NAME

       faac - open source MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 AAC encoder

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)

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 <menno@audiocoding.com>.

       This manpage was written by Fabian Greffrath <fabian@debian-unofficial.org> for the Debian
       Unofficial project (but may be used by others, of course).