[CLUE-Tech] cdparanoia and ripping CDs with Linux

[Mark Horning]

Kevin Cullis wrote:

>Mark Horning wrote:
>
>>Kevin Cullis wrote:
>>
>>>I'll check it out, thanks.
>>>
>>>Can anyone tell me why I can't use WAV files to play on XMMS versus
>>>converting them to MP3s?  Are we talking file size of fidelity concerns
>>>or other issue?
>>>
>>>Kevin
>>>
>>>"Timothy C. Klein" wrote:
>>>
>>You probably need to enable the xmms wav plugin. I also prefer lame over
>>bladeenc, check out the bladeenc web site. There's lots of info there.
>>
>
>I used cdparanoia and it took the audio CD and converted the tracks to
>WAV files and I can play them through XMMS and it's plugins, but is
>there any reason I would want to convert them to MP3s?
>
>Kevin
>

Definitely the size factor. MP3's are much smaller. I've been able to 
put ZZ Top's first
8 albums encoded at 320kbps (high quality encode) onto one 700MB cdrom.....

Mark

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Mark Horning
rip6 at rip6.net