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)
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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 <[email protected]>.This manpage was written by Fabian Greffrath <[email protected]> for the Debian Unofficial project (but may be used by others, of course).