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  22     <address>
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  24     </address>
  25     <author>
  26         &dhfirstname;
  27         &dhsurname;
  28       </author>
  29         <copyright>
  30                     <year>2002,2003,2004</year>
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  32         </copyright>
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  38       &dhsection;
  39     </refmeta>
  40       <refnamediv>
  41                    <refname>&dhpackage;</refname>
  42
  43         <refpurpose>Free Lossless Audio Codec</refpurpose>
  44       </refnamediv>
  45         <refsynopsisdiv>
  46           <cmdsynopsis>
  47             <command>flac</command>
  48             <arg choice=opt><replaceable>options</replaceable></arg>
  49             <group rep=repeat>
  50                <arg><replaceable>infile.wav</replaceable></arg>
  51                <arg><replaceable>infile.aiff</replaceable></arg>
  52                <arg><replaceable>infile.raw</replaceable></arg>
  53                <arg>-</arg>
  54             </group>
  55           </cmdsynopsis>
  56           <cmdsynopsis>
  57             <command>flac</command>
  58             <group>
  59                <arg>-d</arg> <arg>--decode</arg>
  60                <arg>-t</arg> <arg>--test</arg>
  61                <arg>-a</arg> <arg>--analyze</arg>
  62             </group>
  63             <arg choice=opt><replaceable>OPTIONS</replaceable></arg>
  64             <arg choice=opt rep=repeat><replaceable>infile.flac</replaceable></arg>
  65           </cmdsynopsis>
  66         </refsynopsisdiv>
  67         <refsect1>
  68           <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
  69
  70           <para><command>flac</command> is a command-line tool for
  71              encoding, decoding, testing and analyzing FLAC streams.
  72           </para>
  73
  74           <para>This manual page was originally written for the &debian;
  75             distribution because the original program did not have a
  76             manual page.</para>
  77
  78         </refsect1>
  79         <refsect1>
  80           <title>OPTIONS</title>
  81
  82           <para>A summary of options is included below.  For a complete
  83           description, see the HTML documentation.</para>
  84
  85           <refsect2>
  86             <title>General Options</title>
  87
  88             <variablelist>
  89               <varlistentry>
  90                 <term><option>-v</option>, <option>--version</option>
  91                 </term>
  92                 <listitem>
  93                   <para>Show the flac version number</para>
  94                 </listitem>
  95               </varlistentry>
  96
  97               <varlistentry>
  98                 <term><option>-h</option>, <option>--help</option>
  99                 </term>
 100                 <listitem>
 101                   <para>Show basic usage and a list of all options</para>
 102                 </listitem>
 103               </varlistentry>
 104
 105               <varlistentry>
 106                 <term><option>-H</option>, <option>--explain</option>
 107                 </term>
 108                 <listitem>
 109                   <para>Show detailed explanation of usage and all options</para>
 110                 </listitem>
 111               </varlistentry>
 112
 113               <varlistentry>
 114                 <term><option>-d</option>, <option>--decode</option>
 115                 </term>
 116                 <listitem>
 117                   <para>Decode (the default behavior is to encode)</para>
 118                 </listitem>
 119               </varlistentry>
 120
 121               <varlistentry>
 122                 <term><option>-t</option>, <option>--test</option>
 123                 </term>
 124                 <listitem>
 125                   <para>Test a flac encoded file (same as -d
 126                     except no decoded file is written)</para>
 127                 </listitem>
 128               </varlistentry>
 129
 130               <varlistentry>
 131                 <term><option>-a</option>, <option>--analyze</option>
 132                 </term>
 133                 <listitem>
 134                   <para>Analyze a FLAC encoded file (same as -d
 135                     except an analysis file is written)</para>
 136                 </listitem>
 137               </varlistentry>
 138
 139               <varlistentry>
 140                 <term><option>-c</option>, <option>--stdout</option>
 141                 </term>
 142                 <listitem>
 143                   <para>Write output to stdout</para>
 144                 </listitem>
 145               </varlistentry>
 146
 147               <varlistentry>
 148                 <term><option>-s</option>, <option>--silent</option>
 149                 </term>
 150                 <listitem>
 151                   <para>Silent mode (do not write runtime
 152                     encode/decode statistics to stderr)</para>
 153                 </listitem>
 154               </varlistentry>
 155
 156               <varlistentry>
 157                 <term><option>--totally-silent</option>
 158                 </term>
 159                 <listitem>
 160                   <para>Do not print anything of any kind,
 161                     including warnings or errors.  The exit
 162                     code will be the only way to determine
 163                     successful completion.</para>
 164                 </listitem>
 165               </varlistentry>
 166
 167               <varlistentry>
 168                 <term><option>-f</option>, <option>--force</option>
 169                 </term>
 170                 <listitem>
 171                   <para>Force overwriting of output files.  By default,
 172                     flac warns that the output file already exists and
 173                     continues to the next file.</para>
 174                 </listitem>
 175               </varlistentry>
 176
 177               <varlistentry>
 178                 <term><option>-o</option> <replaceable>filename</replaceable>, <option>--output-name</option>=<replaceable>filename</replaceable></term>
