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| <refpurpose>Free Lossless Audio Codec</refpurpose> |
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| <refsynopsisdiv> |
| <cmdsynopsis> |
| <command>flac</command> |
| <arg choice=opt><replaceable>options</replaceable></arg> |
| <group rep=repeat> |
| <arg><replaceable>infile.wav</replaceable></arg> |
| <arg><replaceable>infile.aiff</replaceable></arg> |
| <arg><replaceable>infile.raw</replaceable></arg> |
| <arg>-</arg> |
| </group> |
| </cmdsynopsis> |
| <cmdsynopsis> |
| <command>flac</command> |
| <group> |
| <arg>-d</arg> <arg>--decode</arg> |
| <arg>-t</arg> <arg>--test</arg> |
| <arg>-a</arg> <arg>--analyze</arg> |
| </group> |
| <arg choice=opt><replaceable>OPTIONS</replaceable></arg> |
| <arg choice=opt rep=repeat><replaceable>infile.flac</replaceable></arg> |
| </cmdsynopsis> |
| </refsynopsisdiv> |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>DESCRIPTION</title> |
| |
| <para><command>flac</command> is a command-line tool for |
| encoding, decoding, testing and analyzing FLAC streams. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para>This manual page was originally written for the &debian; |
| distribution because the original program did not have a |
| manual page.</para> |
| |
| </refsect1> |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>OPTIONS</title> |
| |
| <para>A summary of options is included below. For a complete |
| description, see the HTML documentation.</para> |
| |
| <refsect2> |
| <title>General Options</title> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-v</option>, <option>--version</option> |
| </term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Show the flac version number</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-h</option>, <option>--help</option> |
| </term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Show basic usage and a list of all options</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-H</option>, <option>--explain</option> |
| </term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Show detailed explanation of usage and all options</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-d</option>, <option>--decode</option> |
| </term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Decode (the default behavior is to encode)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-t</option>, <option>--test</option> |
| </term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Test a flac encoded file (same as -d |
| except no decoded file is written)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-a</option>, <option>--analyze</option> |
| </term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Analyze a FLAC encoded file (same as -d |
| except an analysis file is written)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-c</option>, <option>--stdout</option> |
| </term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Write output to stdout</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-s</option>, <option>--silent</option> |
| </term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Silent mode (do not write runtime |
| encode/decode statistics to stderr)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--totally-silent</option> |
| </term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Do not print anything of any kind, |
| including warnings or errors. The exit |
| code will be the only way to determine |
| successful completion.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-f</option>, <option>--force</option> |
| </term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Force overwriting of output files. By default, |
| flac warns that the output file already exists and |
| continues to the next file.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-o</option> <replaceable>filename</replaceable>, <option>--output-name</option>=<replaceable>filename</replaceable></term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Force the output file name (usually flac just |
| changes the extension). May only be used when |
| encoding a single file. May not be used in |
| conjunction with --output-prefix.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--output-prefix</option>=<replaceable>string</replaceable></term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Prefix each output file name with the given |
| string. This can be useful for encoding or decoding |
| files to a different directory. Make sure if your |
| string is a path name that it ends with a trailing |
| `/' (slash).</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--delete-input-file</option> |
| </term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Automatically delete the input file after a |
| successful encode or decode. If there was an |
| error (including a verify error) the input file |
| is left intact.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--skip</option>={<replaceable>#</replaceable>|<replaceable>mm:ss.ss</replaceable>}</term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Skip over the first number of samples of the input. |
| This works for both encoding and decoding, but not |
| testing. The alternative form mm:ss.ss can be used |
| to specify minutes, seconds, and fractions of a |
| second.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--until</option>={<replaceable>#</replaceable>|[<replaceable>+</replaceable>|<replaceable>-</replaceable>]<replaceable>mm:ss.ss</replaceable>}</term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Stop at the given sample number for each input file. |
| This works for both encoding and decoding, but not testing. |
| The given sample number is not included in the decoded |
| output. The alternative form mm:ss.ss can be used to |
| specify minutes, seconds, and fractions of a second. If a |
| `+' (plus) sign is at the beginning, the --until point is |
| relative to the --skip point. If a `-' (minus) sign is at |
| the beginning, the --until point is relative to end of the |
