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diff --git a/www/madsonic/files/message-transcoding.in b/www/madsonic/files/message-transcoding.in new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..87e3d6fc81fb --- /dev/null +++ b/www/madsonic/files/message-transcoding.in @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +Transcoding in Madsonic is a way to re-encode music on the fly to a format +your listening device supports. A common use is transcoding FLAC, WMA, +and Vorbis audio to MP3 for devices supporting only that codec. + +Configuring transcoding uses up to three commands one would use on a normal +command line pipe but with a whitelist of executables installed or linked into +%%MADSONIC_HOME%%/transcode. The transcoding configuration page takes +transcoding rules in the form of: + + [rule name] [convert from] [convert to] [command 1] [command 2] [command 3] + +The most compatible single audio transcoding command is with FFmpeg, transcoding +any input to MP3, mapping all streams to output, and limiting metadata to the +more-compatible ID3v2.3: + + [All to MP3] [ogg flac wma aiff m4a] [mp3] ... + [ffmpeg -i %s -ab %bk -id3v2_version 3 -map_metadata 0 -map 0:0 -ar 44100 -ac 2 -v 0 -f mp3 -] + +You can also transcode with multiple single-codec commands to avoid +the heavy FFmpeg dependency: + + [FLAC to MP3] [flac] [mp3] ... + [flac --silent --decode --stdout %s] [lame --silent -h -b %b -] + + [AAC to MP3] [m4a] [mp3] ... + [faad -s -o - %s] [lame --silent -h -b %b -] + + [Vorbis to MP3] [ogg] [mp3] ... + [oggdec -Q -o /dev/stdout %s] [lame --silent -h -b %b -] + + [MPC to MP3] [mpc] [mp3] ... + [mpcdec %s -] [lame --silent -h -b %b -] + + [APE to MP3] [ape] [mp3] ... + [mac %s - -d] [lame --silent -h -b %b -] + + [Trackers to MP3] [mod s3m xm it] [mp3] ... + [xmp -q -c %s] [lame --silent -h -b %b -] |