MP3CD(1p)						User Contributed Perl Documentation						 MP3CD(1p)

NAME

       mp3cd - Burns normalized audio CDs from lists of MP3s/WAVs/Oggs/FLACs

SYNOPSIS

       mp3cd [OPTIONS] [playlist|files...]

	-s, --stage STAGE  Start at a certain stage of processing:
			       clean   Start fresh (default, requires playlist)
			       build   Does not clean (requires playlist)
			       decode  Turns MP3s/Oggs/FLACs into WAVs
			       correct Fix up any WAV formats
			       norm    Normalizes WAV volumes
			       toc     Builds a Table of Contents from WAVs
			       toc_ok  Checks TOC validity
			       cdr_ok  Checks for a CDR
			       burn    Burns from the TOC
	-q		   Quits after one stage of processing
	-t, --tempdir DIR  Set working dir (default "/tmp/mp3cd-$USER")
	-d, --device PATH  Look for CDR at "PATH" (default "/dev/cdrecorder")
	-r, --driver TYPE  Use CDR driver TYPE (default up to cdrdao)
	-n, --simulate	   Don't actually burn a disc but do everything else.
	-E, --no-eject	   Don't eject drive after the burn.
	-L, --no-log	   Don't redirect output to "tool-output.txt"
	-T, --no-cd-text   Don't attempt to write CD-TEXT tags to the audio CD
	-c, --cdrdao ARGS  Pass the option string ARGS to cdrdao.
	-S, --skip STAGES  Skip the comma-separated list of stages in STAGES.
	-V, --version	   Report which version of the script this is.
	-v, --verbose	   Shows commands as they are executed.
	-h, --usage	   Shows brief usage summary.
	    --help	   Shows detailed help summary.
	    --longhelp	   Shows complete help.

OPTIONS

       -s STAGE, --stage STAGE
	       Starts processing at a given stage. This is used in case you had to stop processing, or a file was missing, or things generally
	       blew up. It is especially useful if a burn fails because then you don't have to start totally over and re-WAV the files. If you
	       just want to perform a single step, use --quit to abort after the stage you request with --stage. Also see --skip.

	       clean   This is the default starting stage. The temp directory is cleared out.  A playlist is required, since we expect to move to
		       the build stage next, which requires it.

	       build   This stage examines the playlist from the command line, and tries to create a list of symlinks from the given playlist. So
		       far, "mp3cd" can understand ".m3u" files, XMLPlaylist files, and lists of files.

	       decode  All the files are converted into WAVs. So far, "mp3cd" knows how to decode MP3, Ogg, and FLAC files. (WAVs will be left as
		       they are during this stage.)

	       correct The WAV files are corrected to have the correct bitrate and number of channels, as required for an audio CD.

	       norm    The WAV files' volumes are normalized so any large differences in volume between records will be less noticeable.

	       toc     Generates a Table of Contents for the audio CD.

	       toc_ok  Validates the TOC, just in case something went really wrong with the WAV files.

	       cdr_ok  Verifies that there is a CDR ready for burning.

	       burn    Actually performs the burn of all the WAV files to the waiting CDR.

       -q, --quit
	       Aborts after one stage of processing. See --stage.

       -t DIR, --tempdir DIR
	       Use a working directory other than "/tmp/mp3cd-username". This is where all the file processing occurs. You will generally need at
	       least 650M free here (or more depending on the recording length of your destination CD).

       -d PATH, --device PATH
	       Use a device path other than "/dev/cdrecorder".

       -r TYPE, --driver TYPE
	       Use a CDRDAO driver other than what cdrdao automatically detects. Note that some drivers may not support CD-TEXT mode. In this
	       case, try "generic-mmc-raw".

       -c ARGS, --cdrdao ARGS
	       Pass the given option string of ARGS to cdrdao during each command.

       -n, --simulate
	       Do not actually write to the disc but simulate the process instead.

       -E, --no-eject
	       Don't eject drive after the burn.

       -L, --no-log
	       Don't redirect output to "tool-output.txt". All information will instead be redirected to the terminal via standard output
	       (STDOUT). This will cause a lot of low-level detail to be displayed.

       -T, --no-cd-text
	       Don't attempt to write CD-TEXT tags to the audio CD. Some devices and drivers do not support this mode. See --driver for more
	       details.

       -S STAGES, --skip STAGES
	       While processing, skips the stages listed in the comma-separated list of stages given in STAGES. This would only be used if you
	       really know what you're doing. For example, if the audio is already normalized and you didn't want to burn a CD, you could skip the
	       normalizing and burning stages by giving "--skip norm,burn". See --stage and --quit.

       -V, --version
	       Report which version of mp3cd this is.

       -v, --verbose
	       Shows commands as they are executed.

       -h, --usage
	       Show brief usage summary.

       --help  Show detailed help summary.

       --longhelp
	       Shows the full command line instructions.

DESCRIPTION

       This script implements the suggested methods outlined in the Linux MP3 CD Burning mini-HOWTO:
	http://tldp.org/HOWTO/MP3-CD-Burning/ <http://tldp.org/HOWTO/MP3-CD-Burning/>

       This will burn a playlist (.m3u, XMLPlaylist or command line list) of MP3s, Oggs, FLACs, and/or WAVs to an audio CD. The ".m3u" format is
       really nothing more than a list of fully qualified filenames. The script handles making the WAVs sane by resampling if needed, and
       normalizing the volume across all tracks.

       If a failure happens, earlier stages can be skipped with the '-s' flag.	The file "tool-output.txt" in the temp directory can be examined
       to see what went wrong during the stage. Some things are time-consuming (like decoding the audio into WAVs) and if the CD burn fails, it's
       much nicer not to have to start over from scratch. When doing this, you will not need the m3u file any more, since the files have already
       been built. See the list of stages using '-h'.

PREREQUISITES

       Requires "cdrdao", and that /dev/cdrecorder is a valid symlink to the /dev/sg device that cdrdao will use. Use .cdrdao to edit driver
       options. (See "man cdrdao" for details.)

       Requires "sox" to decode MP3 and check/correct WAV formats.
	http://www.spies.com/Sox/

       Requires "normalize" to process the audio.
	http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~cvaill/normalize/

       Optionally requires "oggdec" to decode Ogg to WAV files.
	http://www.gnu.org/directory/audio/ogg/OggEnc.html/

       Optionally requires "flac" to decode flac to WAV files.
	http://flac.sourceforge.net/

       Optionally requires "Config::Simple" Perl module if you want to use the .mp3cdrc file.
	http://search.cpan.org/~sherzodr/Config-Simple/

FILES

       ~/.mp3cdrc
	       Default options can be recorded in this file. The option names are the same as their command line long-name. Command line options
	       will override these values. All options are run through perl's eval. For example:
		   tempdir: /scratch/mp3cd/$ENV{'USER'}
		   device: /dev/burner

AUTHOR

	Kees Cook <kees@outflux.net>

	Contributors:

	J. Katz (Ogg support)
	Alex Rhomberg (XMLPlaylist support)
	Kevin C. Krinke (filelist inspiration, and countless many patches)
	James Greenhalgh (flac support)

SEE ALSO

       perl(1), cdrdao(1), sox(1), oggdec(1), flac(1), sox(1), normalize(1).

COPYRIGHT

	Copyright (C) 2003-2011 Kees Cook
	kees@outflux.net, http://outflux.net/

	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
	of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
	GNU General Public License for more details.

	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
	along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
	Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
	http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

perl v5.14.2							    2011-01-18								 MP3CD(1p)