| audio.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--ogg</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When encoding, generate Ogg FLAC output instead |
| of native FLAC. Ogg FLAC streams are FLAC streams |
| wrapped in an Ogg transport layer. The resulting |
| file should have an '.ogg' extension and will still |
| be decodable by flac.</para> |
| <para>When decoding, force the input to be treated as |
| Ogg FLAC. This is useful when piping input from |
| stdin or when the filename does not end in '.ogg'.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--serial-number</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>When used with --ogg, specifies the serial number to |
| use for the first Ogg FLAC stream, which is then |
| incremented for each additional stream. When encoding and |
| no serial number is given, flac uses a random number for |
| the first stream, then increments it for each additional |
| stream. When decoding and no number is given, flac uses |
| the serial number of the first page.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| </variablelist> |
| </refsect2> |
| |
| <refsect2> |
| <title>Analysis Options</title> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--residual-text</option> |
| </term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Includes the residual signal in the analysis |
| file. This will make the file very big, much |
| larger than even the decoded file.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--residual-gnuplot</option> |
| </term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Generates a gnuplot file for every subframe; |
| each file will contain the residual distribution |
| of the subframe. This will create a lot of |
| files.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| </variablelist> |
| </refsect2> |
| |
| <refsect2> |
| <title>Decoding Options</title> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--cue=[<replaceable>#.#</replaceable>][-[<replaceable>#.#</replaceable>]]</option></term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Set the beginning and ending cuepoints to decode. |
| The optional first #.# is the track and index point at |
| which decoding will start; the default is the beginning |
| of the stream. The optional second #.# is the track |
| and index point at which decoding will end; the default |
| is the end of the stream. If the cuepoint does not |
| exist, the closest one before it (for the start point) |
| or after it (for the end point) will be used. If those |
| don't exist, the start of the stream (for the start |
| point) or end of the stream (for the end point) will be |
| used. The cuepoints are merely translated into sample |
| numbers then used as --skip and --until. A CD track can |
| always be cued by, for example, --cue=9.1-10.1 for track |
| 9, even if the CD has no 10th track.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-F</option>, <option>--decode-through-errors</option> |
| </term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>By default flac stops decoding with an error |
| and removes the partially decoded file if it |
| encounters a bitstream error. With -F, errors are |
| still printed but flac will continue decoding to |
| completion. Note that errors may cause the decoded |
| audio to be missing some samples or have silent |
| sections.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| </variablelist> |
| </refsect2> |
| |
| <refsect2> |
| <title>Encoding Options</title> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-V</option>, <option>--verify</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Verify a correct encoding by decoding the |
| output in parallel and comparing to the |
| original</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--lax</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Allow encoder to generate non-Subset |
| files. The resulting FLAC file may not be |
| streamable or might have trouble being played |
| in all players (especially hardware devices), |
| so you should only use this option in |
| combination with custom encoding options meant |
| for archival.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--replay-gain</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Calculate ReplayGain values and store them |
| as FLAC tags, similar to vorbisgain. Title |
| gains/peaks will be computed for each input |
| file, and an album gain/peak will be computed |
| for all files. All input files must have the |
| same resolution, sample rate, and number of |
| channels. Only mono and stereo files are |
| allowed, and the sample rate must be one of |
| 8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, or 48 |
| kHz. Also note that this option may leave a |
| few extra bytes in a PADDING block as the exact |
| size of the tags is not known until all files |
| are processed. Note that this option cannot be |
| used when encoding to standard output (stdout). |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--cuesheet</option>=<replaceable>filename</replaceable></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Import the given cuesheet file and store it in a |
| CUESHEET metadata block. This option may only be used |
| when encoding a single file. 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>--sector-align</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Align encoding of multiple CD format |
| files on sector boundaries. See the HTML |
| documentation for more information.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-S</option> {<replaceable>#</replaceable>|<replaceable>X</replaceable>|<replaceable>#x</replaceable>|<replaceable>#s</replaceable>}, <option>--seekpoint</option>={<replaceable>#</replaceable>|<replaceable>X</replaceable>|<replaceable>#x</replaceable>|<replaceable>#s</replaceable>}</term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para> |
| Include a point or points in a SEEKTABLE. 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). You may use |
| many -S options; the resulting SEEKTABLE will be the |
