+ -An Export Format Profile specifies the file format in which Ardour will export -audio files, and also other audio file export options. + An Export Format Profile specifies the file format in which Ardour will export + audio files, and also other audio file export options.
-Export Format Profiles are edited via the 'Edit Export Format Profile' dialog. + Export Format Profiles are edited via the Edit Export Format + Profile dialog.
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-If enabled, peak levels of exported files will be normalized to the level chosen here. + If enabled, levels of exported files will be normalized to the level chosen here. + The normalization can be either:
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+ These checkboxes allow to remove any part Ardour considers silent (0dB), + at the beginning or/and end of each exported track.
++ These checkboxes allow to add silence at the beginning or/and end of each + exported track. The duration of the added silence can be manually fixed in the + adjacent 'timer' input fields. +
-Selecting an item in the 'Compatibility' column will display options in the -other columns that are incompatible with that item in red. + Selecting an item in the 'Compatibility' emphasizes the settings in the other + columns that are compatible with the selected standard, by turning incompatible + options red. When an incompatible quality/format/sample rate is selected, the + compatibility column checkbox disappears.
-The appropriate item in the 'Quality' column will be highlighted when you -choose a file format. Clicking on items in the 'Quality' column currently -doesn't seem to do anything useful. + The appropriate item in the 'Quality' column will be highlighted when a file format + is chosen. At the moment, selecting a Quality setting does not show the + compatible File formats.
-This column contains a list of Ardour's supported export file types. Click on -the format you want to use. + This column contains a list of Ardour's supported export file types. Selecting + one updates the options underneath it. +
++ Note: For mp3 export ardour relies on ffmpeg to encode the file. This comes bundled + with the video-tools (and is always available when you install the official Ardour + binary.
-You can explicitly choose the sample rate of your exported files here, or -choose 'Session rate' to export in the current session's sample rate, without -sample rate conversion. + A specific sample rate can be chosen for the exported files, or the current session's + sample rate (by choosing 'Session rate'), without sample rate conversion.
-If your chosen sample rate does not match the current session's sample rate, -choose the sample rate conversion quality here. Better quality options are -slower. + In case the chosen sample rate does not match the current session's sample rate, + the sample rate conversion quality can be chosen here. Better quality options are + slower.
--Options relevant to the chosen file format will appear here. -Categories of audio file format are: -
-Available options include a selection of the following:
+ Options relevant to the chosen file format will appear just under the + Compatibility/Quality/File format/Sample rate table. + --Choose the bit depth of exported files. + If the exported file format supports metadata (e.g. FLAC, Ogg Vorbis), use data + entered in the Session Metadata window to tag the + exported files.
--If the exported files bit depth is less than Ardour's native bit depth, -choose the dithering algorithm to use. + The Sample Format is the bit depth of exported files, + i.e. the numbers of values a sample can have. Increasing the sample format + results in a better defined audio file at the cost of increasing the file size.
- --As well as exporting an audio file, create a file (in CUE or TOC format -respectively) containing CD track information, as defined in the -Ranges & Marks List. - + If the exported files bit depth is less than Ardour's native bit depth + (32 bits floating point by default), the dithering algorithm, that chooses how + to compute the conversion can be chosen in the Dithering + column. +
--If the exported file format supports metadata, use data entered in the -Session Metadata -window to tag the exported files. + These options are presented whatever the chosen format is:
++ As well as exporting an audio file, Ardour can create a file (in CUE, TOC or MP4ch format + respectively) containing CD track information, as defined in the + Ranges & Marks List. + Those files can then be used to either burn a CD or DVD, or to create "chapters" + inside a compatible mp4 video container.
-The 'Label' field lets you choose the name which will be shown for this format -in the drop-down list of export formats in the 'File Formats' tab of the -Export dialog. + The Label field allows to choose the name which will be + shown for this format in the drop-down list of export formats in the + 'File Formats' tab of the Export dialog. +
-If this is not blank, it is considered as a command to be run after the export -of each file. Either the command must exist in $PATH, or you can specify an -absolute path to an executable file here. + If this is not blank, it is considered as a command to be run after the export + of each file. Either the command must exist in $PATH, or an absolute path to + an executable file can be specified here.
-Certain sequences are allowed here to stand for the exported file name and the -like. Currently these are: + Certain sequences are allowed here to stand for the exported file name and + various parameters. Currently these are:
%f |
Full path and filename of the exported audio file |
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%% |
A literal percent sign |
-Any part of the command-line enclosed in double-quotes (") will be used as-is. + Any part of the command-line enclosed in double-quotes (") will be used as-is. +
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+ For example, exporting an mp3 file can be done by inserting lame -b320 %f
+ which will convert the exported audio file ('%f') to a 320 kbs mp3 using the lame encoder
+ (provided lame is installed first on the system).
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