 179                 <listitem>
 180                   <para>Force the output file name (usually flac just
 181                     changes the extension).  May only be used when
 182                     encoding a single file.  May not be used in
 183                     conjunction with --output-prefix.</para>
 184                 </listitem>
 185               </varlistentry>
 186
 187               <varlistentry>
 188                 <term><option>--output-prefix</option>=<replaceable>string</replaceable></term>
 189                 <listitem>
 190                   <para>Prefix each output file name with the given
 191                     string.  This can be useful for encoding or decoding
 192                     files to a different directory.  Make sure if your
 193                     string is a path name that it ends with a trailing
 194                     `/' (slash).</para>
 195                 </listitem>
 196               </varlistentry>
 197
 198               <varlistentry>
 199                 <term><option>--delete-input-file</option>
 200                 </term>
 201                 <listitem>
 202                   <para>Automatically delete the input file after a
 203                     successful encode or decode.  If there was an
 204                     error (including a verify error) the input file
 205                     is left intact.</para>
 206                 </listitem>
 207               </varlistentry>
 208
 209               <varlistentry>
 210                 <term><option>--skip</option>={<replaceable>#</replaceable>|<replaceable>mm:ss.ss</replaceable>}</term>
 211                 <listitem>
 212                   <para>Skip over the first number of samples of the input.
 213                     This works for both encoding and decoding, but not
 214                     testing.  The alternative form mm:ss.ss can be used
 215                     to specify minutes, seconds, and fractions of a
 216                     second.</para>
 217                 </listitem>
 218               </varlistentry>
 219
 220               <varlistentry>
 221                 <term><option>--until</option>={<replaceable>#</replaceable>|[<replaceable>+</replaceable>|<replaceable>-</replaceable>]<replaceable>mm:ss.ss</replaceable>}</term>
 222                 <listitem>
 223                   <para>Stop at the given sample number for each input file.
 224                     This works for both encoding and decoding, but not testing.
 225                     The given sample number is not included in the decoded
 226                     output.  The alternative form mm:ss.ss can be used to
 227                     specify minutes, seconds, and fractions of a second.  If a
 228                     `+' (plus) sign is at the beginning, the --until point is
 229                     relative to the --skip point.  If a `-' (minus) sign is at
 230                     the beginning, the --until point is relative to end of the
 231                     audio.</para>
 232                 </listitem>
 233               </varlistentry>
 234
 235               <varlistentry>
 236                 <term><option>--ogg</option></term>
 237
 238                 <listitem>
 239                   <para>When encoding, generate Ogg-FLAC output instead
 240                     of native-FLAC.  Ogg-FLAC streams are FLAC streams
 241                     wrapped in an Ogg transport layer.  The resulting
 242                     file should have an '.ogg' extension and will still
 243                     be decodable by flac.</para>
 244                   <para>When decoding, force the input to be treated as
 245                     Ogg-FLAC.  This is useful when piping input from
 246                     stdin or when the filename does not end in '.ogg'.</para>
 247                 </listitem>
 248               </varlistentry>
 249
 250               <varlistentry>
 251                 <term><option>--serial-number</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 252
 253                 <listitem>
 254                   <para>When used with --ogg, specifies the serial number to
 255                     use for the first Ogg FLAC stream, which is then
 256                     incremented for each additional stream.  When encoding and
 257                     no serial number is given, flac uses a random number for
 258                     the first stream, then increments it for each additional
 259                     stream.  When decoding and no number is given, flac uses
 260                     the serial number of the first page.</para>
 261                 </listitem>
 262               </varlistentry>
 263
 264             </variablelist>
 265           </refsect2>
 266
 267           <refsect2>
 268             <title>Analysis Options</title>
 269
 270             <variablelist>
 271               <varlistentry>
 272                 <term><option>--residual-text</option>
 273                 </term>
 274                 <listitem>
 275                   <para>Includes the residual signal in the analysis
 276                     file.  This will make the file very big, much
 277                     larger than even the decoded file.</para>
 278                 </listitem>
 279               </varlistentry>
 280
 281               <varlistentry>
 282                 <term><option>--residual-gnuplot</option>
 283                 </term>
 284                 <listitem>
 285                   <para>Generates a gnuplot file for every subframe;
 286                     each file will contain the residual distribution
 287                     of the subframe.  This will create a lot of
 288                     files.</para>
 289                 </listitem>
 290               </varlistentry>
 291
 292             </variablelist>
 293           </refsect2>
 294
 295           <refsect2>
 296             <title>Decoding Options</title>
 297
 298             <variablelist>
 299               <varlistentry>
 300                 <term><option>--cue=[<replaceable>#.#</replaceable>][-[<replaceable>#.#</replaceable>]]</option></term>
 301                 <listitem>
 302                   <para>Set the beginning and ending cuepoints to decode.
