-<h2>Export Format Profiles</h2>
+<figure class="right">
+ <img src="/images/edit-export-format-profile.png" alt="The 'Edit Export Format Profile' dialog">
+ <figcaption>
+ The 'Edit Export Format Profile' dialog
+ </figcaption>
+</figure>
<p>
An Export Format Profile specifies the file format in which Ardour will export
audio files, and also other audio file export options.
</p>
-
<p>
Export Format Profiles are edited via the <kbd class="menu">Edit Export Format
Profile</kbd> dialog.
</p>
-<figure class="right">
- <img src="/images/edit-export-format-profile.png" alt="The 'Edit Export Format Profile' dialog">
- <figcaption>
- The 'Edit Export Format Profile' dialog
- </figcaption>
-</figure>
+<h2>Label</h2>
+<p>
+ The <kbd class="menu">Label</kbd> 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 <a href="@@export-dialog">Export dialog</a>.
+</p>
-<h3>Normalize</h3>
+<h2>Pre Process</h2>
<p>
If enabled, levels of exported files will be normalized to the level chosen here.
The normalization can be either:
<ul>
<li>Peak, which adjusts the gain to bring the highest signal peak to the
- chosen level (in <acronym title="decibels relative to full scale">dBFS</acronym>),</li>
+ chosen level (in <acronym title="decibels relative to full scale">dBFS</acronym>),
+ </li>
<li>Loudness, which adjusts the gain to bring the average amplitude to the
chosen level (in <acronym title="loudness units relative to full scale">LUFS</acronym>),
without exceeding the chosen true-peak value (in
<acronym title="decibels true peak">dBTP</acronym>).
EBU R128 is only available for mono or stereo sounds while true-peak works
- for any channel layout.</li>
+ for any channel layout.
+ </li>
</ul>
<h3>Trim silence at start/end</h3>
<p>
- These checkboxes allow to remove any part Ardour considers silent (0dB),
+ These checkboxes allow to remove any part Ardour considers silent (< −90dB),
at the beginning or/and end of each exported track.
</p>
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.
+</p>
-<h3>Compatibility/Quality/File format/Sample rate</h3>
+<h2>Watermark</h2>
+<p>
+ This section adds watermarks to the exported audio (e.g. for limited/demo
+ distribution), by overwriting part of the audio with white noise in the
+ exported file.
+</p>
+<p>
+ Both the <dfn>Mode</dfn> (how often and how long) and <dfn>Noise Level</dfn>
+ (how loud) can be set.
+</p>
+
+<h2>Format</h2>
-<h4>Compatibility</h4>
+<h3>Compatibility</h3>
<p>
Selecting an item in the 'Compatibility' emphasizes the settings in the other
columns that are compatible with the selected standard, by turning incompatible
compatibility column checkbox disappears.
</p>
-<h4>Quality</h4>
+<h3>Quality</h3>
<p>
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.
</p>
-<h4>File format</h4>
+<h3>File format</h3>
<p>
This column contains a list of Ardour's supported export file types. Selecting
one updates the options underneath it.
binary.
</p>
-<h4>Sample rate</h4>
+<h3>Sample rate</h3>
<p>
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.
</p>
-<h4>Sample rate conversion quality</h4>
+<h2>Encoding</h2>
+<p>
+ Options relevant to the chosen file format will appear just to the right of the
+ Compatibility/Quality/File format/Sample rate table.
+</p>
+
+<h3>Sample rate conversion quality</h3>
<p>
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.
</p>
-<h3>Format Options</h3>
+<h2>Metadata</h2>
<p>
- Options relevant to the chosen file format will appear just under the
- Compatibility/Quality/File format/Sample rate table.
+ These options are presented whatever the chosen format is:
</p>
-<h4>Tag with session's metadata</h4>
+<h3>Tag file with session's metadata</h3>
<p>
If the exported file format supports metadata (e.g. FLAC, Ogg Vorbis), use data
entered in the <a href="@@metadata">Session Metadata</a> window to tag the
exported files.
</p>
-<h4>Sample Format and Dithering</h4>
-<p>
- The <kbd class="menu">Sample Format</kbd> 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.
-</p>
-<p>
- 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 <kbd class="menu">Dithering</kbd>
- column.
-</p>
-
-<h3>Options</h3>
-<p>
- These options are presented whatever the chosen format is:
-</p>
-
-<h4>Create CUE/TOC/chapter mark file</h4>
+<h3>Create CUE/TOC/chapter mark file</h3>
<p>
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
Those files can then be used to either burn a CD or DVD, or to create "chapters"
inside a compatible mp4 video container.
-<h3>Label</h3>
-<p>
- The <kbd class="menu">Label</kbd> 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 <a href="@@export-dialog">Export dialog</a>.
-</p>
-
-<h3>Command to run post-export</h3>
+<h2>Post Export</h2>
<p>
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
<p>
Certain sequences are allowed here to stand for the exported file name and
various parameters. Currently these are:
-<table class="dl">
-<tr><th><code>%f</code></th>
-<td>Full path and filename of the exported audio file</td></tr>
-<tr><th><code>%d</code></th>
-<td>Directory containing the exported audio file (including trailing directory separator)</td></tr>
-<tr><th><code>%b</code></th>
-<td>Basename of the exported audio file (without extension)</td></tr>
-<tr><th><code>%s</code></th>
-<td>Path to the current session file</td></tr>
-<tr><th><code>%n</code></th>
-<td>Name of the current session file</td></tr>
-<tr><th><code>%%</code></th>
-<td>A literal percent sign</td></tr>
-</table>
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><dfn>%a</dfn>: Artist name</li>
+ <li><dfn>%b</dfn>: File's base-name</li>
+ <li><dfn>%c</dfn>: Copyright</li>
+ <li><dfn>%d</dfn>: File's directory</li>
+ <li><dfn>%f</dfn>: File's full absolute path</li>
+ <li><dfn>%l</dfn>: Lyricist</li>
+ <li><dfn>%n</dfn>: Session name</li>
+ <li><dfn>%o</dfn>: Conductor</li>
+ <li><dfn>%t</dfn>: Title</li>
+ <li><dfn>%z</dfn>: Organization</li>
+ <li><dfn>%A</dfn>: Album</li>
+ <li><dfn>%C</dfn>: Comment</li>
+ <li><dfn>%E</dfn>: Engineer</li>
+ <li><dfn>%G</dfn>: Genre</li>
+ <li><dfn>%L</dfn>: Total track count</li>
+ <li><dfn>%M</dfn>: Mixer</li>
+ <li><dfn>%N</dfn>: Timespan name</li>
+ <li><dfn>%O</dfn>: Composer</li>
+ <li><dfn>%P</dfn>: Producer</li>
+ <li><dfn>%S</dfn>: Disc subtitle</li>
+ <li><dfn>%T</dfn>: Track number</li>
+ <li><dfn>%Y</dfn>: Year</li>
+ <li><dfn>%Z</dfn>: Country</li>
+</ul>
<p>
Any part of the command-line enclosed in double-quotes (") will be used as-is.
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