On Sonntag 09 August 2009, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 09 August 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Am Sonntag 09 August 2009 21:23:27 schrieb Mick: > > > I am looking at saving the mp3 files presented in Konqueror when > > > looking at the contents of an audio CD. Although I can play/copy .wav > > > files fine, I cannot play .mp3 files shown in Konqueror. All I get is > > > a hiss no matter which player I use. > > > > What konqueror presents is just a virtual view. You cannot play anything > > else than the .wav's from a CD, because they're the only ones > > representing the real data. > > Oh, I see. When I copy an mp3 file I get a file which is 4.5MB large, so I > thought that it has real music in it. > > > If you have the correct encoders installed, copying the other files to > > some other place will encode the selected audio track(s) and store the > > result in the destination directory. > > > > > What do I need to do to be able to copy mp3s out of a CD? > > > > The correct encoders. See the audio cd section in KDE's system settings. > > This is what I can see under kcontrol/audiocd: > > http://gentoo.michaelkintzios.fastmail.fm/audioCD.png > > I guess these settings are not enough on their own. What else should I > add? How do I specify the necessary encoders?
use constant bitrate, not vbr, just copy the mp3 somewhere and you will be fine.