 303                     The optional first #.# is the track and index point at
 304                     which decoding will start; the default is the beginning
 305                     of the stream.  The optional second #.# is the track
 306                     and index point at which decoding will end; the default
 307                     is the end of the stream.  If the seekpoint does not
 308                     exist, the closest one before it (for the start point)
 309                     or after it (for the end point) will be used.  If those
 310                     don't exist, the start of the stream (for the start
 311                     point) or end of the stream (for the end point) will be
 312                     used.  The cuepoints are merely translated into sample
 313                     numbers then used as --skip and --until.</para>
 314                 </listitem>
 315               </varlistentry>
 316
 317             <variablelist>
 318               <varlistentry>
 319                 <term><option>-F</option>, <option>--decode-through-errors</option>
 320                 </term>
 321                 <listitem>
 322                   <para>By default flac stops decoding with an error
 323                     and removes the partially decoded file if it
 324                     encounters a bitstream error.  With -F, errors are
 325                     still printed but flac will continue decoding to
 326                     completion.  Note that errors may cause the decoded
 327                     audio to be missing some samples or have silent
 328                     sections.</para>
 329                 </listitem>
 330               </varlistentry>
 331
 332             </variablelist>
 333           </refsect2>
 334
 335           <refsect2>
 336             <title>Encoding Options</title>
 337
 338             <variablelist>
 339               <varlistentry>
 340                 <term><option>-V</option>, <option>--verify</option></term>
 341
 342                 <listitem>
 343                   <para>Verify a correct encoding by decoding the
 344                     output in parallel and comparing to the
 345                     original</para>
 346                 </listitem>
 347               </varlistentry>
 348
 349               <varlistentry>
 350                 <term><option>--lax</option></term>
 351
 352                 <listitem>
 353                   <para>Allow encoder to generate non-Subset
 354                     files.</para>
 355                 </listitem>
 356               </varlistentry>
 357
 358               <varlistentry>
 359                 <term><option>--replay-gain</option></term>
 360
 361                 <listitem>
 362                   <para>Calculate ReplayGain values and store in
 363                     Vorbis comments, similar to vorbisgain.  Title
 364                     gains/peaks will be computed for each input
 365                     file, and an album gain/peak will be computed
 366                     for all files.  All input files must have the
 367                     same resolution, sample rate, and number of
 368                     channels.  Only mono and stereo files are
 369                     allowed, and the sample rate must be one of
 370                     8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, or 48
 371                     kHz.  Also note that this option may leave a
 372                     few extra bytes in a PADDING block as the exact
 373                     size of the tags is not known until all files
 374                     are processed.  Note that this option cannot be
 375                     used when encoding to standard output (stdout).
 376                     </para>
 377                 </listitem>
 378               </varlistentry>
 379
 380               <varlistentry>
 381                 <term><option>--cuesheet</option>=<replaceable>filename</replaceable></term>
 382
 383                 <listitem>
 384                   <para>Import the given cuesheet file and store it in a
 385                     CUESHEET metadata block.  This option may only be used
 386                     when encoding a single file.  A seekpoint will be added
 387                     for each index point in the cuesheet to the SEEKTABLE
 388                     unless --no-cued-seekpoints is specified.</para>
 389                 </listitem>
 390               </varlistentry>
 391
 392               <varlistentry>
 393                 <term><option>--sector-align</option></term>
 394
 395                 <listitem>
 396                   <para>Align encoding of multiple CD format WAVE
 397                     files on sector boundaries.  See the HTML
 398                     documentation for more information.</para>
 399                 </listitem>
 400               </varlistentry>
 401
 402               <varlistentry>
 403                 <term><option>-S</option> {<replaceable>#</replaceable>|<replaceable>X</replaceable>|<replaceable>#x</replaceable>|<replaceable>#s</replaceable>}, <option>--seekpoint</option>={<replaceable>#</replaceable>|<replaceable>X</replaceable>|<replaceable>#x</replaceable>|<replaceable>#s</replaceable>}</term>
 404
 405                 <listitem>
 406                   <para>
 407                     Include a point or points in a SEEKTABLE.  Using #,
 408                     a seek point at that sample number is added.  Using
 409                     X, a placeholder point is added at the end of a the
 410                     table.  Using #x, # evenly spaced seek points will
 411                     be added, the first being at sample 0.  Using #s, a
 412                     seekpoint will be added every # seconds (# does not
 413                     have to be a whole number; it can be, for example, 9.5,
 414                     meaning a seekpoint every 9.5 seconds).  You may use
 415                     many -S options; the resulting SEEKTABLE will be the
 416                     unique-ified union of all such values.  With no -S
 417                     options, flac defaults to '-S 10s'.  Use --no-seektable
 418                     for no SEEKTABLE.  Note: '-S #x' and '-S #s' will not
 419                     work if the encoder can't determine the input size before
 420                     starting.  Note: if you use '-S #' and # is >=
 421                     samples in the input, there will be either no seek
 422                     point entered (if the input size is determinable
 423                     before encoding starts) or a placeholder point (if
 424                     input size is not determinable).</para>
 425                 </listitem>
 426               </varlistentry>
 427
 428               <varlistentry>
 429                 <term><option>-P</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--padding</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 430
 431                 <listitem>
 432                   <para>Tell the encoder to write a PADDING metadata
 433                     block of the given length (in bytes) after the
 434                     STREAMINFO block.  This is useful if you plan to
 435                     tag the file later with an APPLICATION block;
 436                     instead of having to rewrite the entire file later
 437                     just to insert your block, you can write directly
 438                     over the PADDING block.  Note that the total length
 439                     of the PADDING block will be 4 bytes longer than
 440                     the length given because of the 4 metadata block
 441                     header bytes.  You can force no PADDING block at
 442                     all to be written with --no-padding.  The encoder
 443                     writes a PADDING block of 4096 bytes by default.
 444                     </para>
 445                 </listitem>
 446               </varlistentry>
 447
 448               <varlistentry>
 449                 <term><option>-T</option> <replaceable>FIELD=VALUE</replaceable>, <option>--tag</option>=<replaceable>FIELD=VALUE</replaceable></term>
 450
 451                 <listitem>
 452                   <para>Add a Vorbis comment.  The comment must adhere
 453                     to the Vorbis comment spec; i.e. the FIELD must
 454                     contain only legal characters, terminated by an
 455                     'equals' sign.  Make sure to quote the comment if
 456                     necessary.  This option may appear more than once
 457                     to add several comments.  NOTE: all tags will be
 458                     added to all encoded files.</para>
 459                 </listitem>
 460               </varlistentry>
 461
 462               <varlistentry>
 463                 <term><option>-b</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--blocksize</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 464
 465                 <listitem>
 466                   <para>Specify the block size in samples.  The
 467                     default is 1152 for -l 0, else 4608; must be one of
 468                     192, 576, 1152, 2304, 4608, 256, 512, 1024, 2048,
 469                     4096, 8192, 16384, or 32768 (unless --lax is used)</para>
 470                 </listitem>
 471               </varlistentry>
 472
 473               <varlistentry>
 474                 <term><option>-m</option>, <option>--mid-side</option></term>
 475
 476                 <listitem>
 477                   <para>Try mid-side coding for each frame (stereo
 478                     input only)</para>
 479                 </listitem>
 480               </varlistentry>
 481
 482               <varlistentry>
 483                 <term><option>-M</option>, <option>--adaptive-mid-side</option></term>
 484
 485                 <listitem>
 486                   <para>Adaptive mid-side coding for all frames (stereo
 487                     input only)</para>
 488                 </listitem>