| unique-ified union of all such values. With no -S |
| options, flac defaults to '-S 10s'. Use --no-seektable |
| for no SEEKTABLE. Note: '-S #x' and '-S #s' will not |
| work if the encoder can't determine the input size before |
| starting. Note: if you use '-S #' and # is >= |
| samples in the input, there will be either no seek |
| point entered (if the input size is determinable |
| before encoding starts) or a placeholder point (if |
| input size is not determinable).</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-P</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--padding</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Tell the encoder to write a PADDING metadata |
| block of the given length (in bytes) after the |
| STREAMINFO block. This is useful if you plan to |
| tag the file later with an APPLICATION block; |
| instead of having to rewrite the entire file later |
| just to insert your block, you can write directly |
| over the PADDING block. Note that the total length |
| of the PADDING block will be 4 bytes longer than |
| the length given because of the 4 metadata block |
| header bytes. You can force no PADDING block at |
| all to be written with --no-padding. The encoder |
| writes a PADDING block of 4096 bytes by default. |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-T</option> <replaceable>FIELD=VALUE</replaceable>, <option>--tag</option>=<replaceable>FIELD=VALUE</replaceable></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Add a FLAC tag. The comment must adhere to |
| the Vorbis comment spec; i.e. the FIELD must |
| contain only legal characters, terminated by an |
| 'equals' sign. Make sure to quote the comment if |
| necessary. This option may appear more than once |
| to add several comments. NOTE: all tags will be |
| added to all encoded files.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--tag-from-file</option>=<replaceable>FIELD=FILENAME</replaceable></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Like --tag, except FILENAME is a file whose |
| contents will be read verbatim to set the tag |
| value. The contents will be converted to UTF-8 |
| from the local charset. This can be used to |
| store a cuesheet in a tag (e.g. |
| --tag-from-file="CUESHEET=image.cue"). Do not |
| try to store binary data in tag fields! Use |
| APPLICATION blocks for that.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-b</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--blocksize</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Specify the block size in samples. The |
| default is 1152 for -l 0, else 4608; must be one of |
| 192, 576, 1152, 2304, 4608, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, |
| 4096, 8192, 16384, or 32768 (unless --lax is used)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-m</option>, <option>--mid-side</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Try mid-side coding for each frame (stereo |
| input only)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-M</option>, <option>--adaptive-mid-side</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Adaptive mid-side coding for all frames (stereo |
| input only)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-0</option>..<option>-8</option>, <option>--compression-level-0</option>..<option>--compression-level-8</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Fastest compression..highest compression |
| (default is -5). These are synonyms for other |
| options:</para> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-0</option>, <option>--compression-level-0</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -r 2,2 |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-1</option>, <option>--compression-level-1</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -M -r 2,2 |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-2</option>, <option>--compression-level-2</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -m -r 3 |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-3</option>, <option>--compression-level-3</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Synonymous with -l 6 -b 4608 -r 3,3 |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-4</option>, <option>--compression-level-4</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -M -r 3,3 |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-5</option>, <option>--compression-level-5</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -r 3,3 |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-6</option>, <option>--compression-level-6</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -r 4 |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-7</option>, <option>--compression-level-7</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -e -r 6 |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-8</option>, <option>--compression-level-8</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Synonymous with -l 12 -b 4608 -m -e -r 6 |
| </para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| </variablelist> |
| |
| </listitem> |
| |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--fast</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Fastest compression. Currently |
| synonymous with -0.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--best</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Highest compression. Currently |
| synonymous with -8.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-e</option>, <option>--exhaustive-model-search</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Do exhaustive model search |
| (expensive!)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-A</option> <replaceable>function</replaceable>, <option>--apodization</option>=<replaceable>function</replaceable></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Window audio data with given the apodization function. |
| The functions are: bartlett, bartlett_hann, blackman, |
| blackman_harris_4term_92db, connes, flattop, gauss(STDDEV), |
| hamming, hann, kaiser_bessel, nuttall, rectangle, triangle, |
