TRACKCAT(1)

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💖 trackcat(1) — Audio Concatenator 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about trackcat, the manual page for the audio concatenator. this is your one-stop shop for gluing audio tracks together and it's lowkey iconic.

✨ NAME ✨

trackcat — concatenate two or more audio tracks 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

trackcat [OPTIONS] <track 1> [track 2] [track 3] ...

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically trackcat takes the audio data from two or more audio tracks and combines it all into a single output track. that's it, that's the whole vibe. multiple in, one out. slay. 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h, --help — shows you a list of options and then dips. bye! 👋
  • -I, --interactive — lets you edit metadata and encoding options in interactive mode before it converts the tracks. main character energy, you're in charge now.
  • --cue=FILENAME — a cuesheet to embed in the output file. cute little bonus content fr.
  • --add-cue — embeds a cuesheet in the output file using the track lengths as index points. this one is giving safety net ✨ because it means your concatenated file can be re-split back into its original tracks even if the original cuesheet is not available anymore. iconic.
  • -V, --verbose=VERBOSITY — how much it yaps at you. choose between 'normal', 'quiet' and 'debug'.

🎧 ENCODING OPTIONS 🎧

  • -o, --output=FILENAME — the output filename of the concatenated track. where it all goes. 📁
  • -t, --type=TYPE — the audio format of the concatenated track. want the full list of available audio formats? try -t help, bestie.
  • -q, --quality=QUALITY — the desired quality of the concatenated track. want the list of quality modes for a given format? try -q help. go look, it's right there.

💿 CD LOOKUP OPTIONS 💿

  • -M, --metadata-lookup — performs metadata lookup for the converted tracks. detective mode 🕵️‍♀️
  • --musicbrainz-server=HOSTNAME — the MusicBrainz server name to query for metadata.
  • --musicbrainz-port=PORT — the MusicBrainz port to query for metadata.
  • --no-musicbrainz — do not query MusicBrainz for metadata. not today.
  • --freedb-server=HOSTNAME — the FreeDB server name to query for metadata.
  • --freedb-port=PORT — the FreeDB port to query for metadata.
  • --no-freedb — do not query FreeDB for metadata. respectfully declining.
  • -D, --default — when multiple metadata choices are available, it just grabs the first one automatically. > heads up: this option has no effect when you use it with -I. zero. nada.

✨ EXAMPLE ✨

say you wanna convert all of the WAVE files in sourcedir into a single FLAC file called album.flac, at the highest possible compression (quality 8). you'd run:

trackcat -t flac -q 8 -o album.flac sourcedir/*.wav

and boom. one file. you ate. 🔥

✨ 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), track2track(1), trackcmp(1), trackinfo(1), tracklength(1), tracklint(1), trackplay(1), trackrename(1), tracksplit(1), tracktag(1), trackverify(1)

like, the whole friend group. go say hi. 🫶

✨ AUTHOR ✨

Brian Langenberger

okay that's the whole page, bestie, you're officially educated 💜 this was the trackcat(1) page from the Audio Concatenator source, dated 2025-03-10. love that for us. periodt. ✨🦋🌸

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