nano ~/.abcde.conf

# -----------------$HOME/.abcde.conf----------------- #
#
#  A sample configuration file to convert music cds to 
#  MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Musepack, AAC, WavPack, Opus,
#  Monkey's Audio (ape), True Audio, AC3 and mp2, 11 formats
#  at the same time! Using abcde version 2.7.2 release version.
#
#   http://andrews-corner.org/linux/abcde/index.html
# -------------------------------------------------- #

# Encode tracks immediately after reading. Saves disk space, gives
# better reading of 'scratchy' disks and better troubleshooting of
# encoding process but slows the operation of abcde quite a bit:
LOWDISK=y

# Specify the method to use to retrieve the track information,
# the alternative is to specify 'musicbrainz':
CDDBMETHOD=cddb

# Make a local cache of cddb entries and then volunteer to use 
# these entries when and if they match the cd:
CDDBCOPYLOCAL="y"
CDDBLOCALDIR="$HOME/.cddb"
CDDBLOCALRECURSIVE="y"
CDDBUSELOCAL="y"

# OGGENCODERSYNTAX=oggenc                   # Specify encoder for Ogg Vorbis
MP3ENCODERSYNTAX=lame                     # Specify encoder for MP3
FLACENCODERSYNTAX=flac                    # Specify encoder for FLAC
# MPCENCODERSYNTAX=mpcenc                   # Specify encoder for Musepack
# AACENCODERSYNTAX=fdkaac                   # Specify encoder for AAC
# OPUSENCODERSYNTAX=opusenc                 # Specify encoder for Opus
# WVENCODERSYNTAX=wavpack                   # Specify encoder for Wavpack
# APENCODERSYNTAX=mac                       # Specify encoder for Monkey's Audio
# TTAENCODERSYNTAX=tta                      # Specify encoder for True Audio
# MP2ENCODERSYNTAX=twolame                  # Specify encoder for MP2
# MKAENCODERSYNTAX=ffmpeg                   # Specify encoder for MKA (AC3 via FFmpeg)

# OGGENC=oggenc                             # Path to Ogg Vorbis encoder
LAME=lame                                 # Path to MP3 encoder
FLAC=flac                                 # Path to FLAC encoder
# MPCENC=mpcenc                             # Path to Musepack encoder
# FDKAAC=fdkaac                             # Path to the AAC encoder
# OPUSENC=opusenc                           # Path to Opus encoder
# WVENC=wavpack                             # Path to WavPack encoder
# APENC=mac                                 # Path to Monkey's Audio encoder
# TTA=tta                                   # Path to True Audio encoder
# TWOLAME=twolame                           # Path to MP2 encoder
# FFMPEG=ffmpeg                             # Path to FFmpeg (AC3 via FFmpeg)

# OGGENCOPTS='-q 6'                         # Options for Ogg Vorbis
LAMEOPTS='-V 2'                           # Options for MP3 
FLACOPTS='-s -e -V -8'                    # Options for FLAC
# MPCENCOPTS='--extreme'                    # Options for Musepack
# FDKAACENCOPTS='-p 2 -m 5 -a 1'            # Options for fdkaac
# OPUSENCOPTS="--vbr --bitrate 128"         # Options for Opus
# WVENCOPTS="-hx3"                          # Options for WavPack
# APENCOPTS="-c4000"                        # Options for Monkey's Audio
# TTAENCOPTS=""                             # Options for True Audio
# TWOLAMENCOPTS="--bitrate 320"             # Options for MP2
# FFMPEGENCOPTS="-c:a ac3 -b:a 448k"        # Options for MKA (AC3 via FFmpeg)

# OUTPUTTYPE="ogg,mp3,flac,mpc,m4a,opus,wv,ape,tta,mp2,mka"  # Encode to 11 formats!
OUTPUTTYPE="mp3,flac"  # Encode to 11 formats!

# The cd ripping program to use. There are a few choices here: cdda2wav,
# dagrab, cddafs (Mac OS X only) and flac. New to abcde 2.7 is 'libcdio'.
CDROMREADERSYNTAX=cdparanoia            
                                     
# Give the location of the ripping program and pass any extra options,
# if using libcdio set 'CD_PARANOIA=cd-paranoia'.
CDPARANOIA=cdparanoia  
CDPARANOIAOPTS="--never-skip=40"

# Give the location of the CD identification program:       
CDDISCID=cd-discid           
                               
# Give the base location here for the encoded music files.
OUTPUTDIR="$HOME/Music"               

# The default actions that abcde will take.
ACTIONS=cddb,playlist,read,encode,tag,move,clean

# Decide here how you want the tracks labelled for a standard 'single-artist',
# multi-track encode and also for a multi-track, 'various-artist' encode:
OUTPUTFORMAT='${OUTPUT}/${ARTISTFILE}-${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACKNUM}.${TRACKFILE}'
VAOUTPUTFORMAT='${OUTPUT}/Various-${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACKNUM}.${ARTISTFILE}-${TRACKFILE}'

# Decide here how you want the tracks labelled for a standard 'single-artist',
# single-track encode and also for a single-track 'various-artist' encode.
# (Create a single-track encode with 'abcde -1' from the commandline.)
ONETRACKOUTPUTFORMAT='${OUTPUT}/${ARTISTFILE}-${ALBUMFILE}/${ALBUMFILE}'
VAONETRACKOUTPUTFORMAT='${OUTPUT}/Various-${ALBUMFILE}/${ALBUMFILE}'

# Create playlists for single and various-artist encodes. I would suggest
# commenting these out for single-track encoding.
PLAYLISTFORMAT='${OUTPUT}/${ARTISTFILE}-${ALBUMFILE}/${ALBUMFILE}.m3u'
VAPLAYLISTFORMAT='${OUTPUT}/Various-${ALBUMFILE}/${ALBUMFILE}.m3u'

# This function takes out dots preceding the album name, and removes a grab
# bag of illegal characters. It allows spaces, if you do not wish spaces add
# in -e 's/ /_/g' after the first sed command.
mungefilename ()
{
  echo "$@" | sed -e 's/^\.*//' | tr -d ":><|*/\"'?[:cntrl:]"
}

MAXPROCS=2                                # Run a few encoders simultaneously
PADTRACKS=y                               # Makes tracks 01 02 not 1 2
EXTRAVERBOSE=2                            # Useful for debugging
COMMENT='abcde version 2.7.2'             # Place a comment...
EJECTCD=y                                 # Please eject cd when finished :-)