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  14   <!ENTITY dhpackage   "flac">
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  22     <address>
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  24     </address>
  25     <author>
  26         &dhfirstname;
  27         &dhsurname;
  28       </author>
  29         <copyright>
  30             <year>2002,2003,2004,2005</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 cuepoint 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.  The resulting FLAC file may not be
 354                     streamable or might have trouble being played
 355                     in all players (especially hardware devices),
 356                     so you should only use this option in
 357                     combination with custom encoding options meant
 358                     for archival.</para>
 359                 </listitem>
 360               </varlistentry>
 361
 362               <varlistentry>
 363                 <term><option>--replay-gain</option></term>
 364
 365                 <listitem>
 366                   <para>Calculate ReplayGain values and store in
 367                     Vorbis comments, similar to vorbisgain.  Title
 368                     gains/peaks will be computed for each input
 369                     file, and an album gain/peak will be computed
 370                     for all files.  All input files must have the
 371                     same resolution, sample rate, and number of
 372                     channels.  Only mono and stereo files are
 373                     allowed, and the sample rate must be one of
 374                     8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, or 48
 375                     kHz.  Also note that this option may leave a
 376                     few extra bytes in a PADDING block as the exact
 377                     size of the tags is not known until all files
 378                     are processed.  Note that this option cannot be
 379                     used when encoding to standard output (stdout).
 380                     </para>
 381                 </listitem>
 382               </varlistentry>
 383
 384               <varlistentry>
 385                 <term><option>--cuesheet</option>=<replaceable>filename</replaceable></term>
 386
 387                 <listitem>
 388                   <para>Import the given cuesheet file and store it in a
 389                     CUESHEET metadata block.  This option may only be used
 390                     when encoding a single file.  A seekpoint will be added
 391                     for each index point in the cuesheet to the SEEKTABLE
 392                     unless --no-cued-seekpoints is specified.</para>
 393                 </listitem>
 394               </varlistentry>
 395
 396               <varlistentry>
 397                 <term><option>--sector-align</option></term>
 398
 399                 <listitem>
 400                   <para>Align encoding of multiple CD format WAVE
 401                     files on sector boundaries.  See the HTML
 402                     documentation for more information.</para>
 403                 </listitem>
 404               </varlistentry>
 405
 406               <varlistentry>
 407                 <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>
 408
 409                 <listitem>
 410                   <para>
 411                     Include a point or points in a SEEKTABLE.  Using #,
 412                     a seek point at that sample number is added.  Using
 413                     X, a placeholder point is added at the end of a the
 414                     table.  Using #x, # evenly spaced seek points will
 415                     be added, the first being at sample 0.  Using #s, a
 416                     seekpoint will be added every # seconds (# does not
 417                     have to be a whole number; it can be, for example, 9.5,
 418                     meaning a seekpoint every 9.5 seconds).  You may use
 419                     many -S options; the resulting SEEKTABLE will be the
 420                     unique-ified union of all such values.  With no -S
 421                     options, flac defaults to '-S 10s'.  Use --no-seektable
 422                     for no SEEKTABLE.  Note: '-S #x' and '-S #s' will not
 423                     work if the encoder can't determine the input size before
 424                     starting.  Note: if you use '-S #' and # is >=
 425                     samples in the input, there will be either no seek
 426                     point entered (if the input size is determinable
 427                     before encoding starts) or a placeholder point (if
 428                     input size is not determinable).</para>
 429                 </listitem>
 430               </varlistentry>
 431
 432               <varlistentry>
 433                 <term><option>-P</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--padding</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 434
 435                 <listitem>
 436                   <para>Tell the encoder to write a PADDING metadata
 437                     block of the given length (in bytes) after the
 438                     STREAMINFO block.  This is useful if you plan to
 439                     tag the file later with an APPLICATION block;
 440                     instead of having to rewrite the entire file later
 441                     just to insert your block, you can write directly
 442                     over the PADDING block.  Note that the total length
 443                     of the PADDING block will be 4 bytes longer than
 444                     the length given because of the 4 metadata block
 445                     header bytes.  You can force no PADDING block at
 446                     all to be written with --no-padding.  The encoder
 447                     writes a PADDING block of 4096 bytes by default.
