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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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  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               <varlistentry>
 318                 <term><option>-F</option>, <option>--decode-through-errors</option>
 319                 </term>
 320                 <listitem>
 321                   <para>By default flac stops decoding with an error
 322                     and removes the partially decoded file if it
 323                     encounters a bitstream error.  With -F, errors are
 324                     still printed but flac will continue decoding to
 325                     completion.  Note that errors may cause the decoded
 326                     audio to be missing some samples or have silent
 327                     sections.</para>
 328                 </listitem>
 329               </varlistentry>
 330
 331             </variablelist>
 332           </refsect2>
 333
 334           <refsect2>
 335             <title>Encoding Options</title>
 336
 337             <variablelist>
 338               <varlistentry>
 339                 <term><option>-V</option>, <option>--verify</option></term>
 340
 341                 <listitem>
 342                   <para>Verify a correct encoding by decoding the
 343                     output in parallel and comparing to the
 344                     original</para>
 345                 </listitem>
 346               </varlistentry>
 347
 348               <varlistentry>
 349                 <term><option>--lax</option></term>
 350
 351                 <listitem>
 352                   <para>Allow encoder to generate non-Subset
 353                     files.</para>
 354                 </listitem>
 355               </varlistentry>
 356
 357               <varlistentry>
 358                 <term><option>--replay-gain</option></term>
 359
 360                 <listitem>
 361                   <para>Calculate ReplayGain values and store in
 362                     Vorbis comments, similar to vorbisgain.  Title
 363                     gains/peaks will be computed for each input
 364                     file, and an album gain/peak will be computed
 365                     for all files.  All input files must have the
 366                     same resolution, sample rate, and number of
 367                     channels.  Only mono and stereo files are
 368                     allowed, and the sample rate must be one of
 369                     8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, or 48
 370                     kHz.  Also note that this option may leave a
 371                     few extra bytes in a PADDING block as the exact
 372                     size of the tags is not known until all files
 373                     are processed.  Note that this option cannot be
 374                     used when encoding to standard output (stdout).
 375                     </para>
 376                 </listitem>
 377               </varlistentry>
 378
 379               <varlistentry>
 380                 <term><option>--cuesheet</option>=<replaceable>filename</replaceable></term>
 381
 382                 <listitem>
 383                   <para>Import the given cuesheet file and store it in a
 384                     CUESHEET metadata block.  This option may only be used
 385                     when encoding a single file.  A seekpoint will be added
 386                     for each index point in the cuesheet to the SEEKTABLE
 387                     unless --no-cued-seekpoints is specified.</para>
 388                 </listitem>
 389               </varlistentry>
 390
 391               <varlistentry>
 392                 <term><option>--sector-align</option></term>
 393
 394                 <listitem>
 395                   <para>Align encoding of multiple CD format WAVE
 396                     files on sector boundaries.  See the HTML
 397                     documentation for more information.</para>
 398                 </listitem>
 399               </varlistentry>
 400
 401               <varlistentry>
 402                 <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>
 403
 404                 <listitem>
 405                   <para>
 406                     Include a point or points in a SEEKTABLE.  Using #,
 407                     a seek point at that sample number is added.  Using
 408                     X, a placeholder point is added at the end of a the
 409                     table.  Using #x, # evenly spaced seek points will
 410                     be added, the first being at sample 0.  Using #s, a
 411                     seekpoint will be added every # seconds (# does not
 412                     have to be a whole number; it can be, for example, 9.5,
 413                     meaning a seekpoint every 9.5 seconds).  You may use
 414                     many -S options; the resulting SEEKTABLE will be the
 415                     unique-ified union of all such values.  With no -S
 416                     options, flac defaults to '-S 10s'.  Use --no-seektable
 417                     for no SEEKTABLE.  Note: '-S #x' and '-S #s' will not
 418                     work if the encoder can't determine the input size before
 419                     starting.  Note: if you use '-S #' and # is >=
 420                     samples in the input, there will be either no seek
 421                     point entered (if the input size is determinable
 422                     before encoding starts) or a placeholder point (if
 423                     input size is not determinable).</para>
 424                 </listitem>
 425               </varlistentry>
 426
 427               <varlistentry>
 428                 <term><option>-P</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--padding</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 429
 430                 <listitem>
 431                   <para>Tell the encoder to write a PADDING metadata
 432                     block of the given length (in bytes) after the
 433                     STREAMINFO block.  This is useful if you plan to
 434                     tag the file later with an APPLICATION block;
 435                     instead of having to rewrite the entire file later
 436                     just to insert your block, you can write directly
 437                     over the PADDING block.  Note that the total length
 438                     of the PADDING block will be 4 bytes longer than
 439                     the length given because of the 4 metadata block
 440                     header bytes.  You can force no PADDING block at
 441                     all to be written with --no-padding.  The encoder
 442                     writes a PADDING block of 4096 bytes by default.
