[Abcde-users] Problem with 'abcde -d disc.flac'

[Matthias König]

On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 07:59:47 +0100
Bjørn Forsman <bjorn.forsman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> My name is Bjørn and I'm in the process of importing/backing up all my
> CDs to my computer (surprise!).
> 
> In the manual, I find the 'abcde -1 -o flac -a default,cue' command.
> This seems like my best option since it preserves the whole CD (AFAIK)
> and allows encoding to different formats later, e.g. 'abcde -d
> disc.flac -o mp3'.
> 
> However:
> 
> $ abcde -d October.flac -o mp3
> Grabbing entire CD - tracks:  01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
> MusicBrainz lookup returned an error "Not Found"
> Selected: # (template) (Unknown Artist / Unknown Album)
> ---- Unknown Artist / Unknown Album ----
> 1: Track 1
> 2: Track 2
> [...]
> 
> It doesn't see the that this is my U2-October album, and will not tag
> the mp3s correctly :-(  (It did work work correctly when doing 'abcde
> -o mp3' though, but that doesn't help much since I'd like to keep a
> master copy.)
> 
> Looking in the ML archive I find the "Musicbrainz lookup from flac
> image" post[1]. I apply that patch[2] but still I'm getting that
> "Musicbrainz lookup" error when running against the disc.flac image.
> 
> In the abcde manual I also find the '-C [discid]' flag. But that
> doesn't work either:
> 
> $ abcde -d October.flac -o mp3 -C a309a30b
> cat: /home/bf/Music/U2-October/abcde.a309a30b/cddbdiscid: No such file
> or directory
> [INFO] The disc does not contain any tracks. Giving up...
> 
> (Looking at that output, I guess I had wrong expectations for the -C
> option. It clearly relies on something other than the flac image.)
> 
> Is there anyone here who knows how to make abcde work for this use
> case? I'd like to backup the CDs with the ability to make e.g. mp3s
> from that backup later (with tagging).
> 
> Best regards,
> Bjørn Forsman
> 
> [1] "Musicbrainz lookup from flac image",
> https://lists.einval.com/pipermail/abcde-users/2018-May/000295.html
> [2] Inlined patch from [1], for easy reference:
> --- abcde-x/abcde.backup        2018-05-09 02:24:15.694982336 +0200
> +++ abcde-x/abcde       2018-05-09 02:30:35.394746166 +0200
> @@ -517,6 +517,11 @@
>         COOKEDOFFSETS="${COOKEDOFFSETS:1}"  # eat the leading space
> 
>         PREGAP=$(echo $OFFSETS | cut -f1 -d' ')
> +
> +       if [ "$CDROMREADERSYNTAX" = "flac" ]; then
> +               LEADOUT=$((LEADOUT - PREGAP))
> +       fi
> +
>         TOTALTIME=$(( (($LEADOUT + $LEADIN + $PREGAP) / $CDFRAMES) -
> (($LEADIN + $PREGAP) / $CDFRAMES)))
> 
>         vvecho "makeids: PREGAP $PREGAP, LEADIN $LEADIN, LEADOUT
> $LEADOUT"
> 
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Hi,

Which version of abcde do you use? Did you try the latest snapshot?
Does the problem occur with all CDs or only with one or with some?

Matthias