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