 443                     </para>
 444                 </listitem>
 445               </varlistentry>
 446
 447               <varlistentry>
 448                 <term><option>-T</option> <replaceable>FIELD=VALUE</replaceable>, <option>--tag</option>=<replaceable>FIELD=VALUE</replaceable></term>
 449
 450                 <listitem>
 451                   <para>Add a Vorbis comment.  The comment must adhere
 452                     to the Vorbis comment spec; i.e. the FIELD must
 453                     contain only legal characters, terminated by an
 454                     'equals' sign.  Make sure to quote the comment if
 455                     necessary.  This option may appear more than once
 456                     to add several comments.  NOTE: all tags will be
 457                     added to all encoded files.</para>
 458                 </listitem>
 459               </varlistentry>
 460
 461               <varlistentry>
 462                 <term><option>-b</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--blocksize</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 463
 464                 <listitem>
 465                   <para>Specify the block size in samples.  The
 466                     default is 1152 for -l 0, else 4608; must be one of
 467                     192, 576, 1152, 2304, 4608, 256, 512, 1024, 2048,
 468                     4096, 8192, 16384, or 32768 (unless --lax is used)</para>
 469                 </listitem>
 470               </varlistentry>
 471
 472               <varlistentry>
 473                 <term><option>-m</option>, <option>--mid-side</option></term>
 474
 475                 <listitem>
 476                   <para>Try mid-side coding for each frame (stereo
 477                     input only)</para>
 478                 </listitem>
 479               </varlistentry>
 480
 481               <varlistentry>
 482                 <term><option>-M</option>, <option>--adaptive-mid-side</option></term>
 483
 484                 <listitem>
 485                   <para>Adaptive mid-side coding for all frames (stereo
 486                     input only)</para>
 487                 </listitem>
 488               </varlistentry>
 489
 490               <varlistentry>
 491                 <term><option>-0</option>..<option>-8</option>, <option>--compression-level-0</option>..<option>--compression-level-8</option></term>
 492
 493                 <listitem>
 494                   <para>Fastest compression..highest compression
 495                     (default is -5).  These are synonyms for other
 496                     options:</para>
 497
 498                   <variablelist>
 499                     <varlistentry>
 500                       <term><option>-0</option>, <option>--compression-level-0</option></term>
 501
 502                       <listitem>
 503                         <para>Synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -r 2,2
 504                           </para>
 505                       </listitem>
 506                     </varlistentry>
 507
 508                     <varlistentry>
 509                       <term><option>-1</option>, <option>--compression-level-1</option></term>
 510
 511                       <listitem>
 512                         <para>Synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -M -r 2,2
 513                           </para>
 514                       </listitem>
 515                     </varlistentry>
 516
 517                     <varlistentry>
 518                       <term><option>-2</option>, <option>--compression-level-2</option></term>
 519
 520                       <listitem>
 521                         <para>Synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -m -r 3
 522                           </para>
 523                       </listitem>
 524                     </varlistentry>
 525
 526                     <varlistentry>
 527                       <term><option>-3</option>, <option>--compression-level-3</option></term>
 528
 529                       <listitem>
 530                         <para>Synonymous with -l 6 -b 4608 -r 3,3
 531                           </para>
 532                       </listitem>
 533                     </varlistentry>
 534
 535                     <varlistentry>
 536                       <term><option>-4</option>, <option>--compression-level-4</option></term>
 537
 538                       <listitem>
 539                         <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -M -r 3,3
 540                           </para>
 541                       </listitem>
 542                     </varlistentry>
 543
 544                     <varlistentry>
 545                       <term><option>-5</option>, <option>--compression-level-5</option></term>
 546
 547                       <listitem>
 548                         <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -r 3,3
 549                           </para>
 550                       </listitem>
 551                     </varlistentry>
 552
 553                     <varlistentry>
 554                       <term><option>-6</option>, <option>--compression-level-6</option></term>
 555
 556                       <listitem>