 448                     </para>
 449                 </listitem>
 450               </varlistentry>
 451
 452               <varlistentry>
 453                 <term><option>-T</option> <replaceable>FIELD=VALUE</replaceable>, <option>--tag</option>=<replaceable>FIELD=VALUE</replaceable></term>
 454
 455                 <listitem>
 456                   <para>Add a Vorbis comment.  The comment must adhere
 457                     to the Vorbis comment spec; i.e. the FIELD must
 458                     contain only legal characters, terminated by an
 459                     'equals' sign.  Make sure to quote the comment if
 460                     necessary.  This option may appear more than once
 461                     to add several comments.  NOTE: all tags will be
 462                     added to all encoded files.</para>
 463                 </listitem>
 464               </varlistentry>
 465
 466               <varlistentry>
 467                 <term><option>-b</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--blocksize</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 468
 469                 <listitem>
 470                   <para>Specify the block size in samples.  The
 471                     default is 1152 for -l 0, else 4608; must be one of
 472                     192, 576, 1152, 2304, 4608, 256, 512, 1024, 2048,
 473                     4096, 8192, 16384, or 32768 (unless --lax is used)</para>
 474                 </listitem>
 475               </varlistentry>
 476
 477               <varlistentry>
 478                 <term><option>-m</option>, <option>--mid-side</option></term>
 479
 480                 <listitem>
 481                   <para>Try mid-side coding for each frame (stereo
 482                     input only)</para>
 483                 </listitem>
 484               </varlistentry>
 485
 486               <varlistentry>
 487                 <term><option>-M</option>, <option>--adaptive-mid-side</option></term>
 488
 489                 <listitem>
 490                   <para>Adaptive mid-side coding for all frames (stereo
 491                     input only)</para>
 492                 </listitem>
 493               </varlistentry>
 494
 495               <varlistentry>
 496                 <term><option>-0</option>..<option>-8</option>, <option>--compression-level-0</option>..<option>--compression-level-8</option></term>
 497
 498                 <listitem>
 499                   <para>Fastest compression..highest compression
 500                     (default is -5).  These are synonyms for other
 501                     options:</para>
 502
 503                   <variablelist>
 504                     <varlistentry>
 505                       <term><option>-0</option>, <option>--compression-level-0</option></term>
 506
 507                       <listitem>
 508                         <para>Synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -r 2,2
 509                           </para>
 510                       </listitem>
 511                     </varlistentry>
 512
 513                     <varlistentry>
 514                       <term><option>-1</option>, <option>--compression-level-1</option></term>
 515
 516                       <listitem>
 517                         <para>Synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -M -r 2,2
 518                           </para>
 519                       </listitem>
 520                     </varlistentry>
 521
 522                     <varlistentry>
 523                       <term><option>-2</option>, <option>--compression-level-2</option></term>
 524
 525                       <listitem>
 526                         <para>Synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -m -r 3
 527                           </para>
 528                       </listitem>
 529                     </varlistentry>
 530
 531                     <varlistentry>
 532                       <term><option>-3</option>, <option>--compression-level-3</option></term>
 533
 534                       <listitem>
 535                         <para>Synonymous with -l 6 -b 4608 -r 3,3
 536                           </para>
 537                       </listitem>
 538                     </varlistentry>
 539
 540                     <varlistentry>
 541                       <term><option>-4</option>, <option>--compression-level-4</option></term>
 542
 543                       <listitem>
 544                         <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -M -r 3,3
 545                           </para>
 546                       </listitem>
 547                     </varlistentry>
 548
 549                     <varlistentry>
 550                       <term><option>-5</option>, <option>--compression-level-5</option></term>
 551
 552                       <listitem>
 553                         <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -r 3,3
 554                           </para>
 555                       </listitem>
 556                     </varlistentry>
 557
 558                     <varlistentry>
 559                       <term><option>-6</option>, <option>--compression-level-6</option></term>
 560
 561                       <listitem>