| tukey(P), welch.</para> |
| <para>For gauss(STDDEV), STDDEV is the standard deviation |
| (0<STDDEV<=0.5).</para> |
| <para>For tukey(P), P specifies the fraction of the window that |
| is tapered (0<=P<=1; P=0 corresponds to "rectangle" and |
| P=1 corresponds to "hann").</para> |
| <para>More than one -A option (up to 32) may be used. Any |
| function that is specified erroneously is silently dropped. |
| The encoder chooses suitable defaults in the absence of any |
| -A options; any -A option specified replaces the default(s). |
| </para> |
| <para>When more than one function is specified, then for every |
| subframe the encoder will try each of them separately and |
| choose the window that results in the smallest compressed |
| subframe. Multiple functions can greatly increase the |
| encoding time.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-l</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--max-lpc-order</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Set the maximum LPC order; 0 means use only the fixed predictors</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-p</option>, <option>--qlp-coeff-precision-search</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Do exhaustive search of LP coefficient |
| quantization (expensive!). Overrides -q; |
| does nothing if using -l 0</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-q</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--qlp-coeff-precision</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Precision of the quantized linear-predictor |
| coefficients, 0 => let encoder decide (min is 5, |
| default is 0)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>-r</option> [<replaceable>#</replaceable>,]<replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--rice-partition-order</option>=[<replaceable>#</replaceable>,]<replaceable>#</replaceable></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Set the [min,]max residual partition order |
| (0..16). min defaults to 0 if unspecified. Default |
| is -r 3,3.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| </variablelist> |
| |
| </refsect2> |
| <refsect2> |
| <title>Format Options</title> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--endian</option>={<replaceable>big</replaceable>|<replaceable>little</replaceable>}</term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Set the byte order for samples</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--channels</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Set number of channels.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--bps</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Set bits per sample.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--sample-rate</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Set sample rate (in Hz).</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--sign</option>={<replaceable>signed</replaceable>|<replaceable>unsigned</replaceable>}</term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Set the sign of samples (the default is signed).</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--input-size</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Specify the size of the raw input in bytes. If you are |
| encoding raw samples from stdin, you must set this option |
| in order to be able to use --skip, --until, --cue-sheet, or |
| other options that need to know the size of the input |
| beforehand. If the size given is greater than what is |
| found in the input stream, the encoder will complain about |
| an unexpected end-of-file. If the size given is less, |
| samples will be truncated.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--force-aiff-format</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Force the decoder to output AIFF format. This option |
| is not needed if the output filename (as set by -o) ends |
| with <filename>.aiff</filename>. Also, this option has no |
| effect when encoding since input AIFF is auto-detected.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--force-raw-format</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Force input (when encoding) or output (when decoding) |
| to be treated as raw samples (even if filename ends |
| in <filename>.wav</filename>).</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| </variablelist> |
| </refsect2> |
| |
| <refsect2> |
| <title>Negative Options</title> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--no-adaptive-mid-side</option></term> |
| <term><option>--no-decode-through-errors</option></term> |
| <term><option>--no-delete-input-file</option></term> |
| <term><option>--no-exhaustive-model-search</option></term> |
| <term><option>--no-lax</option></term> |
| <term><option>--no-mid-side</option></term> |
| <term><option>--no-ogg</option></term> |
| <term><option>--no-padding</option></term> |
| <term><option>--no-qlp-coeff-precision-search</option></term> |
| <term><option>--no-residual-gnuplot</option></term> |
| <term><option>--no-residual-text</option></term> |
| <term><option>--no-sector-align</option></term> |
| <term><option>--no-seektable</option></term> |
| <term><option>--no-silent</option></term> |
| <term><option>--no-verify</option></term> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>These flags can be used to invert the sense |
| of the corresponding normal option.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| </variablelist> |
| |
| </refsect2> |
| |
| </refsect1> |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>SEE ALSO</title> |
| |
| <para>metaflac(1).</para> |
| |
| <para>The programs are documented fully by HTML format |
| documentation, available in |
| <filename>/usr/share/doc/flac/html</filename> on |
| &debian; systems.</para> |
| </refsect1> |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>AUTHOR</title> |
| |
| <para>This manual page was written by &dhusername; &dhemail; for |
| the &debian; system (but may be used by others).</para> |
| |
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