I just started using abcde to rip to flac last night. It seemed a little slow, but given everything that was going on on the box, and the processes nice level, I wasn't surprised. Anyway, I haven't yet figured out exactly how to configure abcde the way I want just yet. On the single file per cd issue, I'm with you. I have my entire collection in flac and would never even thing of ripping cds to a single file with cue sheets - seems unnatural.
>From: Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: [slim] abcde usage (with flac)
>Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:08:12 -0800
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>Debian Sid & SB1 owner. Yet another "best way to rip" question.
>
>I normally use grip to rip to ogg. But listening to people here makes
>me think I should go out and get a few honkin' drives, a dvd burner,
>and rip to flac. I already have a number of title ripped to flac, but
>mostly ogg and some mp3.
>
>I have a few flac questions, and then also looking for tips on using
>abcde.
>
>And, yes, I did see Michael Peters scripts today. Looks like more
>work -- and I don't mind the cddb errors. But I should look at them
>again.
>
>About flac -- I thought I saw a post where someone was suggesting
>ripping CDs as a *single* flac. Is there a reason to do this? If so,
>how are the songs managed individually? Can Slimserver play
>individual songs in this case?
>
>I also see talk of using cue/toc sheets. Will slimserver use those
>for indexing songs -- and can then the songs be played individually?
>
>I also noticed with the flac files I've played on my SB1 that the
>audio level seems low. Is --replay-gain something that could help?
>
>Now, if you use abcde, could you give some tips on your usage? What do
>you set in your ~/.abcde.conf file, and what command line parameters
>do you use?
>
>I tried this:
>
> abcde -1 -a tag,playlist -o flac -R -w comment 1-3
>
>hoping to get a single file with the first three songs, but it ripped
>and encoded the entire cd.
>
>$ ls -l
>total 427860
>-rw-r--r-- 1 moseley moseley 650 2005-03-16 17:34 cddbchoices
>-rw-r--r-- 1 moseley moseley 148 2005-03-16 17:34 cddbquery
>-rw-r--r-- 1 moseley moseley 1078 2005-03-16 17:34 cddbread.1
>-rw-r--r-- 1 moseley moseley 986 2005-03-16 17:34 cddbread.2
>-rw-r--r-- 1 moseley moseley 590 2005-03-16 17:34 cddbstat
>-rw-r--r-- 1 moseley moseley 4 2005-03-16 17:34 cdparanoia-audio-tracks
>-rw-r--r-- 1 moseley moseley 108 2005-03-16 17:34 discid
>-rw-r--r-- 1 moseley moseley 318 2005-03-16 17:49 status
>-rw-r--r-- 1 moseley moseley 438092326 2005-03-16 17:49 track01.flac
>
>which doesn't seem to helpful. I guess I kind of want a single command to rip
>and encode and store it in my music collection in some reasonable
>order. I suppose artist/album/ makes sense (if I can determine the
>one artist).
>
>
>BTW -- also saw a post where they said EAC was better at ripping that
>cdrdao/cdparanoia. Is that true? If so, why?
>
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>
>--
>Bill Moseley
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