I presume this is true for Mandrake later than MDK 7.0 but as I am still living in the dark age is it possible to download the ogg encoder/decoder and implement them in Xmms and Grip?
George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I feel we are all islands -- in a common sea." Anne Morrow Lindbergh, writer (1906-2001) ----- Original Message ----- From: Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 11:39 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Ogg encoder/decoder > Xmms will play ogg 'out of the box' No need to install or edit anything. > > As for grip just edit the 'Config>MP3>Encoder' Tab > > Set the encoder to 'oggenc' > and the 'MP3 executable' to /usr/bin/oggenc > and the 'MP3 command line' to > -o %m -a "%a" -l "%d" -c "genre=%G" -q "%b" -d "% > > and the mp3 file format to > ~/mp3/%A/%d/%a-%n.ogg > > Then in the 'MP3>Options' Tab > set Encoding bitrate to 1 > This is 'quality' not actual bit rate. > 1 for ~ 56kbps > 2 for ~ 96kbps > 3 for ~128 kbps > > Surprisingly enough Quality of 1 sounds pretty good :-) > > You could also use bit rate to define the encoding rate if you wish. In that > case the 'MP3 Command line' parameter would be different. > See 'man oggenc' for a full breakdown. > > Alternatively another way to rip Oggs is with konqueror. > Just open konqueror file manager. Click on the botton icon in the divider > between left and right panes. This is for 'special' services. > Pick 'Audio CD Browser' If you have an audio CD in the drive you can browse it > in wav, or ogg format, and drag and drop files from ogg format onto a > konqueror window. They will get ripped in the process. It is slower than > grip, but rather cool :-) > > You can configure the ogg encoding parameters with KDE > ControlCentre>Sound>AudioIOSlave > > HTH > > derek > > > > > > On Friday 11 Oct 2002 11:13 am, George Baker wrote: > > Having read good reports about ogg audio files I was wondering if it was > > difficult to install the encoder and decoder for use with Grip and Xmms > > respectably. If not, where would I download the, hopefully, RPM's from? > > I am using MDK 7.0 with Grip v2.9 and Xmms v0.9.5.1 > > > > George Baker > > > > "I feel we are all islands -- in a common sea." > > Anne Morrow Lindbergh, writer (1906-2001) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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