YARET(1)

💖 YARET(1) — bestie edition 💖

okay so first things first: this is the manual page for yaret, living in the User Commands section of the manual, and I'm about to tell you everything about it, no gatekeeping, no cap. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

YaRET — Yet another Ripper Encoder Tagger. iconic name, honestly. 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

yaret [options]
yaret [--help|--version|--option_only]

that's it, that's the whole vibe check. 🌸

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this manual page documents yaret briefly, bestie — just the highlights. and yes, this page was written for the Debian distribution specifically because the original program literally does not have a manual page. so we made one. you're welcome. 💅

YaRET is a Perl script that automates the ripping, normalization, and encoding of CDs. the way it supports CDDB so well via the Perl Audio::CD module?? obsessed. 🥰 and it can also work with your favorite ripper / normalizer / encoder (e.g., cdparanoia, cdda2wav, normalize, etc.) — so you're not locked into anyone's fave, you get to choose. main character energy. ✨

it also has genuinely useful features like:

• multiple concurrent encoders (yes, plural, it's giving multitasking queen 👑)
• an easy to use configuration file that lets you customize YaRET to your taste — like file naming based on the CDDB information 💖

📖 please go look at your ~/.yaretrc file (it's auto-generated the first time you execute it, cute) AND the /usr/share/doc/yaret/README and yaretrc files that came with YaRET (perhaps located in /usr/share/yaret/dot-yaretrc) for more info about configuring all the many features YaRET comes with. fr fr, read them, they're useful.

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

okay so these programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). a summary of options is included below. let's get into it. 🌈

🌟 [General] 🌟

• -h, --help — displays this help (also -?)
• -v, --version — displays the version
• --option_only — displays configuration data
• -f, --include=<file> — include this file as configuration data (in addition to ~/.yaretrc and any command line options) (also --conf_file)
• --cddb_file=<file> — include this CDDB information in addition to that obtained from the CDDB query (in same format as both --cddb_dump and --cddb_out produce)
• --max_fork=<value> — maximum number of normalizers and encoders forked (per type)
• --size_order — sorts tracks in order of size, completing smaller ones first.

🍓 [Display] 🍓

• --date — display the start/end times
• --color — use color
• --alarm — send beeps when completed
• --clear — clear the screen
• --quiet — do not display anything except errors

🧚 [Paths and Filenames] 🧚

• --root_final=<path> — where to place the results
• --root_work=<path> — where to work on the results
• --output_name=<pattern> — how to name the final file
• --output_path=<pattern> — path under root_final to place file
• --output_track_num_format=<format> — specifies a printf format for the track numbering, e.g. "%02d"
• --output_trans=<regexp> — specifies a regular expression that effects the output of what filename is generated, e.g. "tr/ /_/"

🔥 [CDDB Overrides] 🔥

• --global==<attr>=<val> — e.g. ARTIST=Bare Naked Ladies (make sure to use escapes or quotes) (also --cddb_global)
• --track==<tracknum>=[<attr>=<val> ]* — e.g. 14=TRACK=Alone ARTIST=Heart (make sure to use escapes or quotes)
• --cddb_dump=<file> — dump cddb information to <file> then exit (no editing, encoding, etc.)
• --cddb_out=<pattern> — after the entire process is completed, output the cddb information to <pattern>. this filename works with the same pattern rules as the other output files, however some keyword may may not be available. the information saved will reflect any editing.
• --confirm — confirm cddb information (also --cddb_confirm). use --noconfirm to turn off.

💜 [Ripper] 💜

• -r, --ripper=<label> — which ripper to use (cdparanoia and cddawav have already been defined) (also --ripper_use)
• --ripper_command==<label>=<command> — the <command> associated with <label>
• -d, --device=<device> — CDROM device to use, default is /dev/cdrom (also --ripper_device)
• --skip=<tracknumlist> — skip these tracks, e.g. 3,10-13 (also --ripper_skip)
• --auto_skip=<seconds> — auto skip tracks that do not grow after <seconds> (also --ripper_auto_skip)
• --min_space=<megabytes> — do not start ripping a new track unless this much space is free (also --ripper_min_space)
• --ripper_nice=<nice> — nice the ripper process to <nice>

🌸 [Normalize] 🌸

• --normalize=<label> — as --ripper (normalize has already been defined)
• --normalize_type=<value> — TRACK/ALBUM normalization; ALBUM uses a larger amount of work space, and cannot start working until all ripping is done.
• --normalize_command==<label>=<command> — as --ripper_command
• --normalize_nice=<nice> — as --ripper_nice

👑 [Encoder] 👑

• -e, --encoder=<label> — as --ripper except you may enable multiple (but make sure you use the ENCODE keyword in --output options) (lame and bladeenc have already been defined)
• --encoder_command==<label>=<command> — as --ripper_command
• --bitrate==<label>=<bitrate> — set bitrate for <label> encoder (also --encoder_bitrate)
• --quality==<label>=<quality> — set quality for <label> encoder (also --encoder_quality)
• --extension==<label>=<value> — set extension for <label> encoder, default is ".mp3" (also --encoder_extension)
• --encoder_nice=<nice> — as --ripper_nice

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go check out the friends of the family, bestie: cdparanoia(1), cdda2wav(1), oggenc(1), flac(1), metaflac(1), normalize(1). 🦋

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💖 AUTHOR 💖

this manual page was written by Marco Nenciarini <mnencia@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). 💜

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and that's the whole page, periodt. 💅 this was YaRET 2.1.0 (Jul 10, 2003), with the manual dated June 2004, and the whole thing lives under YARET(1). slay, bye bestie 🎀✨🫶