 562                         <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -r 4
 563                           </para>
 564                       </listitem>
 565                     </varlistentry>
 566
 567                     <varlistentry>
 568                       <term><option>-7</option>, <option>--compression-level-7</option></term>
 569
 570                       <listitem>
 571                         <para>Synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -e -r 6
 572                           </para>
 573                       </listitem>
 574                     </varlistentry>
 575
 576                     <varlistentry>
 577                       <term><option>-8</option>, <option>--compression-level-8</option></term>
 578
 579                       <listitem>
 580                         <para>Synonymous with -l 12 -b 4608 -m -e -r 6
 581                           </para>
 582                       </listitem>
 583                     </varlistentry>
 584                   </variablelist>
 585
 586                 </listitem>
 587
 588               </varlistentry>
 589
 590               <varlistentry>
 591                 <term><option>--fast</option></term>
 592
 593                 <listitem>
 594                   <para>Fastest compression.  Currently
 595                     synonymous with -0.</para>
 596                 </listitem>
 597               </varlistentry>
 598
 599               <varlistentry>
 600                 <term><option>--best</option></term>
 601
 602                 <listitem>
 603                   <para>Highest compression.  Currently
 604                     synonymous with -8.</para>
 605                 </listitem>
 606               </varlistentry>
 607
 608               <varlistentry>
 609                 <term><option>-e</option>, <option>--exhaustive-model-search</option></term>
 610
 611                 <listitem>
 612                   <para>Do exhaustive model search
 613                     (expensive!)</para>
 614                 </listitem>
 615               </varlistentry>
 616
 617               <varlistentry>
 618                 <term><option>-l</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--max-lpc-order</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 619
 620                 <listitem>
 621                   <para>Set the maximum LPC order; 0 means use only the fixed predictors</para>
 622                 </listitem>
 623               </varlistentry>
 624
 625               <varlistentry>
 626                 <term><option>-p</option>, <option>--qlp-coeff-precision-search</option></term>
 627
 628                 <listitem>
 629                   <para>Do exhaustive search of LP coefficient
 630                     quantization (expensive!).  Overrides -q;
 631                     does nothing if using -l 0</para>
 632                 </listitem>
 633               </varlistentry>
 634
 635               <varlistentry>
 636                 <term><option>-q</option> <replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--qlp-coeff-precision</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 637
 638                 <listitem>
 639                   <para>Precision of the quantized linear-predictor
 640                     coefficients, 0 => let encoder decide (min is 5,
 641                     default is 0)</para>
 642                 </listitem>
 643               </varlistentry>
 644
 645               <varlistentry>
 646                 <term><option>-r</option> [<replaceable>#</replaceable>,]<replaceable>#</replaceable>, <option>--rice-partition-order</option>=[<replaceable>#</replaceable>,]<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 647
 648                 <listitem>
 649                   <para>Set the [min,]max residual partition order
 650                     (0..16). min defaults to 0 if unspecified.  Default
 651                     is -r 3,3.</para>
 652                 </listitem>
 653               </varlistentry>
 654
 655             </variablelist>
 656
 657           </refsect2>
 658           <refsect2>
 659             <title>Format Options</title>
 660
 661             <variablelist>
 662               <varlistentry>
 663                 <term><option>--endian</option>={<replaceable>big</replaceable>|<replaceable>little</replaceable>}</term>
 664
 665                 <listitem>
 666                   <para>Set the byte order for samples</para>
 667                 </listitem>
 668               </varlistentry>
 669
 670               <varlistentry>
 671                 <term><option>--channels</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 672
 673                 <listitem>
 674                   <para>Set number of channels.</para>
 675                 </listitem>
 676               </varlistentry>
 677
 678               <varlistentry>
 679                 <term><option>--bps</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 680
 681                 <listitem>
 682                   <para>Set bits per sample.</para>
 683                 </listitem>
 684               </varlistentry>
 685
 686               <varlistentry>
 687                 <term><option>--sample-rate</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 688
