Musepack lossy audio codec encoder
mppenc \kx [--options] [input_file] [output_file]
mppenc 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.
\*(T<-\*(T>
STDIN (only RIFF WAVE files)
\*(T</dev/audio\*(T>
soundcard (OSS, 44.1 kHz)
\*(T<*.wav\*(T>
RIFF WAVE file
\*(T<*.raw|cdr\*(T>
RAW PCM file (2ch, 16bit, 44.1kHz)
\*(T<*.pac|lpac\*(T>
LPAC file (Windows only)
\*(T<*.fla|flac\*(T>
FLAC file
\*(T<*.ape\*(T>
Monkey's Audio file (APE extension only)
\*(T<*.rka|rkau\*(T>
RK Audio file (Windows only)
\*(T<*.sz\*(T>
SZIP file
\*(T<*.shn\*(T>
Shorten file
\*(T<*.wv\*(T>
Wavpack file
\*(T<.ofr\*(T>
OptimFROG file (Windows only)
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.
\*(T<*.mpc\*(T>
Musepack file
\*(T<*.mp+|mpp\*(T>
MPEGplus file (deprecated)
\*(T<-\*(T>
STDOUT
\*(T<--quality 0.00\*(T>
below telephone, poor quality (~ 20 kbps)
\*(T<--quality 1.00\*(T>
below telephone, poor quality (~ 30 kbps)
\*(T<--quality 2.00\*(T> \*(T<--telephone\*(T>
telephone, low quality (~ 60 kbps)
\*(T<--quality 3.00\*(T> \*(T<--thumb\*(T>
thumb, low/medium quality (~ 90 kbps)
\*(T<--quality 4.00\*(T> \*(T<--radio\*(T>
radio, medium quality (~ 130 kbps)
\*(T<--quality 5.00\*(T> \*(T<--standard\*(T> \*(T<--normal\*(T>
normal (default), high quality (~ 180 kbps)
\*(T<--quality 6.00\*(T> \*(T<--extreme\*(T> \*(T<--xtreme\*(T>
extreme, excellent quality (~ 210 kbps)
\*(T<--quality 7.00\*(T> \*(T<--insane\*(T>
insane, excellent quality (~ 240 kbps)
\*(T<--quality 8.00\*(T> \*(T<--braindead\*(T>
braindead, excellent quality (~ 270 kbps)
\*(T<--quality 9.00\*(T>
above braindead, excellent quality (~ 300 kbps)
\*(T<--quality 10.00\*(T>
above braindead, excellent quality (~ 350 kbps)
In addition, quality scale is effective centesimally (i.e. --quality 4.25).
\*(T<--silent\*(T>
repress console messages (default: off)
\*(T<--verbose\*(T>
increase verbosity (default: off)
\*(T<--longhelp\*(T>
print long help
\*(T<--stderr FILE\*(T>
append messages to file
\*(T<--neveroverwrite\*(T>
never overwrite existing output file (default: off)
\*(T<--interactive\*(T>
ask to overwrite an existing output file (default: on)
\*(T<--overwrite\*(T>
overwrite existing output file (default: off)
\*(T<--deleteinput\*(T>
delete input file after encoding (default: off)
\*(T<--beep\*(T>
beep when encoding is finished (default: off)
\*(T<--unicode\*(T>
unicode input from console (Unix only)
\*(T<--tag key=value\*(T>
add tag 'key' with 'value' as contents
\*(T<--tagfile key=file\*(T>
add tags, take values from a file
\*(T<--tag key\*(T>
add tags, take values from console
\*(T<--artist 'value'\*(T>
shortcut for --tag 'Artist=value'
\*(T<--album 'value'\*(T>
shortcut for --tag 'Album=value'
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...
\*(T<--skip x\*(T>
skip the first x seconds (default: 0.0)
\*(T<--dur x\*(T>
stop encoding after at most x seconds of encoded audio
\*(T<--fade x\*(T>
fadein+out in seconds
\*(T<--fadein x\*(T>
fadein in seconds (default: 0.0)
\*(T<--fadeout x\*(T>
fadeout in seconds (default: 0.0)
\*(T<--fadeshape x\*(T>
fade shape, see http://www.uni-jena.de/~pfk/mpc/img/fade.png (default: 1.0)
\*(T<--scale x\*(T>
scale input signal by x (default: 1.00000)
\*(T<--scale x,y\*(T>
scale input signal, separate for each channel
mppenc inputfile.wav
mppenc inputfile.wav outputfile.mpc
mppenc --radio inputfile.wav outputfile.mpc
mppenc --silent --radio --pns 0.25 inputfile.wav outputfile.mpc
mppenc --nmt 12 --tmn 28 inputfile.wav outputfile.mpc
This manual page was written by Jorge Salamero Sanz <\*(T<[email protected]\*(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.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.