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diff --git a/man/metaflac.1 b/man/metaflac.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d5f71461 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/metaflac.1 @@ -0,0 +1,216 @@ +.\" This manpage has been automatically generated by docbook2man +.\" from a DocBook document. This tool can be found at: +.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/> +.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, +.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>. +.TH "METAFLAC" "1" "20 December 2002" "" "" +.SH NAME +metaflac \- program to list, add, remove, or edit metadata in one or more FLAC files. +.SH SYNOPSIS + +\fBmetaflac\fR [ \fB\fIoptions\fB\fR ] [ \fB\fIoperations\fB\fR ] \fB\fIFLACfile\fB\fR\fI ...\fR + +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +Use \fBmetaflac\fR to list, add, remove, or edit +metadata in one or more FLAC files. You may perform one major operation, +or many shorthand operations at a time. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.TP +\fB--preserve-modtime\fR +Preserve the original modification time in spite of edits. +.TP +\fB--with-filename\fR +Prefix each output line with the FLAC file name (the default if +more than one FLAC file is specified). +.TP +\fB--no-filename\fR +Do not prefix each output line with the FLAC file name (the default +if only one FLAC file is specified). +.TP +\fB--dont-use-padding\fR +By default metaflac tries to use padding where possible to avoid +rewriting the entire file if the metadata size changes. Use this +option to tell metaflac to not take advantage of padding this way. +.SH "SHORTHAND OPERATIONS" +.TP +\fB--show-md5sum\fR +Show the MD5 signature from the STREAMINFO block. +.TP +\fB--show-min-blocksize\fR +Show the minimum block size from the STREAMINFO block. +.TP +\fB--show-max-blocksize\fR +Show the maximum block size from the STREAMINFO block. +.TP +\fB--show-min-framesize\fR +Show the minimum frame size from the STREAMINFO block. +.TP +\fB--show-max-framesize\fR +Show the maximum frame size from the STREAMINFO block. +.TP +\fB--show-sample-rate\fR +Show the sample rate from the STREAMINFO block. +.TP +\fB--show-channels\fR +Show the number of channels from the STREAMINFO block. +.TP +\fB--show-bps\fR +Show the # of bits per sample from the STREAMINFO block. +.TP +\fB--show-total-samples\fR +Show the total # of samples from the STREAMINFO block. +.TP +\fB--show-vc-vendor\fR +Show the vendor string from the VORBIS_COMMENT block. +.TP +\fB--show-vc-field=name\fR +Show all Vorbis comment fields where the the field name matches +\&'name'. +.TP +\fB--remove-vc-field=name\fR +Remove all Vorbis comment fields whose field name is 'name'. +.TP +\fB--remove-vc-firstfield=name\fR +Remove first Vorbis comment field whose field name is 'name'. +.TP +\fB--remove-vc-all\fR +Remove all Vorbis comment fields, leaving only the vendor string +in the VORBIS_COMMENT block. +.TP +\fB--set-vc-field=field\fR +Add a Vorbis comment field. The field must comply with the +Vorbis comment spec, of the form "NAME=VALUE". If there is +currently no VORBIS_COMMENT block, one will be created. +.TP +\fB--import-vc-from=file\fR +Import Vorbis comments from a file. Use '-' for stdin. Each +line should be of the form NAME=VALUE. Multi-line comments +are currently not supported. Specify --remove-vc-all and/or +--no-utf8-convert before --import-vc-from if necessary. +.TP +\fB--export-vc-to=file\fR +Export Vorbis comments to a file. Use '-' for stdin. Each +line will be of the form NAME=VALUE. Specify +--no-utf8-convert if necessary. +.TP +\fB--import-cuesheet-from=file\fR +Import a cuesheet from a file. Only one FLAC file may be +specified. A seekpoint will be added for each index point in +the cuesheet to the SEEKTABLE unless --no-cued-seekpoints is +specified. +.TP +\fB--export-cuesheet-to=file\fR +Export CUESHEET block to a cuesheet file, suitable for use by +CD authoring software. Use '-' for stdin. Only one FLAC file +may be specified on the command line. +.TP +\fB--add-replay-gain\fR +Calculates the title and album gains/peaks of the given FLAC +files as if all the files were part of one album, then stores +them in the VORBIS_COMMENT block. The tags are the same as +those used by vorbisgain. Existing ReplayGain tags will be +replaced. If only one FLAC file is given, the album and title +gains will be the same. Since this operation requires two +passes, it is always executed last, after all other operations +have been completed and written to disk. All FLAC files +specified must have the same resolution, sample rate, and +number of channels. The sample rate must be one of 8, 11.025, +12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, or 48 kHz. +.TP +\fB--add-seekpoint={\fI#\fB|\fIX\fB|\fI#x\fB|\fI#s\fB}\fR +Add seek points to a SEEKTABLE block. Using #, a seek point at +that sample number is added. Using X, a placeholder point is +added at the end of a the table. Using #x, # evenly spaced seek +points will be added, the first being at sample 0. Using #s, a +seekpoint will be added every # seconds (# does not have to be a +whole number; it can be, for example, 9.5, meaning a seekpoint +every 9.5 seconds). If no SEEKTABLE block exists, one will be +created. If one already exists, points will be added to the +existing table, and any duplicates will be turned into placeholder +points. You may use many --add-seekpoint options; the resulting +SEEKTABLE will be the unique-ified union of all such values. +Example: --add-seekpoint=100x --add-seekpoint=3.5s will add 100 +evenly spaced seekpoints and a seekpoint every 3.5 seconds. +.TP +\fB--add-padding=length\fR +Add a padding block of the given length (in bytes). The overall +length of the new block will be 4 + length; the extra 4 bytes is +for the metadata block header. +.SH "MAJOR OPERATIONS" +.TP +\fB--list\fR +List the contents of one or more metadata blocks to stdout. By +default, all metadata blocks are listed in text format. Use the +following options to change this behavior: +.RS +.TP +\fB--block-number=#[,#[...]]