 689                 <listitem>
 690                   <para>Set sample rate (in Hz).</para>
 691                 </listitem>
 692               </varlistentry>
 693
 694               <varlistentry>
 695                 <term><option>--sign</option>={<replaceable>signed</replaceable>|<replaceable>unsigned</replaceable>}</term>
 696
 697                 <listitem>
 698                   <para>Set the sign of samples (the default is signed).</para>
 699                 </listitem>
 700               </varlistentry>
 701
 702               <varlistentry>
 703                 <term><option>--input-size</option>=<replaceable>#</replaceable></term>
 704
 705                 <listitem>
 706                   <para>Specify the size of the raw input in bytes.  If you are
 707                     encoding raw samples from stdin, you must set this option
 708                     in order to be able to use --skip, --until, --cue-sheet, or
 709                     other options that need to know the size of the input
 710                     beforehand.  If the size given is greater than what is
 711                     found in the input stream, the encoder will complain about
 712                     an unexpected end-of-file.  If the size given is less,
 713                     samples will be truncated.</para>
 714                 </listitem>
 715               </varlistentry>
 716
 717               <varlistentry>
 718                 <term><option>--force-aiff-format</option></term>
 719
 720                 <listitem>
 721                   <para>Force the decoder to output AIFF format.  This option
 722                     is not needed if the output filename (as set by -o) ends
 723                     with <filename>.aiff</filename>.  Also, this option has no
 724                     effect when encoding since input AIFF is auto-detected.</para>
 725                 </listitem>
 726               </varlistentry>
 727
 728               <varlistentry>
 729                 <term><option>--force-raw-format</option></term>
 730
 731                 <listitem>
 732                   <para>Force input (when encoding) or output (when decoding)
 733                     to be treated as raw samples (even if filename ends
 734                     in <filename>.wav</filename>).</para>
 735                 </listitem>
 736               </varlistentry>
 737
 738             </variablelist>
 739           </refsect2>
 740
 741           <refsect2>
 742             <title>Negative Options</title>
 743
 744             <variablelist>
 745               <varlistentry>
 746                 <term><option>--no-adaptive-mid-side</option></term>
 747                 <term><option>--no-decode-through-errors</option></term>
 748                 <term><option>--no-delete-input-file</option></term>
 749                 <term><option>--no-exhaustive-model-search</option></term>
 750                 <term><option>--no-lax</option></term>
 751                 <term><option>--no-mid-side</option></term>
 752                 <term><option>--no-ogg</option></term>
 753                 <term><option>--no-padding</option></term>
 754                 <term><option>--no-qlp-coeff-precision-search</option></term>
 755                 <term><option>--no-residual-gnuplot</option></term>
 756                 <term><option>--no-residual-text</option></term>
 757                 <term><option>--no-sector-align</option></term>
 758                 <term><option>--no-seektable</option></term>
 759                 <term><option>--no-silent</option></term>
 760                 <term><option>--no-verify</option></term>
 761                 <listitem>
 762                   <para>These flags can be used to invert the sense
 763                     of the corresponding normal option.</para>
 764                 </listitem>
 765               </varlistentry>
 766             </variablelist>
 767
 768           </refsect2>
 769
 770         </refsect1>
 771           <refsect1>
 772             <title>SEE ALSO</title>
 773
 774             <para>metaflac(1).</para>
 775
 776             <para>The programs are documented fully by HTML format
 777               documentation, available in
 778               <filename>/usr/share/doc/flac/html</filename> on
 779                 &debian; systems.</para>
 780           </refsect1>
 781           <refsect1>
 782             <title>AUTHOR</title>
 783
 784             <para>This manual page was written by &dhusername; &dhemail; for
 785               the &debian; system (but may be used by others).</para>
 786
 787             <!-- <para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify
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 789             Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version
 790             published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
 791             Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy
 792             of the license can be found under
 793           <filename>/usr/share/common-licenses/FDL</filename>.</para> -->
 794
 795         </refsect1>
 796       </refentry>
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