gregklanderman wrote: > Hi Jan, sorry to hijack the thread, but what are you using on *nix > these days for ripping, managing tags, etc? I need to update my > tools, and would like to start re-ripping my collection to FLAC.
There is a current thread about that in the "Linux" subgroup. > Should I rip to a single FLAC file per CD, with a separate cue file? > Does that work well with slimserver? Having a text file per CD > holding the tags which I can edit in emacs is very appealing. Is > slimserver scanning significantly faster if it only has to read small > text file cue sheets? I presume I can easily edit the start/stop > times of tracks to cut out long silence for when they are played > individually? When playing a whole album is it possible to have it > just play the entire FLAC? In general your life will be easier with individual FLAC files for each track, with proper per-track metadata in the files - much more portable and future-proof. And there are excellent tools under *ix for managing the metadata. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105436 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
