NAME
mp3burn - burn audio CDs from MP3, Ogg Vorbis, or FLAC files
SYNOPSIS
mp3burn [OPTION] [mp3,ogg, and flac files]
DESCRIPTION
mp3burn is a simple command line tool for making audio CDs from MP3s
without filling up your disk with .wav files. It uses Perl(1),
ogg123(1), mpg321(1) or mpg123(1), cdrecord(1), flac(1), and the
MP3::Info(3) Perl module.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Prints out a brief help
-m, --swap
Manual "cdrecord -swab" option mode. Use this to disable the
automatic detection for swab mode in case it is not working
correctly on your system. (Also, please send email to
<formorer@formorer.de> or file a bug against the mp3burn package if
you encounter this problem.)
-p, --playlist ".m3u playlist"
Use a playlist to specify audio files to burn. Instead of (or in
addition to) listing mp3/ogg/flac files, supply a .m3u playlist
(e.g., from xmms) that contains the audio files for your CD.
Note: If you specify both a playlist and audio files, the files
specified on the command-line will be appended to the list of audio
files listed in the playlist. If a file referenced in a playlist
cannot be read, it will be skipped. Be wary of playlist editors
that use relative paths - mp3burn cannot know what path the
playlist editor assumed.
-t, --tmpdir "tmpdir"
Put temporary files in tmpdir. Default is to use the current
directory.
-c, --check "MMM:SS" | ATIP
Time check: compute the total length of files to be burned and
warn if greater than MMM:SS minutes and seconds. If the value ATIP
is supplied, the total length is checked against the length
available on the CDR[W] as reported by ATIP.
Note that FLAC-encoded files are assumed to be 1 second long (until
there is an easy way to get the file duration). You will need to
calculate burn-length on your own with FLAC files.
-d, --dummy
Perform a "dummy" run: do everything except actually burn the CD
(uses cdrecord(1) "-dummy" option).
-o, --cdrecord "cdrecord_opts"
Specify the command line options for cdrecord. The quotes are
required to prevent mp3burn from parsing cdrecord(1) options.
Overrides options specified in ~/.mp3burnrc.
Example: -o "-v dev=1,0 speed=4 -swab"
Note:
The options -pad and -audio are added automatically, since they are
always necessary. The script also tries to detect if -swab is
needed (for example on x86 and other little-Endian platforms).
cdrecord is supposed to take care of any byte-ordering requirements
specific to your burner. (If you end up with a CD that merely
sounds like static, you most likely need to toggle use of -swab.)
You should also consider using -v so that you can watch the burn in
progress. This goes for ~/.mp3burnrc also.
-a, --atip
Lookup the ATIP info for the device in the cdburner (using
cdrecord(1) "-atip") and then exits. This option can only be used
(successfully) in conjuction with -o.
-M, --encoder "MP3 decoder"
Use an MP3 decoder other than the default, which is mpg321. This
is imperative when burning tracks that have sample rates other than
44.1kHz, and the current version of mpg321 will not decode these
files. Specify the name of the decoder to be used, e.g.
mpg123-oss-3dnow; you can also specify this in your .mp3burnrc
file with $mp3decoder = mp3decoder. (Note: Currently, the MP3
decoder must be able to accept mpg123-style command-line
arguments.)
RETURN VALUE
mp3burn returns 0 on success.
DIAGNOSTICS
Error in .mp3burnrc:
Perl(1) cannot parse the .mp3burnrc file. The following example
occurs when a double quote is not terminated:
bash-2.05$ sudo mp3burn -d ~/bell.ogg
String found where operator expected at (eval 10) line 7, at end of line
(Missing operator before ?)
Error in .mp3burnrc:
Can't find string terminator '"' anywhere before EOF at (eval 10) line 7.
bash-2.05$
You will experience this error if you define both $cdrecord_opts
and $mp3decoder without terminating the variable assignments with
the ’;’ character:
$ mp3burn -d -t /tmp Theodor_Storm_Aquis_submersus_1.mp3
Scalar found where operator expected at (eval 10) line 2, near ""-v speed=2 dev=0,3,0"
$mp3decoder"
(Missing operator before
$mp3decoder?)
Error in .mp3burnrc:
syntax error at (eval 10) line 2, near ""-v speed=2 dev=0,3,0"
$mp3decoder"
EXAMPLES
Write an Ogg Vorbis file from a CD-R drive, /dev/scd0, mounted at
/mnt/scd0/ to a CD-RW drive, /dev/scd1, called "0,1,0" in cdrecord(1)
SCSI notation. Ensure that file is no longer than 50 minutes. sudo(1)
is used to get root permissions for cdrecord(1).
