> I've got this question: Is there a program to read a > cd & store songs or whatever as a MP3 format ?
You just mean ripping CD's and storing the music on your hard disk, don't you? > And if there's a program available, what are good > settings to keep enough quality while the MP3s won't > become too big (there's a prog I know on windows but > it generates extremely big mp3's or there's little > quality) You might want to consider Ogg Vorbis, smaller filesizes compared with mp3's of equivalent quality, better quality on lower bitrates. And, not to forget, open source (as opposed to mp3...). Try the excellent teamwork of cdparanoia (the ripping-part) and oggenc (encoding the ripped songs to .ogg-files). To my opinion, a graphical front-end (such as grip) makes things easier (I most of the time don't feel like reading man-pages to learn a hundred switches by heart), but the named tools (cdparanoia, oggenc) are command line. Good luck, Tom -- "Was soll uns denn das ew'ge Schaffen! Geschaffenes zu nichts hinwegzuraffen!" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
