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-.TH "METAFLAC" "1" "09 October 2006" "" ""
+.TH "METAFLAC" "1" "2013/04/30" "" ""
.SH NAME
metaflac \- program to list, add, remove, or edit metadata in one or more FLAC files.
Do not prefix each output line with the FLAC file name (the default
if only one FLAC file is specified).
.TP
+\fB--no-utf8-convert\fR
+Do not convert tags from UTF-8 to local charset, or vice versa. This is
+useful for scripts, and setting tags in situations where the locale is wrong.
+.TP
\fB--dont-use-padding\fR
By default metaflac tries to use padding where possible to avoid
rewriting the entire file if the metadata size changes. Use this
Import tags from a file. Use '-' for stdin. Each
line should be of the form NAME=VALUE. Multi-line comments
are currently not supported. Specify --remove-all-tags and/or
---no-utf8-convert before --import-tags-from if necessary.
+--no-utf8-convert before --import-tags-from if necessary. If
+FILE is '-' (stdin), only one FLAC file may be specified.
.TP
\fB--export-tags-to=file\fR
-Export tags to a file. Use '-' for stdin. Each
+Export tags to a file. Use '-' for stdout. Each
line will be of the form NAME=VALUE. Specify
--no-utf8-convert if necessary.
.TP
CD authoring software. Use '-' for stdout. Only one FLAC file
may be specified on the command line.
.TP
-\fB--import-picture=\fISPECIFICATION\fB\fR
-Import a picture and store it in a PICTURE metadata block. More than one --import-picture command can be specified. The SPECIFICATION is a string whose parts are separated by | (pipe) characters. Some parts may be left empty to invoke default values. The format of SPECIFICATION is
+\fB--import-picture-from={\fIFILENAME\fB|\fISPECIFICATION\fB}\fR
+Import a picture and store it in a PICTURE metadata block. More than one --import-picture-from command can be specified. Either a filename for the picture file or a more complete specification form can be used. The SPECIFICATION is a string whose parts are separated by | (pipe) characters. Some parts may be left empty to invoke default values. FILENAME is just shorthand for "||||FILENAME". The format of SPECIFICATION is
-[TYPE]|MIME-TYPE|[DESCRIPTION]|[WIDTHxHEIGHTxDEPTH[/COLORS]]|FILE
+[TYPE]|[MIME-TYPE]|[DESCRIPTION]|[WIDTHxHEIGHTxDEPTH[/COLORS]]|FILE
TYPE is optional; it is a number from one of:
The default is 3 (front cover). There may only be one picture each of type 1 and 2 in a file.
-MIME-TYPE is mandatory; for best compatibility with players, use pictures with MIME type image/jpeg or image/png. The MIME type can also be --> to mean that FILE is actually a URL to an image, though this use is discouraged.
+MIME-TYPE is optional; if left blank, it will be detected from the file. For best compatibility with players, use pictures with MIME type image/jpeg or image/png. The MIME type can also be --> to mean that FILE is actually a URL to an image, though this use is discouraged.
DESCRIPTION is optional; the default is an empty string.
The specification "4|-->|CD|320x300x24/173|http://blah.blah/backcover.tiff" will embed the given URL, with type 4 (back cover), description "CD", and a manually specified resolution of 320x300, 24 bits-per-pixel, and 173 colors. The file at the URL will not be fetched; the URL itself is stored in the PICTURE metadata block.
.TP
+\fB--export-picture-to=file\fR
+Export PICTURE block to a file. Use '-' for stdout. Only one FLAC file may be specified on the command line. The first PICTURE block will be exported unless --export-picture-to is preceded by a --block-number=# option to specify the exact metadata block to extract. Note that the block number is the one shown by --list.
+.TP
\fB--add-replay-gain\fR
Calculates the title and album gains/peaks of the given FLAC
files as if all the files were part of one album, then stores
-them in the VORBIS_COMMENT block. The tags are the same as
+them as FLAC tags. The tags are the same as
those used by vorbisgain. Existing ReplayGain tags will be
replaced. If only one FLAC file is given, the album and title
gains will be the same. Since this operation requires two
have been completed and written to disk. All FLAC files
specified must have the same resolution, sample rate, and
number of channels. The sample rate must be one of 8, 11.025,
-12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, or 48 kHz.
+12, 16, 18.9, 22.05, 24, 28, 32, 37.8, 44.1, 48, 56, 64, 88.2,
+96, 112, 128, 144, 176.4, or 192kHz.
.TP
\fB--remove-replay-gain\fR
Removes the ReplayGain tags.
An optional comma-separated list of block types to be included
or ignored with this option. Use only one of --block-type or
--except-block-type. The valid block types are: STREAMINFO,
-PADDING, APPLICATION, SEEKTABLE, VORBIS_COMMENT. You may
-narrow down the types of APPLICATION blocks displayed as
+PADDING, APPLICATION, SEEKTABLE, VORBIS_COMMENT, PICTURE. You
+may narrow down the types of APPLICATION blocks displayed as
follows:
APPLICATION:abcd The APPLICATION block(s) whose textual repre-
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