file a new bug about it.

Meet on IRC

If you prefer a more 'interactive' experience another place for abcde discussion is in the new Freenode channel #abcde where you can speak directly to the abcde developers or just chat about audio encoding in general with other abcde users.

Documentation

The abcde tarball contains comprehensive documentation including a detailed FAQ and a sample abcde.conf file. There is also some quality documentation to be found elsewhere, all written by Andrew at the moment:

More documentation will hopefully appear soon in this wiki! If you'd like an account to help with that, please mail abcde-wiki AT einval.com to ask.

Authors

Over the years, abcde has seen contributions from Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>, Jesus Climent <jesus.climent@hispalinux.es>, Colin Tuckley <colint@debian.org>, Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org>, Andrew Strong <andrew.david.strong@gmail.com> and many others. Steve and Andrew are the current maintainers.

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