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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>-F</option>, <option>--decode-through-errors</option>
 290                 </term>
 291                 <listitem>
 292                   <para>By default flac stops decoding with an error
 293                     and removes the partially decoded file if it
 294                     encounters a bitstream error.  With -F, errors are
 295                     still printed but flac will continue decoding to
 296                     completion.  Note that errors may cause the decoded
 297                     audio to be missing some samples or have silent
 298                     sections.</para>
 299                 </listitem>
 300               </varlistentry>
 301
 302             </variablelist>
 303           </refsect2>
 304
 305           <refsect2>
 306             <title>Encoding Options</title>
 307
 308             <variablelist>
 309               <varlistentry>
 310                 <term><option>-V</option>, <option>--verify</option></term>
 311
 312                 <listitem>
 313                   <para>Verify a correct encoding by decoding the
 314                     output in parallel and comparing to the
 315                     original</para>
 316                 </listitem>
 317               </varlistentry>
 318
 319               <varlistentry>
 320                 <term><option>--lax</option></term>
 321
 322                 <listitem>
 323                   <para>Allow encoder to generate non-Subset
 324                     files.</para>
 325                 </listitem>
 326               </varlistentry>
 327
 328               <varlistentry>
 329                 <term><option>--replay-gain</option></term>
 330
 331                 <listitem>
 332                   <para>Calculate ReplayGain values and store in
 333                     Vorbis comments, similar to vorbisgain.  Title
 334                     gains/peaks will be computed for each input
 335                     file, and an album gain/peak will be computed
 336                     for all files.  All input files must have the
 337                     same resolution, sample rate, and number of
 338                     channels.  Only mono and stereo files are
 339                     allowed, and the sample rate must be one of
 340                     8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, or 48
 341                     kHz.  Also note that this option may leave a
 342                     few extra bytes in a PADDING block as the exact
 343                     size of the tags is not known until all files
 344                     are processed.  Note that this option cannot be
 345                     used when encoding to standard output (stdout).
 346                     </para>
 347                 </listitem>
 348               </varlistentry>
 349
 350               <varlistentry>
 351                 <term><option>--cuesheet</option>=<replaceable>filename</replaceable></term>
 352
 353                 <listitem>
 354                   <para>Import the given cuesheet file and store it in a
 355                     CUESHEET metadata block.  This option may only be used
 356                     when encoding a single file.  A seekpoint will be added
 357                     for each index point in the cuesheet to the SEEKTABLE
 358                     unless --no-cued-seekpoints is specified.</para>
 359                 </listitem>
 360               </varlistentry>
 361
 362               <varlistentry>
 363                 <term><option>--sector-align</option></term>
 364
 365                 <listitem>
 366                   <para>Align encoding of multiple CD format WAVE
 367                     files on sector boundaries.  See the HTML
 368                     documentation for more information.</para>
 369                 </listitem>
 370               </varlistentry>
 371
 372               <varlistentry>
 373                 <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>
 374
 375                 <listitem>
 376                   <para>
 377                     Include a point or points in a SEEKTABLE.  Using #,
 378                     a seek point at that sample number is added.  Using
 379                     X, a placeholder point is added at the end of a the
 380                     table.  Using #x, # evenly spaced seek points will
 381                     be added, the first being at sample 0.  Using #s, a
 382                     seekpoint will be added every # seconds (# does not
 383                     have to be a whole number; it can be, for example, 9.5,
 384                     meaning a seekpoint every 9.5 seconds).  You may use
 385                     many -S options; the resulting SEEKTABLE will be the
 386                     unique-ified union of all such values.  With no -S
 387                     options, flac defaults to '-S 10s'.  Use --no-seektable
 388                     for no SEEKTABLE.  Note: '-S #x' and '-S #s' will not
 389                     work if the encoder can't determine the input size before
 390                     starting.  Note: if you use '-S #' and # is >=
 391                     samples in the input, there will be either no seek
 392                     point entered (if the input size is determinable
 393                     before encoding starts) or a placeholder point (if
 394                     input size is not determinable).</para>
 395                 </listitem>
 396               </varlistentry>
 397
 398               <varlistentry>
 399                 <term><option>-P</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--padding</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 400
 401                 <listitem>
 402                   <para>Tell the encoder to write a PADDING metadata
 403                     block of the given length (in bytes) after the
 404                     STREAMINFO block.  This is useful if you plan to
 405                     tag the file later with an APPLICATION block;
 406                     instead of having to rewrite the entire file later
 407                     just to insert your block, you can write directly
 408                     over the PADDING block.  Note that the total length
 409                     of the PADDING block will be 4 bytes longer than
 410                     the length given because of the 4 metadata block
 411                     header bytes.  You can force no PADDING block at
 412                     all to be written with --no-padding.  The encoder
 413                     writes a PADDING block of 4096 bytes by default.
