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faac(1)


NAME

   faac - open source MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 AAC encoder

SYNOPSIS

   faac [options] [-o outfile] infiles ...

   <infiles> and/or <outfile> can be "-", which means stdin/stdout.

DESCRIPTION

   FAAC  is  an  open source MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 AAC encoder, it is licensed
   under the LGPL license.  Note that the quality of FAAC is not up to par
   with the currently best AAC encoders available.

FEATURES

   * Portable

   * Reasonably fast

   * LC, Main, LTP support

   * DRM support through DreaM (optional)

OPTIONS

   -q <quality>
          Set  default variable bitrate (VBR) quantizer quality in percent
          (default: 100).

   -b <bitrate>
          Set average bitrate (ABR, lower quality mode)  to  approximately
          bitrate kbps.

   -c <freq>
          Set the bandwidth in Hz (default: automatic).

   -o X   Set output file to X (only for one input file).

   -r     Use RAW AAC output file.

   -P     Raw PCM input mode (default: 44100Hz 16bit stereo).

   -R     Raw PCM input rate.

   -B     Raw PCM input sample size (8, 16 [default], 24 or 32bits).

   -C     Raw PCM input channels.

   -X     Raw PCM swap input bytes

   -I <C,LF>
          Input  channel config (default: 3,4 [which means Center is third
          and LFE is fourth]).

MP4-SPECIFIC OPTIONS (if built with MP4V2)

   -w     Wrap AAC data in MP4 container (default for *.mp4 and *.m4a).

   -s     Optimize MP4 container layout after encoding.

   --artist X
          Set artist to X

   --writer X
          Set writer to X

   --title X
          Set title to X

   --genre X
          Set genre to X

   --album X
          Set album to X

   --compilation
          Set compilation

   --track X
          Set track to X (number/total)

   --disc X
          Set disc to X (number/total)

   --year X
          Set year to X

   --cover-art X
          Read cover art from file X

   --comment X
          Set comment to X

DOCUMENTATION

   --help for short help on using FAAC.

   --long-help
          for a description of all options for FAAC.

   --license
          for the license terms for FAAC.

AUTHORS

   FAAC was written by M. Bakker <menno@audiocoding.com>.

   This     manpage     was     written      by      Fabian      Greffrath
   <fabian@debian-unofficial.org>  for  the Debian Unofficial project (but
   may be used by others, of course).



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