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.TH "ecasoundrc" "5" "22\&.03\&.2009" "" "Multimedia software"
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ecasoundrc \- ecasound rcfile
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{prefix}/share/ecasound/ecasoundrc (for instance \&'/usr/local/share/ecasound/ecasoundrc\&')
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$HOME/\&.ecasound/ecasoundrc
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\fBecasoundrc\fP is the main configuration file for ecasound\&.
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Any user-specific modification should be done to
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$HOME/\&.ecasound/ecasoundrc, not to the global resource file\&. Ecasound
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also allows to disable the normal policy and only read from a specific
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resource file (see ecasound (1) and documentation for the \fB-R\fP option)\&.
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The format is quite simple\&. One line consists of
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a configuration variable and its value\&. Variable and value
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are separated with either \&'=\&' or \&' \&'\&. Lines beginning with a
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"#" are ignored (comment lines)\&.
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MIDI-device\&. If the device name is given in \fIrawmidi,/dev/midi*\fP
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format, OSS/Linux or OSS/Lite drivers are used\&.
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Device \fIrawmidi,/dev/snd/midiCxDy\fP opens an ALSA raw-MIDI
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device with card number \&'x\&' and device number \&'y\&'\&.
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See ecasound (1) man page (the \&'-Md option) for more info\&.
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Defaults to \fIrawmidi,/dev/midi\fP\&.
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Output device to use by default\&. If a chainsetup with zero
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outputs, but with one or more inputs, is connected, a default output
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is added and all the chains are connected to it\&. If the special-case
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value \&'autodetect\&' is specified, ecasound will try to auto-detect
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a suitable device (JACK -> ALSA -> OSS -> rtnull)\&.
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Defaults to \fIautodetect\fP\&.
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.IP "default-audio-format"
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Default values for sample format, channel count, sampling rate
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and channel interleaving\&. Syntax is the same as used by
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ecasound\&'s \fI-f\fP option (see ecasound (1))\&.
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Defaults to \fIs16_le,2,44100,i\fP\&.
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.IP "default-to-precise-sample-rates"
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Whether to ignore sample rate differences (and possibly avoid
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resampling)\&. Currently only affects OSS-devices\&. Defaults to \fIfalse\fP\&.
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.IP "default-mix-mode"
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If \fIdefault-mix-mode\fP is \fIsum\fP, engine will mix multiple channels into
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one output channel by summing all input channels\&. In mode \fIavg\fP,
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mixing is done by taking the average of all input channels\&. The
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\fIavg\fP mode is safe from clipping, while \fIsum\fP is closer
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to the way analog mixers work\&. Defaults to \fIavg\fP\&.
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.IP "bmode-defaults-nonrt"
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Selects the default parameters to use with buffering
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mode \&'nonrt\&' (other modes are \&'rt\&' and \&'rtlowlatency)\&.
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Parameters are given as a comma-separated tuple of values:
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1) buffersize (number,-b), 2) raised priority (true/false,-r),
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3) sched_priority (number,-r:X), 4) double buffering
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(true/false,-z:db), 5) db-bufsize (number,-z:db,X), and
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6) max intbuf (true/false,-z:intbuf)\&. Defaults to
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\fI1024,false,50,false,100000,true\fP\&.
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.IP "bmode-defaults-rt"
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See \&'bmode-defaults-nonrt\&'\&. Defaults to
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\fI1024,true,50,true,100000,true\fP\&.
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.IP "bmode-defaults-rtlowlatency"
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See \&'bmode-defaults-nonrt\&'\&. Defaults to
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\fI256,true,50,true,100000,false\fP\&.
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.IP "resource-directory"
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Directory for global ecasound configuration files\&.
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Defaults to \fI{prefix-dir}/share/ecasound\fP\&.
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Note! User-specific resource files can be be stored
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to \&'$(HOME)/\&.ecasound/\&'\&. For instance you can
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add your own presets definitions to
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\&'$(HOME)/\&.ecasound/effect_presets\&'\&.
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.IP "resource-file-genosc-envelopes"
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Configuration file for generic oscillators\&. Is located in the
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resource directory\&. Defaults to \fIgeneric_oscillators\fP\&.
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.IP "resource-file-effect-presets"
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Configuration file for effect presets\&. Is located in the
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resource directory\&. Defaults to \fIeffect_presets\fP\&.
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.IP "ladspa-plugin-directory"
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Directory containing LADSPA effect plugins\&. Defaults to \fI{prefix-dir}/lib/ladspa\fP\&.
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If environment variable \fILADSPA_PATH\fP exists, directories
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specified in it are automatically searched for plugins\&.
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Note! To match the syntax of the \fILADSPA_PATH\fP environment
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variable, \&'ladspa-plugin-directory\&' can contain multiple
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directories, separated by \&':\&' characters\&.
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.IP "ext-cmd-text-editor"
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If \fIext-cmd-text-editor-use-getenv\fP is \fIfalse\fP or "EDITOR"
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is null, value of this field is used\&.
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.IP "ext-cmd-text-editor-use-getenv"
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Should ecasound try to query environment variable "EDITOR"\&.