 414                     </para>
 415                 </listitem>
 416               </varlistentry>
 417
 418               <varlistentry>
 419                 <term><option>-T</option> <replaceable>FIELD=VALUE</replaceable>, <option>--tag</option>=<replaceable>FIELD=VALUE</replaceable></term>
 420
 421                 <listitem>
 422                   <para>Add a Vorbis comment.  The comment must adhere
 423                     to the Vorbis comment spec; i.e. the FIELD must
 424                     contain only legal characters, terminated by an
 425                     'equals' sign.  Make sure to quote the comment if
 426                     necessary.  This option may appear more than once
 427                     to add several comments.  NOTE: all tags will be
 428                     added to all encoded files.</para>
 429                 </listitem>
 430               </varlistentry>
 431
 432               <varlistentry>
 433                 <term><option>-b</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--blocksize</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 434
 435                 <listitem>
 436                   <para>Specify the block size in samples.  The
 437                     default is 1152 for -l 0, else 4608; must be one of
 438                     192, 576, 1152, 2304, 4608, 256, 512, 1024, 2048,
 439                     4096, 8192, 16384, or 32768 (unless --lax is used)</para>
 440                 </listitem>
 441               </varlistentry>
 442
 443               <varlistentry>
 444                 <term><option>-m</option>, <option>--mid-side</option></term>
 445
 446                 <listitem>
 447                   <para>Try mid-side coding for each frame (stereo
 448                     input only)</para>
 449                 </listitem>
 450               </varlistentry>
 451
 452               <varlistentry>
 453                 <term><option>-M</option>, <option>--adaptive-mid-side</option></term>
 454
 455                 <listitem>
 456                   <para>Adaptive mid-side coding for all frames (stereo
 457                     input only)</para>
 458                 </listitem>
 459               </varlistentry>
 460
 461               <varlistentry>
 462                 <term><option>-0</option>..<option>-8</option>, <option>--compression-level-0</option>..<option>--compression-level-8</option></term>
 463
 464                 <listitem>
 465                   <para>Fastest compression..highest compression
 466                     (default is -5).  These are synonyms for other
 467                     options:</para>
 468
 469                   <variablelist>
 470                     <varlistentry>
 471                       <term><option>-0</option>, <option>--compression-level-0</option></term>
 472
 473                       <listitem>
 474                         <para>Synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -r 2,2
 475                           </para>
 476                       </listitem>
 477                     </varlistentry>
 478
 479                     <varlistentry>
 480                       <term><option>-1</option>, <option>--compression-level-1</option></term>
 481
 482                       <listitem>
 483                         <para>Synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -M -r 2,2
 484                           </para>
 485                       </listitem>
 486                     </varlistentry>
 487
 488                     <varlistentry>
 489                       <term><option>-2</option>, <option>--compression-level-2</option></term>
 490
 491                       <listitem>
 492                         <para>Synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -m -r 3
 493                           </para>
 494                       </listitem>
 495                     </varlistentry>
 496
 497                     <varlistentry>
 498                       <term><option>-3</option>, <option>--compression-level-3</option></term>
 499
 500                       <listitem>
 501                         <para>Synonymous with -l 6 -b 4608 -r 3,3
 502                           </para>
 503                       </listitem>
 504                     </varlistentry>
 505
 506                     <varlistentry>
 507                       <term><option>-4</option>, <option>--compression-level-4</option></term>
 508
 509                       <listitem>
 510                         <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -M -r 3,3
 511                           </para>
 512                       </listitem>
 513                     </varlistentry>
 514
 515                     <varlistentry>
 516                       <term><option>-5</option>, <option>--compression-level-5</option></term>
 517
 518                       <listitem>