 557                         <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -r 4
 558                           </para>
 559                       </listitem>
 560                     </varlistentry>
 561
 562                     <varlistentry>
 563                       <term><option>-7</option>, <option>--compression-level-7</option></term>
 564
 565                       <listitem>
 566                         <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -e -r 6
 567                           </para>
 568                       </listitem>
 569                     </varlistentry>
 570
 571                     <varlistentry>
 572                       <term><option>-8</option>, <option>--compression-level-8</option></term>
 573
 574                       <listitem>
 575                         <para>Synonymous with -l 12 -b 4608 -m -e -r 6
 576                           </para>
 577                       </listitem>
 578                     </varlistentry>
 579                   </variablelist>
 580
 581                 </listitem>
 582
 583               </varlistentry>
 584
 585               <varlistentry>
 586                 <term><option>--fast</option></term>
 587
 588                 <listitem>
 589                   <para>Fastest compression.  Currently
 590                     synonymous with -0.</para>
 591                 </listitem>
 592               </varlistentry>
 593
 594               <varlistentry>
 595                 <term><option>--best</option></term>
 596
 597                 <listitem>
 598                   <para>Highest compression.  Currently
 599                     synonymous with -8.</para>
 600                 </listitem>
 601               </varlistentry>
 602
 603               <varlistentry>
 604                 <term><option>-e</option>, <option>--exhaustive-model-search</option></term>
 605
 606                 <listitem>
 607                   <para>Do exhaustive model search
 608                     (expensive!)</para>
 609                 </listitem>
 610               </varlistentry>
 611
 612               <varlistentry>
 613                 <term><option>-l</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--max-lpc-order</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 614
 615                 <listitem>
 616                   <para>Set the maximum LPC order; 0 means use only the fixed predictors</para>
 617                 </listitem>
 618               </varlistentry>
 619
 620               <varlistentry>
 621                 <term><option>-p</option>, <option>--qlp-coeff-precision-search</option></term>
 622
 623                 <listitem>
 624                   <para>Do exhaustive search of LP coefficient
 625                     quantization (expensive!).  Overrides -q;
 626                     does nothing if using -l 0</para>
 627                 </listitem>
 628               </varlistentry>
 629
 630               <varlistentry>
 631                 <term><option>-q</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--qlp-coeff-precision</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 632
 633                 <listitem>
 634                   <para>Precision of the quantized linear-predictor
 635                     coefficients, 0 => let encoder decide (min is 5,
 636                     default is 0)</para>
 637                 </listitem>
 638               </varlistentry>
 639
 640               <varlistentry>
 641                 <term><option>-r</option> [<replaceable>#</replaceable>,]<replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--rice-partition-order</option>=[<replaceable>#</replaceable>,]<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 642
 643                 <listitem>
 644                   <para>Set the [min,]max residual partition order
 645                     (0..16). min defaults to 0 if unspecified.  Default
 646                     is -r 3,3.</para>
 647                 </listitem>
 648               </varlistentry>
 649
 650             </variablelist>
 651
 652           </refsect2>
 653           <refsect2>
 654             <title>Format Options</title>
 655
 656             <variablelist>
 657               <varlistentry>
 658                 <term><option>--endian</option>={<replaceable>big</replaceable>|<replaceable>little</replaceable>}</term>
 659
 660                 <listitem>
 661                   <para>Set the byte order for samples</para>
 662                 </listitem>
 663               </varlistentry>
 664
 665               <varlistentry>
 666                 <term><option>--channels</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 667
 668                 <listitem>
 669                   <para>Set number of channels.</para>
 670                 </listitem>
 671               </varlistentry>
 672
 673               <varlistentry>
 674                 <term><option>--bps</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 675
 676                 <listitem>
 677                   <para>Set bits per sample.</para>
 678                 </listitem>
 679               </varlistentry>
 680
 681               <varlistentry>
 682                 <term><option>--sample-rate</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 683
