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.TH mppenc 1 "12 June 2007" "" ""
.SH NAME
mppenc \- Musepack lossy audio codec encoder
.SH SYNOPSIS
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[\fB\fI--options\fB\fR] [\fB\fIinput_file\fB\fR] [\fB\fIoutput_file\fB\fR]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBmppenc\fR is a Musepack lossy audio codec encoder.
Musepack is a lossy audio codec specifically optimized for transparent
compression of stereo audio at bitrates of 160-180 kbit/s.
.SH "INPUT FILES"
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\fR\*(T>
STDIN (only RIFF WAVE files)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB/dev/audio\fR\*(T>
soundcard (OSS, 44.1 kHz)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB*.wav\fR\*(T>
RIFF WAVE file
.TP 
\*(T<\fB*.raw|cdr\fR\*(T>
RAW PCM file (2ch, 16bit, 44.1kHz)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB*.pac|lpac\fR\*(T>
LPAC file (Windows only)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB*.fla|flac\fR\*(T>
FLAC file
.TP 
\*(T<\fB*.ape\fR\*(T>
Monkey's Audio file (APE extension only)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB*.rka|rkau\fR\*(T>
RK Audio file (Windows only)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB*.sz\fR\*(T>
SZIP file
.TP 
\*(T<\fB*.shn\fR\*(T>
Shorten file
.TP 
\*(T<\fB*.wv\fR\*(T>
Wavpack file
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\&.ofr\fR\*(T>
OptimFROG file (Windows only)
.PP
Currently only 32, 37.8, 44.1 and 48 kHz, 1-8 channels, 8-32 bit linear PCM
is supported. When using one of the lossless compressed formats, a proper
binary must be installed within the system's $PATH. 
.SH "OUTPUT FILES"
.TP 
\*(T<\fB*.mpc\fR\*(T>
Musepack file
.TP 
\*(T<\fB*.mp+|mpp\fR\*(T>
MPEGplus file (deprecated)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\fR\*(T>
STDOUT
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-quality 0.00\fR\*(T>
below telephone, poor quality (~ 20 kbps)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-quality 1.00\fR\*(T>
below telephone, poor quality (~ 30 kbps)
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\*(T<\fB\-\-quality 2.00\fR\*(T> \*(T<\fB\-\-telephone\fR\*(T>
telephone, low quality (~ 60 kbps)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-quality 3.00\fR\*(T> \*(T<\fB\-\-thumb\fR\*(T>
thumb, low/medium quality (~ 90 kbps)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-quality 4.00\fR\*(T> \*(T<\fB\-\-radio\fR\*(T>
radio, medium quality (~ 130 kbps)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-quality 5.00\fR\*(T> \*(T<\fB\-\-standard\fR\*(T> \*(T<\fB\-\-normal\fR\*(T>
normal (default), high quality (~ 180 kbps)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-quality 6.00\fR\*(T> \*(T<\fB\-\-extreme\fR\*(T> \*(T<\fB\-\-xtreme\fR\*(T>
extreme, excellent quality (~ 210 kbps)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-quality 7.00\fR\*(T> \*(T<\fB\-\-insane\fR\*(T>
insane, excellent quality (~ 240 kbps)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-quality 8.00\fR\*(T> \*(T<\fB\-\-braindead\fR\*(T>
braindead, excellent quality (~ 270 kbps)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-quality 9.00\fR\*(T>
above braindead, excellent quality (~ 300 kbps)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-quality 10.00\fR\*(T>
above braindead, excellent quality (~ 350 kbps)
.PP
In addition, quality scale is effective centesimally (i.e. --quality 4.25).
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-silent\fR\*(T>
repress console messages (default: off)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-verbose\fR\*(T>
increase verbosity (default: off)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-longhelp\fR\*(T>
print long help
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-stderr FILE\fR\*(T>
append messages to file
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-neveroverwrite\fR\*(T>
never overwrite existing output file (default: off)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-interactive\fR\*(T>
ask to overwrite an existing output file (default: on)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-overwrite\fR\*(T>
overwrite existing output file (default: off)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-deleteinput\fR\*(T>
delete input file after encoding (default: off)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-beep\fR\*(T>
beep when encoding is finished (default: off)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-unicode\fR\*(T>
unicode input from console (Unix only)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-tag key=value\fR\*(T>
add tag 'key' with 'value' as contents
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-tagfile key=file\fR\*(T>
add tags, take values from a file
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-tag key\fR\*(T>
add tags, take values from console
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-artist 'value'\fR\*(T>
shortcut for --tag 'Artist=value'
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-album 'value'\fR\*(T>
shortcut for --tag 'Album=value'
.PP
Other possible keys are: debutalbum, publisher, conductor, 
title, subtitle, track, comment, composer, copyright,
publicationright, filename, recordlocation, recorddate,
ean/upc, year, releasedate, genre, media, index, isrc,
abstract, bibliography, introplay, media, language...
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-skip x\fR\*(T>
skip the first x seconds (default: 0.0)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-dur x\fR\*(T>
stop encoding after at most x seconds of encoded audio
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-fade x\fR\*(T>
fadein+out in seconds
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-fadein x\fR\*(T>
fadein in seconds (default: 0.0)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-fadeout x\fR\*(T>
fadeout in seconds (default: 0.0)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-fadeshape x\fR\*(T>
fade shape, see
http://www.uni-jena.de/~pfk/mpc/img/fade.png (default: 1.0)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-scale x\fR\*(T>
scale input signal by x (default: 1.00000)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-scale x,y\fR\*(T>
scale input signal, separate for each channel
.SH EXAMPLES
\fBmppenc inputfile.wav\fR
.PP
\fBmppenc inputfile.wav outputfile.mpc\fR
.PP
\fBmppenc --radio inputfile.wav outputfile.mpc\fR
.PP
\fBmppenc --silent --radio --pns 0.25 inputfile.wav outputfile.mpc\fR
.PP
\fBmppenc --nmt 12 --tmn 28 inputfile.wav outputfile.mpc\fR
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Jorge Salamero Sanz <\*(T<bencer@cauterized.net\*(T>> for
the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under
the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any 
later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
.PP
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.