Several distros include all this preconfigured. One of my personal favorites is ASP linux. Install it and DVD's, mp3's all work just perfectly. No regional encoding issues either.
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:29:16 -0500, "Jerry W. Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Scott Granneman wrote: > > >On Tuesday 25 October 2005 10:46 pm, Robert Citek wrote: > > > > > >>A friend of mine gave me a CD with a collection of her personal > >>recordings. How can I copy those audio tracks to my hard drive as WAV > >>files? Also, how can I convert those WAV files to a MP3? From what > >>I've read, I need lame to convert WAV to MP3. But an apt-cache search > >>lame shows a lot of items, none of which look exactly like what I'm > >>looking for. > >> > >> > > > >rip cd to wav using grip & then convert to ogg: > >http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/1785/2194/ > >(yes, i wrote it) > > > >http://linuxreviews.org/howtos/cdrecording/index.html.en#toc10 > > > >why not ogg instead of mp3? ogg isn't encumbered by patents, like mp3 is, it > >sounds great, & almost anything on your linux box will play it. so you > >wouldn't use lame, you'd use oggenc. > > > >if you want the good (re: illegal 'cause of stupid copyright laws & the > >willingness of congress to bend over for the entertainment cabals) software > >for multimedia, add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file: > > > ># Marillat > >deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main > > > >then: > > > >apt-get update > > > >then try this: > > > >apt-get install libdvdcss2 okle ogle w32codecs mplayer-586 > > > >bam! now you can play dvds & most windows-based multimedia. okle is a dvd > >player for kde; ogle for gnome. mplayer plays everything, including dvds. > > > >there's a million other great things from Marillat's repository. too bad our > >unjust laws make 'em illegal. > > > >scott > > > > > > > Scott or anyone, > > Is their a way to play ogg files on an iPod? Scott, before you flame me, > I did not let one drop of dust out of my wallet. It was a gift. > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ -- Erich Friesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