\fR +An optional comma-separated list of block numbers to display. +The first block, the STREAMINFO block, is block 0. +.TP +\fB--block-type=type[,type[...]]\fR +.TP +\fB--except-block-type=type[,type[...]]\fR +An optional comma-separated list of block types to included +or ignored with this option. Use only one of --block-type or +--except-block-type. The valid block types are: STREAMINFO, +PADDING, APPLICATION, SEEKTABLE, VORBIS_COMMENT. You may +narrow down the types of APPLICATION blocks displayed as +follows: + +APPLICATION:abcd The APPLICATION block(s) whose textual repre- +sentation of the 4-byte ID is "abcd" +APPLICATION:0xXXXXXXXX The APPLICATION block(s) whose hexadecimal big- +endian representation of the 4-byte ID is +"0xXXXXXXXX". For the example "abcd" above the +hexadecimal equivalalent is 0x61626364 +.sp +.RS +.B "Note:" +if both --block-number and --[except-]block-type are +specified, the result is the logical AND of both +arguments. +.RE +.TP +\fB--application-data-format=hexdump|text\fR +If the application block you are displaying contains binary +data but your --data-format=text, you can display a hex dump +of the application data contents instead using +--application-data-format=hexdump. +.RE +.TP +\fB--remove\fR +Remove one or more metadata blocks from the metadata. Unless +--dont-use-padding is specified, the blocks will be replaced with +padding. You may not remove the STREAMINFO block. +.RS +.TP +\fB--block-number=#[,#[...]]\fR +.TP +\fB--block-type=type[,type[...]]\fR +.TP +\fB--except-block-type=type[,type[...]]\fR +See --list above for usage. +.sp +.RS +.B "Note:" +if both --block-number and --[except-]block-type are +specified, the result is the logical AND of both arguments. +.RE +.RE +.TP +\fB--remove-all\fR +Remove all metadata blocks (except the STREAMINFO block) from the +metadata. Unless --dont-use-padding is specified, the blocks will +be replaced with padding. +.TP +\fB--merge-padding\fR +Merge adjacent PADDING blocks into single blocks. +.TP +\fB--sort-padding\fR +Move all PADDING blocks to the end of the metadata and merge them +into a single block. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP +flac(1). diff --git a/man/metaflac.sgml b/man/metaflac.sgml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0bab491a --- /dev/null +++ b/man/metaflac.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,489 @@ +<!doctype refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN" [ + +<!-- Process this file with docbook-to-man to generate an nroff manual + page: `docbook-to-man manpage.sgml > manpage.1'. You may view + the manual page with: `docbook-to-man manpage.sgml | nroff -man | + less'. A typical entry in a Makefile or Makefile.am is: + +manpage.1: manpage.sgml + docbook-to-man $< > $@ + --> + +<!-- This is based on an example constructed by Colin Watson + <email>cjwatson@debian.org</email>, based on a man page template + provided by Tom Christiansen <email>tchrist@jhereg.perl.com</email> + and a DocBook man page example by Craig Small + <email>csmall@debian.org</email>. + --> + + <!-- Fill in the various UPPER CASE things here. --> + <!ENTITY manfirstname "<firstname>dann</firstname>"> + <!ENTITY mansurname "<surname>frazier</surname>"> + <!-- Please adjust the date whenever revising the manpage. --> + <!ENTITY mandate "<date>2002-11-30</date>"> + <!-- SECTION should be 1-8, maybe with subsection. Other parameters are + allowed: see man(7), man(1). --> + <!ENTITY mansection "<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>"> + <!ENTITY manemail "<email>dannf@debian.org</email>"> + <!ENTITY manusername "dannf"> + <!ENTITY manucpackage "<refentrytitle>METAFLAC</refentrytitle>"> + <!ENTITY manpackage "metaflac"> +]> + +<refentry> + <refentryinfo> + <address> + &manemail; + </address> + <author> + &manfirstname; + &mansurname; + </author> + <copyright> + <year>2002</year> + <holder>&manusername;</holder> + </copyright> + &mandate; + </refentryinfo> + <refmeta> + &manucpackage; + + &mansection; + </refmeta> + <refnamediv> + <refname>&manpackage;</refname> + + <refpurpose> + program to list, add, remove, or edit metadata in one or more FLAC files. + </refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + <refsynopsisdiv> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>&manpackage;</command> + + <group choice="opt"><arg><replaceable>options</replaceable></arg></group> + <group choice="opt"> + <arg><replaceable>operations</replaceable></arg></group> + <arg rep="repeat" choice="req"><replaceable>FLACfile</replaceable></arg> + </cmdsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + <refsect1> + <title>DESCRIPTION</title> + + <para>Use <command>&manpackage;</command> to list, add, remove, or edit + metadata in one or more FLAC files. You may perform one major operation, + or many shorthand operations at a time.</para> + + </refsect1> + <refsect1> + <title>OPTIONS</title> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--preserve-modtime</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Preserve the original modification time in spite of edits. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--with-filename</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Prefix each output line with the FLAC file name (the default if + more than one FLAC file is specified). + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--no-filename</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Do not prefix each output line with the FLAC file name (the default + if only one FLAC file is specified). + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--dont-use-padding</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + By default metaflac tries to use padding where possible to avoid + rewriting the entire file if the metadata size changes. Use this + option to tell metaflac to not take advantage of padding this way. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + <refsect1> + <title>SHORTHAND OPERATIONS</title> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--show-md5sum</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Show the MD5 signature from the STREAMINFO block. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--show-min-blocksize</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Show the minimum block size from the STREAMINFO block. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--show-max-blocksize</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Show the maximum block size from the STREAMINFO block. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--show-min-framesize</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Show the minimum frame size from the STREAMINFO block. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--show-max-framesize</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Show the maximum frame size from the STREAMINFO block. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--show-sample-rate</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Show the sample rate from the STREAMINFO block. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--show-channels</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Show the number of channels from the STREAMINFO block. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--show-bps</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Show the # of bits per sample from the STREAMINFO block. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--show-total-samples</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Show the total # of samples from the STREAMINFO block. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--show-vc-vendor</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Show the vendor string from the VORBIS_COMMENT block. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--show-vc-field=name</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Show all Vorbis comment fields where the the field name matches + 'name'. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--remove-vc-field=name</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Remove all Vorbis comment fields whose field name is 'name'. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--remove-vc-firstfield=name</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Remove first Vorbis comment field whose field name is 'name'. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--remove-vc-all</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Remove all Vorbis comment fields, leaving only the vendor string + in the VORBIS_COMMENT block. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--set-vc-field=field</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Add a Vorbis comment field. The field must comply with the + Vorbis comment spec, of the form "NAME=VALUE". If there is + currently no VORBIS_COMMENT block, one will be created. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--import-vc-from=file</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Import Vorbis comments from a file. Use '-' for stdin. Each + line should be of the form NAME=VALUE. Multi-line comments + are currently not supported. Specify --remove-vc-all and/or + --no-utf8-convert before --import-vc-from if necessary. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--export-vc-to=file</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Export Vorbis comments to a file. Use '-' for stdin. Each + line will be of the form NAME=VALUE. Specify + --no-utf8-convert if necessary. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--import-cuesheet-from=file</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Import a cuesheet from a file. Only one FLAC file may be + specified. A seekpoint will be added for each index point in + the cuesheet to the SEEKTABLE unless --no-cued-seekpoints is + specified. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--export-cuesheet-to=file</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Export CUESHEET block to a cuesheet file, suitable for use by + CD authoring software. Use '-' for stdin. Only one FLAC file + may be specified on the command line. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--add-replay-gain</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Calculates the title and album gains/peaks of the given FLAC + files as if all the files were part of one album, then stores + them in the VORBIS_COMMENT block. The tags are the same as + those used by vorbisgain. Existing ReplayGain tags will be + replaced. If only one FLAC file is given, the album and title + gains will be the same. Since this operation requires two + passes, it is always executed last, after all other operations + have been completed and written to disk. All FLAC files + specified must have the same resolution, sample rate, and + number of channels. The sample rate must be one of 8, 11.025, + 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, or 48 kHz. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <listitem> + <term><option>--add-seekpoint</option>={<replaceable>#</replaceable>|<replaceable>X</replaceable>|<replaceable>#x</replaceable>|<replaceable>#s</replaceable>}</term> + <para> + Add seek points to a SEEKTABLE block. Using #, a seek point at + that sample number is added. Using X, a placeholder point is + added at the end of a the table. Using #x, # evenly spaced seek + points will be added, the first being at sample 0. Using #s, a + seekpoint will be added every # seconds (# does not have to be a + whole number; it can be, for example, 9.5, meaning a seekpoint + every 9.5 seconds). If no SEEKTABLE block exists, one will be + created. If one already exists, points will be added to the + existing table, and any duplicates will be turned into placeholder + points. You may use many --add-seekpoint options; the resulting + SEEKTABLE will be the unique-ified union of all such values. + Example: --add-seekpoint=100x --add-seekpoint=3.5s will add 100 + evenly spaced seekpoints and a seekpoint every 3.5 seconds. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--add-padding=length</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Add a padding block of the given length (in bytes). The overall + length of the new block will be 4 + length; the extra 4 bytes is + for the metadata block header. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + <refsect1> + <title>MAJOR OPERATIONS</title> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--list</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + List the contents of one or more metadata blocks to stdout. By + default, all metadata blocks are listed in text format. Use the + following options to change this behavior: + </para> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--block-number=#[,#[...]]</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + An optional comma-separated list of block numbers to display. + The first block, the STREAMINFO block, is block 0. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--block-type=type[,type[...]]</option></term> + <listitem><para></para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--except-block-type=type[,type[...]]</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + An optional comma-separated list of block types to included + or ignored with this option. Use only one of --block-type or + --except-block-type. The valid block types are: STREAMINFO, + PADDING, APPLICATION, SEEKTABLE, VORBIS_COMMENT. You may + narrow down the types of APPLICATION blocks displayed as + follows: + </para> + <para> + APPLICATION:abcd The APPLICATION block(s) whose textual repre- + sentation of the 4-byte ID is "abcd" + APPLICATION:0xXXXXXXXX The APPLICATION block(s) whose hexadecimal big- + endian representation of the 4-byte ID is + "0xXXXXXXXX". For the example "abcd" above the + hexadecimal equivalalent is 0x61626364 + </para> + <note> + <para> + if both --block-number and --[except-]block-type are + specified, the result is the logical AND of both + arguments.</para></note> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--application-data-format=hexdump|text</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + If the application block you are displaying contains binary + data but your --data-format=text, you can display a hex dump + of the application data contents instead using + --application-data-format=hexdump. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--remove</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Remove one or more metadata blocks from the metadata. Unless + --dont-use-padding is specified, the blocks will be replaced with + padding. You may not remove the STREAMINFO block. + </para> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--block-number=#[,#[...]]</option></term> + <listitem><para></para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--block-type=type[,type[...]]</option></term> + <listitem><para></para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--except-block-type=type[,type[...]]</option></term> + <listitem> + <para>See --list above for usage.</para> + <note> + <para> + if both --block-number and --[except-]block-type are + specified, the result is the logical AND of both arguments. + </para></note> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--remove-all</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Remove all metadata blocks (except the STREAMINFO block) from the + metadata. Unless --dont-use-padding is specified, the blocks will + be replaced with padding. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--merge-padding</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Merge adjacent PADDING blocks into single blocks. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--sort-padding</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Move all PADDING blocks to the end of the metadata and merge them + into a single block. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>SEE ALSO</title> + + <para>flac(1).</para> + </refsect1> +</refentry> + +<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file +Local variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-omittag:t +sgml-shorttag:t +sgml-minimize-attributes:nil +sgml-always-quote-attributes:t +sgml-indent-step:2 +sgml-indent-data:t +sgml-parent-document:nil +sgml-default-dtd-file:nil +sgml-exposed-tags:nil +sgml-local-catalogs:nil +sgml-local-ecat-files:nil +End: +--> |