qmp3join(1)

💖 qmp3join(1) — the quelcom girlies' guide to gluing ur mp3s together 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to qmp3join, a lil corner of the quelcom man pages, and honestly? she's giving file merger but make it picky. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

qmp3join — join mp3 files 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

qmp3join [option]... file1 file2...

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So like, qmp3join reads a whole list of mp3 files and joins them into one mp3 file, in the exact order you gave her. she's very "respect the queue" energy. 💅

but bestie, plot twist: there are conditions that have to be met for the parameters of each of the files. no cap. go read the NOTES section, i'm literally begging u. 😭

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -f, --force — force the join and bypass the bit rate checks. by default, for two files to be joined they both have to be vbr (aka have variable bit rate), or they have to have the same bit rate. use this option and u just skip that whole check. living dangerously, i see u. 👑
• -h, --help — show a brief lil help and dip. ✨
• -o <outfile>, --output=<outfile> — outfile is the name of the file where all the frames get copied. if u don't use this option, then the frames from the second file all the way to the last file in the list get appended to file1. (yes, that means file1 is the main character. 🎀)
• -v, --verbose — show which operations are being done. she's narrating her own life. we love a transparent queen. 💖
• -V, --version — show the version and exit. periodt. 🌈

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⭐ NOTES ⭐

okay so (all) the following parameters are required to be common for two mp3 files to be joined: [fill this!!!]. yeah. that's literally what it says. the docs said "fill this!!!" and then just… didn't. iconic honestly. 💀

also, about the bit rate parameter: both mp3s must have the same value, or (both) must have a variable bit rate. and this restriction is by-passable with the --force flag, iykyk. 🔥

before joining, all the streams are tested for validity. and bestie… this is a time consuming operation. like, go make a snack. 🍓

in any case, qmp3join can be viewed like a better but restrictive cat for mp3 files — all because of the mp3 file format characteristics. she's cat's prettier, pickier cousin. 😌

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😭 BUGS 😭

tests have only been done with mpeg version 1 layer iii streams. though it may (or may not) work with other versions/layers. so like… she might slay, she might not. we simply don't know. 🙈

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

dmanye@etse.urv.es
http://www.etse.urv.es/~dmanye/quelcom/quelcom.html

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

qmp3info(1), qmp3cut(1), qmp3check(1), qmp3report(1) qwavinfo(1), qwavjoin(1), qwavcut(1), qwavsilence(1), qwavfade(1), qwavheaderdump(1)

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🌸 and that's the whole vibe check, bestie! this was quelcom 0.4.0, dated february 2001 — yes she's an elder but she still ate, and we stan a legacy queen. go forth and join ur mp3s responsibly 💖✨🎀