on 1/11/00 2:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I use cdparanoia to get tracks and bladeenc to convert in mp3,
> you can put everything in a shell script and do all in a single passage but
> keep in mind that even if you have a fast CPU the encryption process takes
> long (about 0.3x on a P200) while reading tracks from CDs is relatively fast.
>
> No ideas for a GUI :-O
>
>> Is there a good mp3 ripper/encoder for linux? I am looking for something
>> that can go right from cd to mp3, have cddb ability, and I would prefer a
>> gui interface. Any suggestions?
>
>> thanks
>
You might want to check out Grip (look it up at www.freshmeat.net). I use
it as my frontend for MP3 stuff. It's a GTK-based X program. It has a
number of nice features:
1. It will do CDDB lookups for a CD you put into the drive.
2. You can specify the file path/name for ripped files based on the CDDB
info (i.e., say "save files has ~/mycds/"Artist"/"Album Title"/"Song
Title".mp3")
3. It will rip cd's using whatever method you prefer - cdparanoia,
cdda2wav, etc.
4. It will then (optionally) encode the tracks for you automagically, again
using whatever method you prefer (bladeenc, xing, lame, etc.)
5. It will even run them in parallel - i.e., as soon as track 1 is done
ripping, it will start encoding while track 2 is ripping.
I do quite a bit of ripping myself, since I have a rather large music
collection which I rip, encode, and burn to take to work and listen to
without having to shuffle CD's. If you're going to do any significant
amount of encoding, you might want to consider investing in Xing's MP3
encoder for Linux. It's a CLI tool, but Grip will let you use it through
the frontend. I found that it's about 5x faster than blade. It runs around
$30, and it's closed source, but IMHO, was worth it.
JFK
