TRACK2TRACK

NAME

track2track - convert audio tracks

SYNOPSIS

track2track [OPTIONS] <track 1> [track 2] ...

DESCRIPTION

track2track converts audio tracks from one format to another.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

show a list of options and exit

-I, --interactive

edit metadata and encoding options in interactive mode prior to converting tracks

-V, --verbose=VERBOSITY

The level of output to display. Choose between ’normal’, ’quiet’ and ’debug’.

CONVERSION OPTIONS

-t, --type=TYPE

The audio format to convert the given tracks to. For a list of available audio formats, try: -t help.

-q, --quality=QUALITY

The desired quality of the converted tracks. For a list of available quality modes for a given format, try: -q help

-d, --dir=DIRECTORY

The target directory for the converted tracks. If none is given, the current working directory is used. If the target directory does not exist, it will be created automatically. This option is not compatible with -o

--format=STRING

The format string to use for new filenames. Template fields are replaced with metadata values when new tracks are created. All other text is left as-is. If this option is omitted, a default format string is used.

-o, --output=FILENAME

An explicit output filename for the converted track. With this option, only a single input track is allowed. It overrides the -d option and the default output filename.

-j, --joint=PROCESSES

The maximum number of tracks to convert at one time. If one has multiple CPUs or CPU cores, allowing track2track(1) to use all of them simultaneously can greatly increase encoding speed.

FORMAT OPTIONS

--sample-rate=RATE

convert all output files to the given sample rate, in Hz

--channels=CHANNELS

convert all output files to the given number of channels

--bits-per-sample=BITS

convert all output files to the given number of bits-per-sample

CD LOOKUP OPTIONS

-M, --metadata-lookup

perform metadata lookup for converted tracks

--musicbrainz-server=HOSTNAME

the MusicBrainz server name to query for metadata

--musicbrainz-port=PORT

the MusicBrainz port to query for metadata

--no-musicbrainz

don’t query MusicBrainz for metadata

--freedb-server=HOSTNAME

the FreeDB server name to query for metadata

--freedb-port=PORT

the FreeDB port to query for metadata

--no-freedb

don’t query FreeDB for metadata

-D, --default

When multiple metadata choices are available, select the first one automatically. This option has no effect when used with -I

METADATA OPTIONS

--replay-gain

add ReplayGain metadata to newly created tracks

--no-replay-gain

do not add ReplayGain metadata to newly created tracks

EXAMPLES

Convert all the WAVE files in the current working directory to MP3s at the default quality:

track2track -t mp3 *.wav

Convert all of the FLAC files in sourcedir to Ogg Vorbis files and place them in targetdir:

track2track -t ogg -d targetdir sourcedir/*.flac

Convert all of the WAVE files in sourcedir to FLAC files, 2 at a time and at the highest possible compression (quality 8):

track2track -t flac -j 2 -q 8 sourcedir/*.wav

FORMAT STRING FIELDS

SEE ALSO

audiotools-config(1), audiotools.cfg(5), cdda2track(1), cddainfo(1), cddaplay(1), coverdump(1), covertag(1), coverview(1), dvda2track(1), dvdainfo(1), track2cdda(1), trackcat(1), trackcmp(1), trackinfo(1), tracklength(1), tracklint(1), trackplay(1), trackrename(1), tracksplit(1), tracktag(1), trackverify(1)

AUTHOR

Brian Langenberger