AUDIOTOOLS.CFG(5)

🎀 AUDIOTOOLS.CFG 🎀 — the Python Audio Tools config file, section 5 of the manual 💅

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about the config file for Python Audio Tools. it's giving "small file, big power" and honestly? iconic. ✨

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📖 NAME

audiotools.cfg — configuration data for Python Audio Tools 🫶

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🌸 DESCRIPTION

okay so here's the whole vibe of this file, no cap:

the format of this file consists of one or more sections. each section contains one or more key / value pairs.

that's it. that's the whole structure. periodt. 💅

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⚙️ CONFIGURATION ITEMS

here's the full menu, bestie. every section, every key, every value, nothing skipped, fr fr. 🧚

🌈 the no-section-label squad

these ones show up first with a blank section cell, so here they are exactly as written:

• b'default_type' — b'the default audio type to use'
• b'cdrom' — b'the default CD-ROM device to use'
• b'cdrom_read_offset' — b'read sample offset to apply'

💜 b'[System]'

• b'cdrom_write_offset' — b'write sample offset to apply'
• b'fs_encoding' — b'text encoding for filenames'
• b'io_encoding' — b'text encoding for terminal output'
• b'maximum_jobs' — b'default for the -j option'

💖 b'[Defaults]'

• b'verbosity' — b'"normal", "debug" or "quiet"'

🌸 b'[Filenames]'

• b'format' — b'default for the --format option'

✨ b'[Quality]'

• b'flac' — b'default quality for FLAC encoding'
• b'mp3' — b'default quality for MP3 encoding'
• b'...' — b'default quality for a given type'

🔥 b'[Binaries]'

• b'oggenc' — b'binary to use for Vorbis encoding'
• b'lame' — b'binary to use for MP3 encoding'
• b'...' — b'binary to use other than default'

🦋 b'[Thumbnail]'

• b'format' — b'"jpeg", "png", "gif", etc.'
• b'size' — b'maximum size of each thumbnail'

👑 b'[ID3]'

• b'id3v2' — b'id3v2.2, id3v2.3, id3v2.4 or none'
• b'id3v1' — b'"id3v1.1" or "none"'
• b'pad' — it has two whole moods:
  • b'if "true", track numbers like "01"'
  • b'if "false", track numbers like "1"'

🌈 b'[MusicBrainz]'

• b'server' — b'default MusicBrainz hostname'
• b'port' — b'default MusicBrainz port'

🍓 b'[FreeDB]'

• b'server' — b'default FreeDB hostname'
• b'port' — b'default FreeDB port'

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👀 SEE ALSO

the whole friend group, go say hi to all of them:

audiotools-config(1), cdda2track(1), cddainfo(1), cddaplay(1), coverdump(1), covertag(1), coverview(1), dvda2track(1), dvdainfo(1), track2cdda(1), track2track(1), trackcat(1), trackcmp(1), trackinfo(1), tracklength(1), tracklint(1), trackplay(1), trackrename(1), tracksplit(1), tracktag(1), trackverify(1)

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💌 AUTHOR

Brian Langenberger — the icon who made all of this happen. 👑

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🫶 this one's dated 2025-03-10 and it's the AUDIOTOOLS.CFG(5) manual page from Python Audio Tools — go forth and configure responsibly. mwah. 💖✨