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qmp3join joins mp3 files
‘qmp3join option… file1 file2…’
qmp3join reads a list of mp3 files and joins them in one mp3 file in the specified order. some conditions must be met for the parameters of each of the files (see the notes subsection below).
force join bypassing bit rate checks. by default, to join two files they must be both vbr (have variable bit rate) or have the same bit rate. using this option you can skip this check.
show a brief help and exit.
outfile is the name of the file where all the frames will be copied. if this option is not used, the frames from the second to the last file of the list will be appended to file1.
show which operations are done.
show version and exit.
both mp3 must have the same bit rate or (both) must have a variable bit rate. this restriction can be by-passed with the --force flag.
before joining, all the streams are tested for validity. this is a time consuming operation. if the streams are not found clean, the join operation is aborted, so if you want to join dirty streams or simply qmp3join detects a clean stream as dirty, please report this as a bug and/or use cat.
due to the mp3 file format characteristics, qmp3join can be viewed like a better but restrictive cat for mp3 files.
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