ripping CDs
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From: Bruce Stephens on 3 Sep 2009 14:47 david <dave(a)antispam.invalid> writes: [...] > I expect MP3 would be faster but couldn't find how to get Lame. So > this was much faster than Ubuntu on the same PC, which seems to agree > with all you said. See <http://www.debian-multimedia.org/>. [...]
From: chris on 4 Sep 2009 04:48 david wrote: > On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:06:25 +0100, chris wrote: > >> david wrote: >>> Have ubuntu 9.04 installed and wanted to rip approx 200 CDs to MP3. >>> >>> Any recommendations what to use that's fast, not CLI ie has a GUI, and >>> produces decent quality files. >>> >>> I couldn't find Sound Juicer (google search recommended) in the repos >>> and just tried using K3b which took 15 minutes to rip to ogg whereas, >>> dare I say it, I can do this in XP in about 4 mins (same CD). >> You seem to be comparing ogg with mp3 and probably with different >> bit-rates so the comparison isn't very fair. >> >> I normally use Kaudiocreator, it's quite simple, but quite configurable. >> Try that. > > Chris, > Yes I know it wasn't a scientific test but it gave me a rough indication > that K3b would take too long cf the "other" system. FWIW my 4 min rip was > at 256Mbps and the total MP3 folder was about 80MB. The ogg was 40MB. If > I am to believe ogg is superior to MP3 then quality of the 2 rips might > be similar ?? So looks a good indicator to me. I still don't think you can say that as the two algorithms work with different efficiencies and cpu load. So, a 40Mb rip with ogg may indeed take ~3x longer than an 80Mb rip with lame in the best case scenario. > And I want MP3's as all the clients use that plus my portable player. In > an ideal world I'd use FLAC but it ain't ideal at the mo. As others have said you need lame to be able rip to mp3. > Never heard of Kaudiocreator and it isn't in Ubuntu 9.04 repos but I'll > have a look. But seems KDE oriented and use Gnome. Yes, it is old and KDE based, but should work fine with Gnome (if available in the repos). BTW K3b is also a KDE app. I'm not yet on KDE 4, so I'm probably a bit out of date.
From: chris on 4 Sep 2009 04:52 Mark Fraser wrote: > david wrote: > >> On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:06:25 +0100, chris wrote: >> >>> I normally use Kaudiocreator, it's quite simple, but quite configurable. >>> Try that. >> Never heard of Kaudiocreator and it isn't in Ubuntu 9.04 repos but I'll >> have a look. But seems KDE oriented and use Gnome. > > KAudioCreator has been replaced by Asunder in 9.04. The website is here > http://littlesvr.ca/asunder/ but it is in the standard repos. If it is as > fast as KAudioCreator is on my computer running 8.04 then it should do a CD > in 3-4 mins. Ah, interesting. Thanks.
From: Martin Gregorie on 30 Sep 2009 18:41
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:15:28 +0000, Gunnar Gren wrote: > Den 2009-09-02 skrev david <dave(a)antispam.invalid>: >> Have ubuntu 9.04 installed and wanted to rip approx 200 CDs to MP3. >> >> Any recommendations what to use that's fast, not CLI ie has a GUI, and >> produces decent quality files. >> >> I couldn't find Sound Juicer (google search recommended) in the repos >> and just tried using K3b which took 15 minutes to rip to ogg whereas, >> dare I say it, I can do this in XP in about 4 mins (same CD). >> >> Really prefer to use Linux but it needs to be fast. >> >> Thanks > > Port description for sysutils/xcdroast > > X-CD-roast is an X11 based CD-burner. You can burn Audio and Data > CD-ROMs. It can be used to extract data and audio tracks. You can > format CD-RWs, create ISO images, burn ISO images, and many other > stuff... > > Note: It uses cdrecord and works only on SCSI drives. > Thats odd - SCSI only, I mean, since I've been using X-CD-roast on an IDE drive. Works just fine. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |