NAME
toolame - MPEG-1 layer 2 audio encoder
SYNOPSIS
toolame [options] <infile> [outfile.mp3]
DESCRIPTION
toolame is a very fast (6x realtime on a 550mhz celeron) MPEG-1 layer 2 audio encoder with a command-line syntax nearly identical to that of the lame MPEG-1 layer 3 audio encoder. Because of patent issues surrounding the layer 3 encoder, the ability of most mpeg audio players to play layer 2 files, and the similarity in command-line syntax, toolame makes a very good drop-in replacement for lame and other layer 3 encoders under most circumstances.
OPTIONS
- -h,
-
Show summary of options.
- -s sfrq,
-
input sample rate in kHz (default is 44.1).
- -a
-
downmix from stereo to mono.
- -x
-
force byte-swapping of input.
- -m mode,
-
channel mode: s/d/j/m (default is j).
- -p psy,
-
psychoacoustic model 1/2 (default is 1).
- -b br,
-
total bitrate in kbps (default is 192).
- -v lev,
-
vbr mode
-5 constant bitrate file at the lowest allowable
0 raises average bitrate by about 5%
5 raises average bitrate by about 20%
10 raises average bitrate by about 50%
15 raises average bitrate by about 75%
- -f
-
fast mode (turns off psy model).
- -q num,
-
quick mode. only calculate psy model every num frames.
- -d emp,
-
de-emphasis n/5/c (default is n).
- -c
-
mark as copyright.
- -o
-
mark as original.
- -e
-
add error protection.
- -r
-
force padding bit/frame off.
LIMITATIONS
The input file must have 16 bits per sample.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
toolame was written by Michael Cheng <[email protected]>.
This manual page was written by Brian Ristuccia <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others under the same license as toolame itself).