I found some documentation on this. Check out www.mepis.org/files/MEPIS%20User%20Guide.pdf page 52.
Jennifer On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 14:20 -0800, Scott Fritzinger wrote: > Dennis, > > That's exactly it. That the really nice thing about the move to virtual > file system (VFS) in file managers like Konqueror, Nautilus, EFM, etc... > They can do a LOT more than just showing you files. > > For the audio cds, dragging and dropping does the conversion on the fly. > What is happening behind the scenes is that the filemanager reads a > chunk of raw audio data, converts it to the destination format (mp3, > ogg/vorbis, ogg/flac, wav, etc...) and spits out the converted chunk to > wherever you drop it. So, now instead of having a specialty ripper > (grip, CDex on windows, etc...), you just copy files from the virtual cd > to a folder :-) > > This feature has been in KDE since version 2.x I THINK, but required the > appropriate libraries to be installed and for the Audio CD VFS module to > be loaded; sometimes it wouldn't show up. In 3.x, it is on by default > and most distributions include/install the appropriate libraries by > default. > > There are a lot of REALLY nice VFS modules as well. > > [shameless self promotion] > The camera VFS module will let you access your digital cameras via > gPhoto (my old project) and drag/drop out the files. This may not seem > like much now because most cameras show up as hard drives (via USB Mass > Storage), but anyone who's ever owned a non-USB Mass Storage camera who > had to use a special program to grab photos can appreciate it :-) > [/shameless self promotion] > > There are others for Samba, SSH/SFTP, FTP, WebDAV (not sure if that one > is "out"), etc... > > -Scott > > Dennis Bagley wrote: > > Scott as a matter of fact, yes - I playing around with KDE (again) and > > Konqueror is popping up > > when I load the CD. > > > > So you are saying: these folders and files do not really exist, the file > > manager and the OS are displaying what > > could be available under open source and if I do a drag & drop style > > copy, I'm actually doing the ripping > > and converting on the fly? > > > > Whoa!!! - If that's the case - it's pretty damn sophisticated! > > > > And I guess somewhat new??? > > > > > > Dennis > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 13:29 -0800, Scott Fritzinger wrote: > > > >>Dennis, > >> > >>I'm assuming you are accessing these through a GUI file browser > >>(Konqueror perhaps?). > >> > >>If so, then that is one of the REALLY cool things that is built-into the > >>file manager. It is a virtual filesystem that presents the audio tracks > >>in several different formats for you to copy. On the CD, there is only > >>the regular raw audio data. The file manager adds in the extra > >>folders/files as a convenience (big one!) so that ripping is actually > >>just dragging and dropping those virtual files. > >> > >>-Scott > >> > >>Dennis Bagley wrote: > >>> This may sound like a newbie thing.....and maybe it is..... > >>> > >>> In Linux (or at least Ubuntu Breezy), I can put an audio CD in and a > >>> file browser window opens showing directories > >>> on the CD that I have never seen via a Windows box. > >>> > >>> I honestly do not remember seeing all those extra files and folders > >>> before. Possible that since I > >>> was not expecting them I just didn't pay attention - but I honestly do > >>> not recall seeing them before. > >>> > >>> Those directories include all the songs from the CD in additional > >>> compressed formats, including: > >>> OGG, FLAC etc. And you can execute the files and they play just fine. > >>> They can be copied etc. > >>> > >>> That says to me that most CD ripping probably isn't really necessary - > >>> you can just copy these other files to your > >>> hard drive. > >>> > >>> I'm guessing a bunch of you already knew this - if not, I'm wondering > >>> why. > >>> > >>> I have even found these extra folders on CDs from 10 years ago! I have > >>> older CDs I intend to check as well. > >>> > >>> I have tried to see the extra stuff on a Windows box with -0- luck. I'm > >>> wondering if that is by design or if there > >>> is some kind of odd formatting. > >>> > >>> Not having access to an Apple box - I do not know if the files display > >>> under OS X. > >>> > >>> > >>> Comments? Insights? Boot to the Head? > >>> > >>> > >>> Dennis _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