 489               </varlistentry>
 490
 491               <varlistentry>
 492                 <term><option>-0</option>..<option>-8</option>, <option>--compression-level-0</option>..<option>--compression-level-8</option></term>
 493
 494                 <listitem>
 495                   <para>Fastest compression..highest compression
 496                     (default is -5).  These are synonyms for other
 497                     options:</para>
 498
 499                   <variablelist>
 500                     <varlistentry>
 501                       <term><option>-0</option>, <option>--compression-level-0</option></term>
 502
 503                       <listitem>
 504                         <para>Synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -r 2,2
 505                           </para>
 506                       </listitem>
 507                     </varlistentry>
 508
 509                     <varlistentry>
 510                       <term><option>-1</option>, <option>--compression-level-1</option></term>
 511
 512                       <listitem>
 513                         <para>Synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -M -r 2,2
 514                           </para>
 515                       </listitem>
 516                     </varlistentry>
 517
 518                     <varlistentry>
 519                       <term><option>-2</option>, <option>--compression-level-2</option></term>
 520
 521                       <listitem>
 522                         <para>Synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -m -r 3
 523                           </para>
 524                       </listitem>
 525                     </varlistentry>
 526
 527                     <varlistentry>
 528                       <term><option>-3</option>, <option>--compression-level-3</option></term>
 529
 530                       <listitem>
 531                         <para>Synonymous with -l 6 -b 4608 -r 3,3
 532                           </para>
 533                       </listitem>
 534                     </varlistentry>
 535
 536                     <varlistentry>
 537                       <term><option>-4</option>, <option>--compression-level-4</option></term>
 538
 539                       <listitem>
 540                         <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -M -r 3,3
 541                           </para>
 542                       </listitem>
 543                     </varlistentry>
 544
 545                     <varlistentry>
 546                       <term><option>-5</option>, <option>--compression-level-5</option></term>
 547
 548                       <listitem>
 549                         <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -r 3,3
 550                           </para>
 551                       </listitem>
 552                     </varlistentry>
 553
 554                     <varlistentry>
 555                       <term><option>-6</option>, <option>--compression-level-6</option></term>
 556
 557                       <listitem>
 558                         <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -r 4
 559                           </para>
 560                       </listitem>
 561                     </varlistentry>
 562
 563                     <varlistentry>
 564                       <term><option>-7</option>, <option>--compression-level-7</option></term>
 565
 566                       <listitem>
 567                         <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -e -r 6
 568                           </para>
 569                       </listitem>
 570                     </varlistentry>
 571
 572                     <varlistentry>
 573                       <term><option>-8</option>, <option>--compression-level-8</option></term>
 574
 575                       <listitem>
 576                         <para>Synonymous with -l 12 -b 4608 -m -e -r 6
 577                           </para>
 578                       </listitem>
 579                     </varlistentry>
 580                   </variablelist>
 581
 582                 </listitem>
 583
 584               </varlistentry>
 585
 586               <varlistentry>
 587                 <term><option>--fast</option></term>
 588
 589                 <listitem>
 590                   <para>Fastest compression.  Currently
 591                     synonymous with -0.</para>
 592                 </listitem>
 593               </varlistentry>
 594
 595               <varlistentry>
 596                 <term><option>--best</option></term>
 597
 598                 <listitem>
 599                   <para>Highest compression.  Currently
 600                     synonymous with -8.</para>
 601                 </listitem>
 602               </varlistentry>
 603
 604               <varlistentry>
 605                 <term><option>-e</option>, <option>--exhaustive-model-search</option></term>
 606
 607                 <listitem>
 608                   <para>Do exhaustive model search
 609                     (expensive!)</para>
 610                 </listitem>
 611               </varlistentry>
 612
 613               <varlistentry>
 614                 <term><option>-l</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--max-lpc-order</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 615
 616                 <listitem>
 617                   <para>Set the maximum LPC order; 0 means use only the fixed predictors</para>
 618                 </listitem>
 619               </varlistentry>
 620
 621               <varlistentry>
 622                 <term><option>-p</option>, <option>--qlp-coeff-precision-search</option></term>
 623
 624                 <listitem>
 625                   <para>Do exhaustive search of LP coefficient
 626                     quantization (expensive!).  Overrides -q;
 627                     does nothing if using -l 0</para>
 628                 </listitem>
 629               </varlistentry>
 630
 631               <varlistentry>
 632                 <term><option>-q</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--qlp-coeff-precision</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 633
 634                 <listitem>
 635                   <para>Precision of the quantized linear-predictor