 519                         <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -r 3,3
 520                           </para>
 521                       </listitem>
 522                     </varlistentry>
 523
 524                     <varlistentry>
 525                       <term><option>-6</option>, <option>--compression-level-6</option></term>
 526
 527                       <listitem>
 528                         <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -r 4
 529                           </para>
 530                       </listitem>
 531                     </varlistentry>
 532
 533                     <varlistentry>
 534                       <term><option>-7</option>, <option>--compression-level-7</option></term>
 535
 536                       <listitem>
 537                         <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -e -r 6
 538                           </para>
 539                       </listitem>
 540                     </varlistentry>
 541
 542                     <varlistentry>
 543                       <term><option>-8</option>, <option>--compression-level-8</option></term>
 544
 545                       <listitem>
 546                         <para>Synonymous with -l 12 -b 4608 -m -e -r 6
 547                           </para>
 548                       </listitem>
 549                     </varlistentry>
 550                   </variablelist>
 551
 552                 </listitem>
 553
 554               </varlistentry>
 555
 556               <varlistentry>
 557                 <term><option>--fast</option></term>
 558
 559                 <listitem>
 560                   <para>Fastest compression.  Currently
 561                     synonymous with -0.</para>
 562                 </listitem>
 563               </varlistentry>
 564
 565               <varlistentry>
 566                 <term><option>--best</option></term>
 567
 568                 <listitem>
 569                   <para>Highest compression.  Currently
 570                     synonymous with -8.</para>
 571                 </listitem>
 572               </varlistentry>
 573
 574               <varlistentry>
 575                 <term><option>-e</option>, <option>--exhaustive-model-search</option></term>
 576
 577                 <listitem>
 578                   <para>Do exhaustive model search
 579                     (expensive!)</para>
 580                 </listitem>
 581               </varlistentry>
 582
 583               <varlistentry>
 584                 <term><option>-l</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--max-lpc-order</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 585
 586                 <listitem>
 587                   <para>Set the maximum LPC order; 0 means use only the fixed predictors</para>
 588                 </listitem>
 589               </varlistentry>
 590
 591               <varlistentry>
 592                 <term><option>-p</option>, <option>--qlp-coeff-precision-search</option></term>
 593
 594                 <listitem>
 595                   <para>Do exhaustive search of LP coefficient
 596                     quantization (expensive!).  Overrides -q;
 597                     does nothing if using -l 0</para>
 598                 </listitem>
 599               </varlistentry>
 600
 601               <varlistentry>
 602                 <term><option>-q</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--qlp-coeff-precision</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 603
 604                 <listitem>
 605                   <para>Precision of the quantized linear-predictor
 606                     coefficients, 0 => let encoder decide (min is 5,
 607                     default is 0)</para>
 608                 </listitem>
 609               </varlistentry>
 610
 611               <varlistentry>
 612                 <term><option>-r</option> [<replaceable>#</replaceable>,]<replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--rice-partition-order</option>=[<replaceable>#</replaceable>,]<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 613
 614                 <listitem>
 615                   <para>Set the [min,]max residual partition order
 616                     (0..16). min defaults to 0 if unspecified.  Default
 617                     is -r 3,3.</para>
 618                 </listitem>
 619               </varlistentry>
 620
 621             </variablelist>
 622
 623           </refsect2>
 624           <refsect2>
 625             <title>Format Options</title>
 626
 627             <variablelist>
 628               <varlistentry>
 629                 <term><option>--endian</option>={<replaceable>big</replaceable>|<replaceable>little</replaceable>}</term>
 630
 631                 <listitem>
 632                   <para>Set the byte order for samples</para>
 633                 </listitem>
 634               </varlistentry>
 635
 636               <varlistentry>
 637                 <term><option>--channels</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 638
 639                 <listitem>
 640                   <para>Set number of channels.</para>
 641                 </listitem>
 642               </varlistentry>
 643
 644               <varlistentry>
 645                 <term><option>--bps</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 646
 647                 <listitem>
 648                   <para>Set bits per sample.</para>
 649                 </listitem>
 650               </varlistentry>
 651
 652               <varlistentry>
 653                 <term><option>--sample-rate</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 654
 655                 <listitem>
 656                   <para>Set sample rate (in Hz).</para>
 657                 </listitem>
 658               </varlistentry>
 659
 660               <varlistentry>
 661                 <term><option>--sign</option>={<replaceable>signed</replaceable>|<replaceable>unsigned</replaceable>}</term>
 662
 663                 <listitem>
 664                   <para>Set the sign of samples (the default is signed).</para>
 665                 </listitem>
 666               </varlistentry>
 667
 668               <varlistentry>
 669                 <term><option>--force-aiff-format</option></term>
 670
 671                 <listitem>
 672                   <para>Force the decoder to output AIFF format.  This option
 673                     is not needed if the output filename (as set by -o) ends
 674                     with <filename>.aiff</filename>.  Also, this option has no
 675                     effect when encoding since input AIFF is auto-detected.</para>
 676                 </listitem>
 677               </varlistentry>
 678
 679               <varlistentry>
 680                 <term><option>--force-raw-format</option></term>
 681
 682                 <listitem>
 683                   <para>Force input (when encoding) or output (when decoding)
 684                     to be treated as raw samples (even if filename ends
 685                     in <filename>.wav</filename>).</para>
 686                 </listitem>
 687               </varlistentry>
 688
 689             </variablelist>
 690           </refsect2>
 691
 692           <refsect2>
 693             <title>Negative Options</title>
 694
 695             <variablelist>
 696               <varlistentry>
 697                 <term><option>--no-adaptive-mid-side</option></term>
 698                 <term><option>--no-decode-through-errors</option></term>
 699                 <term><option>--no-delete-input-file</option></term>
 700                 <term><option>--no-exhaustive-model-search</option></term>
 701                 <term><option>--no-lax</option></term>
 702                 <term><option>--no-mid-side</option></term>
 703                 <term><option>--no-ogg</option></term>
 704                 <term><option>--no-padding</option></term>
 705                 <term><option>--no-qlp-coeff-precision-search</option></term>
 706                 <term><option>--no-residual-gnuplot</option></term>
 707                 <term><option>--no-residual-text</option></term>
 708                 <term><option>--no-sector-align</option></term>
 709                 <term><option>--no-seektable</option></term>
 710                 <term><option>--no-silent</option></term>
 711                 <term><option>--no-verify</option></term>
 712                 <listitem>
 713                   <para>These flags can be used to invert the sense
 714                     of the corresponding normal option.</para>
 715                 </listitem>
 716               </varlistentry>
 717             </variablelist>
 718
 719           </refsect2>
 720
 721         </refsect1>
 722           <refsect1>
 723             <title>SEE ALSO</title>
 724
 725             <para>metaflac(1).</para>
 726
 727             <para>The programs are documented fully by HTML format
 728               documentation, available in
 729               <filename>/usr/share/doc/flac/html</filename> on
 730                 &debian; systems.</para>
 731           </refsect1>
 732           <refsect1>
 733             <title>AUTHOR</title>
 734
 735             <para>This manual page was written by &dhusername; &dhemail; for
 736               the &debian; system (but may be used by others).</para>
 737
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 742             Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy
 743             of the license can be found under
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 745
 746         </refsect1>
 747       </refentry>
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