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Defaults to \fItrue\fP\&.
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.IP "ext-cmd-mp3-input"
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Command for starting mp3 input\&. Ecasound expects to read signed,
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16bit, little-endian stereo audio samples from its standard
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input\&. Ecsound will query other audio format parameters by parsing
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the mp3 file header\&. Before execution, %f is replaced with
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path to the input mp3\&. If exists, "%o" is replaced with he
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start offset in mp3 frames\&. Double-quotes and backslash-espacing
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can be used to include white-space to individual parameters\&.
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By default, \fImpg123\fP is launched\&.
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.IP "ext-cmd-mp3-output"
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Command for starting mp3 output\&. Ecasound will write stereo,
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signed, 16bit, little-endian samples to standard output\&. Sample
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rate is configurable\&. Before execution, %f is replaced with
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path to the output mp3, %S with sample rate in kHz, and
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%B with encoding bitrate in kbps\&. Double-quotes and
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backslash-espacing can be used to include white-space to
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individual parameters\&. By default Ecasound will try to
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launch \fIlame\fP\&. As a special exception (added to Ecasound
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2\&.7\&.0), if the output program is "lame" and options
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include "--big-endian", Ecasound will detect this and output
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big-endian samples\&.
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.IP "ext-cmd-ogg-input"
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Command for starting Ogg Vorbis input\&. Ecasound expects that audio samples
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are written to standard output\&. It should be noted that
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Ecasound is not able to query the audio format parameters from
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ogg files, so these need to be set manually by the user\&.
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Before execution, %f is replaced with path to the input ogg\&.
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Double-quotes and backslash-espacing can be used to include white-space
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to individual parameters\&. By default Ecasound will try to
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.IP "ext-cmd-ogg-output"
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Command for starting Ogg Vorbis output\&. Ecasound will write
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samples in little-endian format to standard output\&. Other
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audio parameters are configurable\&. Before execution, %f is
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replaced with path to the output ogg, %c, %s and %b with matching audio
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format parameters, and %B with encoding bitrate in kbps\&.
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Double-quotes and backslash-espacing can be used to include white-space to
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individual parameters\&. By default Ecasound will try to
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Command for starting mikmod input\&. Ecasound expects that
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signed, 16bit, stereo audio samples are written to standard
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output\&. Before execution, %f is replaced with
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file path, and %s with selected sample rate\&. Double-quotes
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and backslash-espacing can be used to include white-space to
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individual parameters\&. By default Ecasound will try to launch
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.IP "ext-cmd-timidity"
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Command for starting timidity++ input\&. Ecasound expects that
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signed, 16bit, stereo audio samples are written to standard
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output\&. Before execution, %f is replaced with file path, and
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%s with sample rate\&. Double-quotes and backslash-espacing can
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be used to include white-space to individual parameters\&.
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By default Ecasound will try to launch \fItimidity\fP\&.
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.IP "ext-cmd-flac-input"
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Command for starting FLAC input\&. Ecasound expects that audio samples
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are written to standard output\&. It should be noted that
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Ecasound is not able to query the audio format parameters from
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FLAC files, so these need to be set manually by the user\&.
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Before execution, %f is replaced with path to the input FLAC
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file\&. Double-quotes and backslash-espacing can be used to include
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white-space to individual parameters\&. By default Ecasound will
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try to launch (flac)\&.
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.IP "ext-cmd-flac-output"
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Command for starting FLAC output\&. Ecasound will write
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samples to standard output\&. All audio parameters are
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configurable\&. Before execution, %f is replaced with path to
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the output flac, %c, %b and %s with matching audio
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format parameters, %I with either \&'signed\&' or \&'unsigned\&', and
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%E with either \&'little\&' or \&'big\&'\&. Double-quotes and backslash-espacing
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can be used to include white-space to individual parameters\&. By default
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Ecasound will try to launch (flac)\&.
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.IP "ext-cmd-aac-input"
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Command for starting AAC input\&. Ecasound expects that signed,
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16bit, stereo, big-endian audio samplesare written to standard
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output\&. It should be noted that Ecasound is not able to query
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the input sample rate, so this needs to be set manually by the user\&.
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Before execution, %f is replaced with path to the input AAC
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file\&. Note! FAAC must be compiled with MP4 support\&. Double-quotes
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and backslash-espacing can be used to include white-space to
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individual parameters\&. By default Ecasound will try to
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.IP "ext-cmd-aac-output"
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Command for starting AAC output\&. Ecasound will write big-endian
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audio samples to standard output\&. All other audio parameters are
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configurable\&. Before execution, %f is replaced with path to
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the output AAC file, %c, %b and %s with matching audio format
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parameters\&. Note! FAAC must be compiled with MP4 support\&. Double-quotes
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and backslash-espacing can be used to include white-space to
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individual parameters\&. By default Ecasound will try to launch
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.IP "ext-cmd-wave-editor"
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ecasound (1), ecatools (1), ecasound-iam (1)
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Kai Vehmanen, <kvehmanen -at- eca -dot- cx <kvehmanen -at- eca -dot- cx>>
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