 636                     coefficients, 0 => let encoder decide (min is 5,
 637                     default is 0)</para>
 638                 </listitem>
 639               </varlistentry>
 640
 641               <varlistentry>
 642                 <term><option>-r</option> [<replaceable>#</replaceable>,]<replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--rice-partition-order</option>=[<replaceable>#</replaceable>,]<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 643
 644                 <listitem>
 645                   <para>Set the [min,]max residual partition order
 646                     (0..16). min defaults to 0 if unspecified.  Default
 647                     is -r 3,3.</para>
 648                 </listitem>
 649               </varlistentry>
 650
 651             </variablelist>
 652
 653           </refsect2>
 654           <refsect2>
 655             <title>Format Options</title>
 656
 657             <variablelist>
 658               <varlistentry>
 659                 <term><option>--endian</option>={<replaceable>big</replaceable>|<replaceable>little</replaceable>}</term>
 660
 661                 <listitem>
 662                   <para>Set the byte order for samples</para>
 663                 </listitem>
 664               </varlistentry>
 665
 666               <varlistentry>
 667                 <term><option>--channels</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 668
 669                 <listitem>
 670                   <para>Set number of channels.</para>
 671                 </listitem>
 672               </varlistentry>
 673
 674               <varlistentry>
 675                 <term><option>--bps</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 676
 677                 <listitem>
 678                   <para>Set bits per sample.</para>
 679                 </listitem>
 680               </varlistentry>
 681
 682               <varlistentry>
 683                 <term><option>--sample-rate</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 684
 685                 <listitem>
 686                   <para>Set sample rate (in Hz).</para>
 687                 </listitem>
 688               </varlistentry>
 689
 690               <varlistentry>
 691                 <term><option>--sign</option>={<replaceable>signed</replaceable>|<replaceable>unsigned</replaceable>}</term>
 692
 693                 <listitem>
 694                   <para>Set the sign of samples (the default is signed).</para>
 695                 </listitem>
 696               </varlistentry>
 697
 698               <varlistentry>
 699                 <term><option>--force-aiff-format</option></term>
 700
 701                 <listitem>
 702                   <para>Force the decoder to output AIFF format.  This option
 703                     is not needed if the output filename (as set by -o) ends
 704                     with <filename>.aiff</filename>.  Also, this option has no
 705                     effect when encoding since input AIFF is auto-detected.</para>
 706                 </listitem>
 707               </varlistentry>
 708
 709               <varlistentry>
 710                 <term><option>--force-raw-format</option></term>
 711
 712                 <listitem>
 713                   <para>Force input (when encoding) or output (when decoding)
 714                     to be treated as raw samples (even if filename ends
 715                     in <filename>.wav</filename>).</para>
 716                 </listitem>
 717               </varlistentry>
 718
 719             </variablelist>
 720           </refsect2>
 721
 722           <refsect2>
 723             <title>Negative Options</title>
 724
 725             <variablelist>
 726               <varlistentry>
 727                 <term><option>--no-adaptive-mid-side</option></term>
 728                 <term><option>--no-decode-through-errors</option></term>
 729                 <term><option>--no-delete-input-file</option></term>
 730                 <term><option>--no-exhaustive-model-search</option></term>
 731                 <term><option>--no-lax</option></term>
 732                 <term><option>--no-mid-side</option></term>
 733                 <term><option>--no-ogg</option></term>
 734                 <term><option>--no-padding</option></term>
 735                 <term><option>--no-qlp-coeff-precision-search</option></term>
 736                 <term><option>--no-residual-gnuplot</option></term>
 737                 <term><option>--no-residual-text</option></term>
 738                 <term><option>--no-sector-align</option></term>
 739                 <term><option>--no-seektable</option></term>
 740                 <term><option>--no-silent</option></term>
 741                 <term><option>--no-verify</option></term>
 742                 <listitem>
 743                   <para>These flags can be used to invert the sense
 744                     of the corresponding normal option.</para>
 745                 </listitem>
 746               </varlistentry>
 747             </variablelist>
 748
 749           </refsect2>
 750
 751         </refsect1>
 752           <refsect1>
 753             <title>SEE ALSO</title>
 754
 755             <para>metaflac(1).</para>
 756
 757             <para>The programs are documented fully by HTML format
 758               documentation, available in
 759               <filename>/usr/share/doc/flac/html</filename> on
 760                 &debian; systems.</para>
 761           </refsect1>
 762           <refsect1>
 763             <title>AUTHOR</title>
 764
 765             <para>This manual page was written by &dhusername; &dhemail; for
 766               the &debian; system (but may be used by others).</para>
 767
 768             <!-- <para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify
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 770             Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version
 771             published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
 772             Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy
 773             of the license can be found under
 774           <filename>/usr/share/common-licenses/FDL</filename>.</para> -->
 775
 776         </refsect1>
 777       </refentry>
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