Name

rdexport — Export audio from a Rivendell audio store

Synopsis

rdexport [OPTIONS] {output-dir}

Description

rdexport(1) can be used to export audio from a Rivendell audio store.

Options

Default value is %n_%j.

--allow-clobber

Overwrite a file if it already exists. If this option is not given, rdexport(1) will automatically append an integer string -- e.g. "[1]" -- to avoid such overwriting.

--bitrate=rate

Specify the bitrate to use, in rate bits per second. Default value is the bitrate of the original audio, or 256000 bits/sec for PCM originals.

This setting is meaningful only when used with the MP2 or MP3 formats.

--carts=start-cart:end-cart

Specify a range of cart numbers to be exported, from start-cart to end-cart (both inclusive). This option may be given multiple times.

--channels=chans

Specify the number of channels to use. Valid values are 1 or 2. Default value is the channel count of the original audio.

--continue-after-error

Continue processing exports even in the face of exporter errors on particular carts.

--escape-string=string

Specify the string to use to replace illegal characters in output filenames. Illegal characters that will be so replaced are: *, /, <, >, ", \, | and ?. Default value is _.

--format=format

Specify the file and audio encoding format to be used. The following values for format are recognized:

FLAC

Free Lossless Audio Codec (.flac)

MP2

MPEG-1 Layer 2 (.mp2)

MP3

MPEG-1 Layer 3 (.mp3)

PCM16

PCM16 audio in a WAV file format (.wav)

PCM24

PCM24 audio in a WAV file format (.wav)

VORBIS

OggVorbis (.ogg)

Default value is to use whatever format was used in the audio store.

--group=group-name

Specify a group to be exported. This option may be given multiple times.

--metadata-pattern=pattern

Specify a pattern to define how output files should be named. Patterns consist of characters interspersed with zero or more wildcard characters as follows:

%a

Artist

%b

Record Label

%c

Client

%e

Agency

%g

Rivendell Group Name

%h

Event length in milliseconds

%i

Cut Description

%j

Cut Number

%l

Album

%m

Composer

%n

Cart Number

%o

Outcue

%p

Publisher

%r

Conductor

%s

Song ID

%t

Title

%u

User Defined

%v

Event length in seconds (rounded down)

%wc

Industry Standard Commercial Identification [ISCI] Code

%wi

International Standard Recording Code [ISRC]

%wm

MusicBrainz Recording ID

%wr

MusicBrainz Release ID

%y

Release Year

%%

A literal '%'

--quality=qual

Specify the quality level to use, in the range -1 through 10, inclusive. Default value is 3.

This setting is meaningful only when used with the VORBIS format.

--samplerate=rate

Specify the sample rate to use, in rate samples per second. Default value is the sample rate of the original audio.

--scheduler-code=scheduler-code

Specify a scheduler code to be exported. This option may be given multiple times.

--title=title

Export all carts with a title of title. This option may be given multiple times.

--xml

Generate an XML file for each generated audio file containing its cart/cut metadata.

See Also

rdconvert(1) , rdimport(1) , rdmarkerset(8)