add ability to configure external executable options

[RecursiveForest]

whipper currently lacks the ability to adjust common options for underlying commands such as cd-paranoia read speed or flac encoding level. A way to specify arbitrary flags to the encoder, ripper, etc, should be provided in the configuration file, like EAC.

I think this is a natural time to add the ability to specify the exact path of commands like cd-paranoia or flac without the user having to edit their $PATH with each command, and to set the defaults to full paths such as /usr/bin/cd-paranoia.

[JoeLametta]

From the closed Pull Request #225:

I hadn't thought of it, but per-drive options are totally in the scope of #244. Should be very easy to implement.

[xmixahlx]

unsure why replaygain isn't in the scope of whipper (?) redirected here.

then... allowing processing of the output directory would be welcome to fix chmod permissions (600) and add replaygain (metaflac --preserve-modtime --add-replay-gain *.flac). needing to do so manually with each rip is somewhat annoying. i can't be the only one doing this...

[JoeLametta]

unsure why replaygain isn't in the scope of whipper (?) redirected here.

Well, whipper is just a ripper (not a tagging tool, etc.).

allowing processing of the output directory would be welcome to fix chmod permissions (600)

Could you provide more details about the quoted issue? It seems there's no trace of it in whipper's issue tracker...

Cheers,
JoeLametta

[tlc]

They're probably referring to #284.