lmadl(1)							      version 1.0


NAME
       lmadl - automatically download shows from the live music archive

SYNOPSIS
       lmadl showindex [ options ]

DESCRIPTION
       lmadl  is  a  script  which automates the downloading of shows from the
       live music archive (archive.org/audio).

       lmadl has 1 required argument which is the 5 digit index number of  the
       show  to  download.  This  index  number  is taken from the URL for the
       "Details and Downloads" page for a particular show.

       For example for	the  URL  "http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-
       db.php?id=12278" the argument would be 12278.

       When  shn2make  is  present  on	the system, after downloading lossless
       files (shn and flac), lmadl will automatically call shn2make to prepare
       the files for processing.


OPTIONS
       --help -h

       --version -v
	      show version identification

       --xshn2make -x
	      do not run shn2make on downloaded lossless files.


USAGE
       When  you  specify a valid show index, lmadl will display show informa-
       tion, the song names and a list of available formats.

       Choose a format and lmadl will begin downloading the files.

       You can also choose nothing, or enter "q", in  which  case  lmadl  will
       exit.


       When  you choose a lossless format (shn or flac) lmadl will also create
       it's own text file  named  _LMA.txt  which  is  formatted
       specifically  to  use  with shn2make and shn2make (V2.12 or later) will
       automatically choose that file in preference to	others.   This	elimi-
       nates  the  need to ever edit the official .txt/.nfo files to make them
       work with shn2make.


PLATFORMS
	 lmadl is supported on Linux, most any UNIX, or on Windoze  using  the
       Cygwin enviornment.


DEPENDENCIES
	 lmadl requires:
	   perl 5 with the modules GetOpts::Long  and LWP::Simple
	   gnu wget (available from www.gnu.org)


RECOMMENDED
	 shn2make is good to use with lmadl


SEE ALSO
       perl(1), shn2make(1), wget(1)

LICENSE
       lmadl is free software licensed under the GNU-GPL. See the file COPYING
       for details.

AUTHOR
       lmadl was written by Cliff Johnson 




version 1.00			  16 Jul 2005			      lmadl(1)