How To Install vbrfix on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vbrfix on Debian 12.
What is vbrfix
vbrfix is:
In an average song there are points that require high quality and points that require low quality (i.e. silence).
Instead of having the whole file at, say, 160kbps CBR (Constant Bit Rate), we can use VBR (Variable Bit Rate). This allows us to have use low bitrates at points that does not require high quality (were a higher bitrate would not affect the sound heard) and high bitrates when needed. The result is usually a smaller MP3 file, with higher quality.
Unfortunately, the many MP3 decoders estimate the time of a MP3 file based on the first bitrate they find and the filesize. This means that the “prediction” used by such decoders is wildly wrong with VBR encoded files and, as a result, you can get fairly random times for such songs.
As most songs start with silence you usually get the song length being shown as much longer than it should be. Also when you jump through a file encoded in VBR, 50% through the file is usually not 50% through the song.
A VBR null frame is placed at the beginning of the file to tell the MP3 player information about the song length and indexing through the song.
The problem arises because some poor encoders don’t produce this null frame or do so incorrectly and this is what vbrfix attempts to fix.
Vbrfix can also fix other problems with MP3s as it deletes all non-MP3 content (you can keep tags that you state, though). It can also help when merging two VBR MP3s together with a merging tool and then needing a newly calculated VBR null frame.
There are three methods to install vbrfix on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vbrfix Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vbrfix using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vbrfix
Install vbrfix Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vbrfix using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vbrfix
Install vbrfix Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install vbrfix using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vbrfix
How To Uninstall vbrfix on Debian 12
To uninstall only the vbrfix package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vbrfix
Uninstall vbrfix And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vbrfix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vbrfix
Remove vbrfix Configurations and Data
To remove vbrfix configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vbrfix
Remove vbrfix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vbrfix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vbrfix
Dependencies
vbrfix have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vbrfix package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
