[lug] cd ripping software

[Hugh Brown]

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Michael Hirsch wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:16:18 -0600, Hugh Brown <hugh at math.byu.edu> wrote:
> > I've been encoding my cd's into ogg for quite a while using a shell
> > script which calls oggenc, but it's a little labor intensive.  I assume
> > that there are now some nice gui based tools that allow you to pop in a
> > cd, click go and come back to some ogg's that have all the cdda info,
> > etc.
> >
> > I've seen Grip and RipperX referred to in my google searching.  Does
> > anyone have any recommendations?
>
> I do it in KDE one of two ways:
>
> The easy way: use kaudiocreator.  It is a dead simple interface.  Go
> into the settings menu and configure the encoder to use OggEnc ('twas
> the default, for me).  Pop in a CD and watch it rip and encode.  It'll
> do a CD lookup on FreeDB for you, then rip/encode.
>
> The really cool, but equally easy way: Open up the audiocd:/ URL in
> konqueror.  You will see several directories and a bunch of wav files.
>  (It does the FreeDB lookup, so the fiels all have names.  Note the
> folder named "Ogg Vorbis" and pen it.  All your ogg files are there.
> Copy them into the destination diretory and konqueror will rip and
> encode them for you.
>
> So you can bookmark "audiocd:/Ogg Vorbis" and just open it in your
> browser, then drag-n-drop the files.  You can use this trick for other
> encodings, too.
>
> Michael


That is slick.  I spent the weekend playing around with grip and ripperx
and got grip doing all the things I wanted it to.  Ripperx seems to be
geared more toward mp3's and doesn't have the flexibility that grip has.
I'll have to play around with the kde tools next.

Thanks,

Hugh