</TR>
<TR>
<TD NOWRAP ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#F4F4CC">
+ -P #
+ </TD>
+ <TD>
+ Tell the encoder to write a <TT>PADDING</TT> metadata block of the given length (in bytes) after the <TT>STREAMINFO</TT> block. <TT>-P 0</TT> implies no <TT>PADDING</TT> block, which is the default. This is useful if you plan to tag the file later with an <TT>APPLICATION</TT> block; instead of having to rewrite the entire file later just to insert your block, you can write directly over the <TT>PADDING</TT> block.
+ </TD>
+ </TR>
+ <TR>
+ <TD NOWRAP ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#F4F4CC">
-b #
</TD>
<TD>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-P</option> <replaceable>bytes</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Tell the encoder to write a PADDING metadata
+ block of the given length (in bytes) after the
+ STREAMINFO block. -P 0 implies no PADDING block,
+ which is the default. This is useful if you plan
+ to tag the file later with an APPLICATION block;
+ instead of having to rewrite the entire file later
+ just to insert your block, you can write directly
+ over the PADDING block.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><option>-b</option> <replaceable>blocksize</replaceable></term>
<listitem>