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Updated the export and export format profiles dialogs

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</p>
<ul>
<li>BWAV 32float</li>
<li>CD (Red Book)</li>
<li>DVD-A</li>
<li>FLAC 24 bit </li>
<li>FLAC 24 bit (tagged)</li>
<li>Ogg/Vorbis</li>
<li>Ogg/Vorbis (tagged)</li>
<li>Ring Tone</li>
<li>Amazon Music</li>
<li>Apple Music</li>
<li>BWAV 24bit</li>
<li>BWAV 32float</li>
<li>CD (Red Book)</li>
<li>FLAC 24 bit </li>
<li>MP3 (extreme)</li>
<li>MP3 (medium)</li>
<li>MP3 (standard)</li>
<li>Ogg/Vorbis</li>
<li>Ring Tone</li>
<li>Soundcloud and Spotify</li>
<li>Wav (Tagged)</li>
<li>YouTube and Deezer</li>
</ul>
<p>
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</p>
<ul>
<li>CD + DVD-A</li>
<li>CD + FLAC</li>
<li>CD + FLAC (tagged)</li>
<li>CD + Ogg/Vorbis + FLAC (tagged)</li>
<li>CD + Ogg/Vorbis</li>
<li>CD + Ogg/Vorbis (tagged)</li>
<li>CD + Ogg/Vorbis + FLAC</li>
<li>CD only</li>
<li>DVD-A only</li>
<li>FLAC</li>
<li>FLAC (tagged)</li>
<li>Ogg/Vorbis</li>
<li>Ogg/Vorbis + FLAC</li>
<li>Ogg/Vorbis + FLAC (tagged)</li>
<li>Ogg/Vorbis </li>
<li>Ogg/Vorbis (tagged)</li>
<li>Streaming</li>
</ul>
<h2>The location</h2>

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<h2>Export Format Profiles</h2>
<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>
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</figcaption>
</figure>
<h3>Normalize</h3>
<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>
<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>
<h2>Pre Process</h2>
<p>
If enabled, levels of exported files will be normalized to the level chosen here.
The normalization can be either:
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<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 (&lt; &minus;90dB),
at the beginning or/and end of each exported track.
</p>
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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>
<h4>Compatibility</h4>
<h2>Format</h2>
<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
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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.
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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
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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
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<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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