 684                 <listitem>
 685                   <para>Set sample rate (in Hz).</para>
 686                 </listitem>
 687               </varlistentry>
 688
 689               <varlistentry>
 690                 <term><option>--sign</option>={<replaceable>signed</replaceable>|<replaceable>unsigned</replaceable>}</term>
 691
 692                 <listitem>
 693                   <para>Set the sign of samples (the default is signed).</para>
 694                 </listitem>
 695               </varlistentry>
 696
 697               <varlistentry>
 698                 <term><option>--input-size</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 699
 700                 <listitem>
 701                   <para>Specify the size of the raw input in bytes.  If you are
 702                     encoding raw samples from stdin, you must set this option
 703                     in order to be able to use --skip, --until, --cue-sheet, or
 704                     other options that need to know the size of the input
 705                     beforehand.  If the size given is greater than what is
 706                     found in the input stream, the encoder will complain about
 707                     an unexpected end-of-file.  If the size given is less,
 708                     samples will be truncated.</para>
 709                 </listitem>
 710               </varlistentry>
 711
 712               <varlistentry>
 713                 <term><option>--force-aiff-format</option></term>
 714
 715                 <listitem>
 716                   <para>Force the decoder to output AIFF format.  This option
 717                     is not needed if the output filename (as set by -o) ends
 718                     with <filename>.aiff</filename>.  Also, this option has no
 719                     effect when encoding since input AIFF is auto-detected.</para>
 720                 </listitem>
 721               </varlistentry>
 722
 723               <varlistentry>
 724                 <term><option>--force-raw-format</option></term>
 725
 726                 <listitem>
 727                   <para>Force input (when encoding) or output (when decoding)
 728                     to be treated as raw samples (even if filename ends
 729                     in <filename>.wav</filename>).</para>
 730                 </listitem>
 731               </varlistentry>
 732
 733             </variablelist>
 734           </refsect2>
 735
 736           <refsect2>
 737             <title>Negative Options</title>
 738
 739             <variablelist>
 740               <varlistentry>
 741                 <term><option>--no-adaptive-mid-side</option></term>
 742                 <term><option>--no-decode-through-errors</option></term>
 743                 <term><option>--no-delete-input-file</option></term>
 744                 <term><option>--no-exhaustive-model-search</option></term>
 745                 <term><option>--no-lax</option></term>
 746                 <term><option>--no-mid-side</option></term>
 747                 <term><option>--no-ogg</option></term>
 748                 <term><option>--no-padding</option></term>
 749                 <term><option>--no-qlp-coeff-precision-search</option></term>
 750                 <term><option>--no-residual-gnuplot</option></term>
 751                 <term><option>--no-residual-text</option></term>
 752                 <term><option>--no-sector-align</option></term>
 753                 <term><option>--no-seektable</option></term>
 754                 <term><option>--no-silent</option></term>
 755                 <term><option>--no-verify</option></term>
 756                 <listitem>
 757                   <para>These flags can be used to invert the sense
 758                     of the corresponding normal option.</para>
 759                 </listitem>
 760               </varlistentry>
 761             </variablelist>
 762
 763           </refsect2>
 764
 765         </refsect1>
 766           <refsect1>
 767             <title>SEE ALSO</title>
 768
 769             <para>metaflac(1).</para>
 770
 771             <para>The programs are documented fully by HTML format
 772               documentation, available in
 773               <filename>/usr/share/doc/flac/html</filename> on
 774                 &debian; systems.</para>
 775           </refsect1>
 776           <refsect1>
 777             <title>AUTHOR</title>
 778
 779             <para>This manual page was written by &dhusername; &dhemail; for
 780               the &debian; system (but may be used by others).</para>
 781
 782             <!-- <para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify
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 784             Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version
 785             published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
 786             Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy
 787             of the license can be found under
 788           <filename>/usr/share/common-licenses/FDL</filename>.</para> -->
 789
 790         </refsect1>
 791       </refentry>
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