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TWOLAME(1)
==========
Nicholas J Humfrey <njh@aelius.com>
NAME
----
twolame - an optimised MPEG Audio Layer 2 (MP2) encoder
SYNOPSIS
--------
'twolame' [options] <infile> [outfile]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
TwoLAME is an optimised MPEG Audio Layer 2 (MP2) encoder based on tooLAME by
Mike Cheng, which in turn is based upon the ISO dist10 code and portions of
LAME. Encoding is performed by the libtwolame library backend.
OPTIONS
-------
Input File
~~~~~~~~~~
twolame uses libsndfile for reading the input sound file, so
the input file can be in any format supported by libsndfile.
To read raw PCM audio from STDIN, then use - as the input filename.
Output File
~~~~~~~~~~~
If no output filename is specified, then suffix of the input filename
is automatically changed to .mp2. To write the encoded audio to STDOUT
then use - as the output filename.
Input Options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-r, --raw-input::
Specifies that input is raw signed PCM audio.
If audio is stereo, than audio samples are interleaved
between the two channels.
-x, --byte-swap::
Force byte-swapping of the input. Endian detection is performed
automatically by libsndfile, so this option shouldn't
normally be needed.
-s, --samplerate <int>::
If inputting raw PCM sound, you must specify the sample rate of
the audio in Hz.
Valid sample rates: 16000, 22050, 24000, 32000, 44100, 48000Hz.
Default sample rate is 44100Hz.
--samplesize <int>::
Specifies the sample size (in bits) of the raw PCM audio.
Valid sample sizes: 8, 16, 24, 32.
Default sample size is 16-bit.
-N, --channels <int>::
If inputting raw PCM sound, you must specify the number of channels
in the input audio. Default number of channels is 2.
-g, --swap-channels::
Swap the Left and Right channels of a stereo input file.
--scale <float>::
Scale the input audio prior to encoding.
All of the input audio is multiplied by specified value.
Value between 0 and 1 will reduce the audio gain, and a value
above 1 will increase the gain of the audio.
--scale-l <float>::
Same as --scale, but only affects the left channel.
--scale-r <float>::
Same as --scale, but only affects the right channel.
Output Options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-m, --mode <char>::
Choose the mode of the resulting audio. Default is auto.
- "a" auto - choose mode automatically based on the input
- "s" stereo
- "d" dual channel
- "j" joint stereo
- "m" mono
-a, --downmix::
If the input file is stereo then, downmix the left and right
input channels into a single mono channel.
-b, --bitrate <int>::
Sets the total bitrate (in kbps) for the output file.
The default bitrate depends on the number of
input channels and samplerate.
------------------------------
Sample Rate Mono Stereo
------------------------------
48000 96 192
44100 96 192
32000 80 160
24000 48 96
22050 48 96
16000 32 64
------------------------------
-P, --psyc-mode <int>::
Choose the psycho-acoustic model to use (-1 to 4).
Model number -1 is turns off psycho-acoustic modelling and
uses fixed default values instead.
Please see the file 'psycho' for a full description of
each of the models available.
Default model is 3.
-v, --vbr::
Enable VBR mode. See 'vbr' documentation file for details.
Default VBR level is 5.0.
-V, --vbr-level <float>::
Enable VBR mode and set quality level.
The higher the number the better the quality.
Maximum range is -50 to 50 but useful range is -10 to 10.
See 'vbr' documentation file for details.
-l, --ath <float>::
Set the ATH level. Default level is 0.0.
-q, --quick <int>::
Enable quick mode. Only re-calculate psycho-acoustic
model every specified number of frames.
-S, --single-frame::
Enables single frame mode: only a single frame of MPEG audio
is output and then the program terminates.
Miscellaneous Options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-c, --copyright::
Turn on Copyright flag in output bitstream.
-o, --non-original::
Turn off Original flag in output bitstream.
--original::
Turn on Original flag in output bitstream.
-p, --protect::
Enable CRC error protection in output bitstream.
An extra 16-bit checksum is added to frames.
-d, --padding::
Turn on padding in output bitstream.
-R, --reserve <int>::
Reserve specified number of bits in the each from of the
output bitstream.
-e, --deemphasis <char>::
Set the de-emphasis type (n/c/5). Default is none.
-E, --energy::
Turn on energy level extensions.
Verbosity Options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-t, --talkativity <int>::
Set the amount of information to be displayed on stderr (0 to 10).
Default is 2.
--quiet::
Don't send any messages to stderr, unless there is an error.
(Same as --talkativity=0)
--brief::
Only display a minimal number of messages while encoding.
This setting is quieter than the default talkativity setting.
(Same as --talkativity=1)
--verbose::
Display an increased number of messages on stderr.
This setting is useful to diagnose problems.
(Same as --talkativity=4)
Return Codes
------------
If encoding completes successfully, then twolame will return 0.
However if encoding is not successful, then it will return one of the following codes.
- 1 (No encoding performed)
- 2 (Error opening input file)
- 4 (Error opening output file)
- 6 (Error allocating memory)
- 8 (Error in chosen encoding parameters)
- 10 (Error reading input audio)
- 12 (Error occured while encoding)
- 14 (Error writing output audio)
EXAMPLES
--------
This will encode sound.wav to sound.mp2 using the default constant bitrate of 192 kbps
and using the default psycho-acoustic model (model 3):
twolame sound.wav
Constant bitrate of 160kbps and joint stereo encoding, saved to file sound_160.mp2:
twolame -b 160 -m j sound.aiff sound_160.mp2
Encode sound.wav to newfile.mp2 using psycho-acoustic model 2 and encoding
with variable bitrate:
twolame -P 2 -v sound.wav newfile.mp2
Same as example above, except that the negative value of the "-V" argument
means that the lower bitrates will be favoured over the higher ones:
twolame -P 2 -V -5 sound.wav newfile.mp2
Resample audio file using sox and pipe straight through twolame:
sox sound_11025.aiff -t raw -r 16000 | twolame -r -s 16000 - - > out.mp2
AUTHORS
-------
The twolame frontend was (re)written by Nicholas J Humfrey.
The libtwolame library is based on toolame by Mike Cheng.
For a full list of authors, please see the AUTHORS file.
RESOURCES
---------
TwoLAME web site: http://www.twolame.org/
SEE ALSO
--------
lame(1), mpg123(1), madplay(1), sox(1)
COPYING
-------
Copyright (C) 2004-2006 The TwoLAME Project. Free use of this software is
granted under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).