% sudo mp3burn -c 050:00 -o "-v speed=2 dev=0,1,0" /mnt/scd0/bell.ogg
Create a ~/.mp3burnrc that prints a message before writing and uses a
different MP3 decoder than the default of mpg321.
# This is an example.
$cdrecord_opts="-v speed=2 dev=0,1,0";
$mp3decoder = "mpg123-oss-3dnow";
print "Nine seconds to slap a CD-R in the drive!\n" ;
#
# See mp3burn(3).
#
Specify an mp3decoder other than mpg321.
$ sudo mp3burn -M mpg123-esd ./rush/*mp3
FILES
~/.mp3burnrc
In this file, you may permanently specify the cdrecord options and
MP3 decoder you want to use. The format is:
$cdrecord_opts = "cdrecord options";
$mp3decoder = "some mp3 decoder";
You may place comments in this file by beginning a line with "#".
Note:
The values of $cdrecord_opts and $mp3decoder in ~/.mp3burnrc are
ignored if the "-o" or "-<"command-line options are used,
respectively.
CAVEATS
Has not been tested extensively with Ogg Vorbis files. Ogg Vorbis
files must be in CD-DA format: i.e. 44100 samples/channel x 16
bits/sample x 2 channels.
BUGS
If you execute mp3burn with root permissions, the ~/.mp3burnrc will
also be executed with root permissions.
NOTES
There are a number of GUI frontends for mp3burn:
Xmp3Burn
http://perso.wanadoo.es/ja_recio/xmp3burn/xmp3burn.html
Kmp3burn
http://computer.freepage.de/kmp3burn/index.htm
GtkMp3Burn
http://gtkmp3burn.sourceforge.net/
SEE ALSO
cdrecord(1), mpg321(1), ogg123(1), ogginfo(1), flac(1), MP3::Info(3)
The mp3burn web page is http://mp3burn.sourceforge.net/. The Ogg
Vorbis web page is http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/. The FLAC web page
is http://flac.sourceforge.net/.
AUTHOR
Copyright (c) 2000 Ryan Richter. Copyright (c) 2003 Alexander Wirt
This script was written by Ryan Richter <bobort@bigfoot.com> with much
code contributed by Dan Lark <dlark@spinn.net>.
I would like to thank Dan Lark <dlark@spinn.net> for contributing the
ideas and code for most of the new features, and Tony Mancill
<tony@mancill.com> for making Debian packages and helping with
debugging.
Later in 2003 Alexander Wirt continued to write this program.
This program is licensed under the GNU General Public License. You may
fold, spindle, and mutilate this software under the terms of the GPL.
HISTORY
20031014 <formorer@formorer.de>
Switches from standard getopt to GetOpts::Long
Updated Manpage for the new option format
20031012 <formorer@formorer.de>
Updated mp3burn to use pod2usage
Added -h switch for getting help
Fixed a bug with the output of file in conduction with FLAC files
Added a gracefully exit if there are no valid files left
Use String::Shellquote to avoid problems with the shell
20030203 <tmancill@debian.org>
hacked in support for FLAC, as per suggested by <ldm@apartia.org>
20021110 <tmancill@debian.org>
updated to work with new ogginfo output format in vorbis-tools 1.0;
modified slightly to not create FIFOs for invalid MP3/OGG files
20020728 <tmancill@debian.org>
added -M $mp3decoder switch to support MP3 decoders other than
mpg321 and mpg123-oss
20010917 <tmancill@debian.org>
added check to automatically add -swab on ia32 platform
MP3::Info(3) replaces MPEG::MP3Info
mp3burn 0.02 10/28/00
Changes since 0.01:
Bugfixes:
Spaces, quotes, and other shell metacharacters in filenames should
no longer problematic, since we use Shell:QuoteString to avoid
problems with that (Feedback for that is wished).
Mono MP3s and MP3s not sampled at 44.1kHz are no longer
problematic.
New Features:
Editing the executable is no longer necessary; cdrecord options can
be specified on the command line or in ~/.mp3burnrc.
Temp dir for FIFOs may be set to other than the current dir.
Dummy runs now supported from the command line.
A time check is now available: mp3burn can abort if total time
exceeds a threshold. Requires MPEG::MP3Info.
Playlist support.
POD ERRORS
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