Well I didn't get an answer but I did figure it out after checking HydrogenAudio and the Ubuntu Forums. So I'm recording it here in case anyone needs it.
For those of you wanting to carry-on ripping in iTunes AAC format after changing over to Linux (Ubuntu in my case) this solution gives good quality tagged files in structured folders using only one main application and calling on two others installed on the PC. Requirements: Rubyripper (from http://code.google.com/p/rubyripper/) neroAacEnc (from http://www.nero.com/eng/downloads-nerodigital-nero-aac-codec.php) AtomicParsley (from Synaptic) Install Rubyripper (It has some dependencies which I think were handled by GDebi - but I can't truly remember), move the downloaded neroAacEnc executable file to your /usr/bin folder with full superuser permissions and install the command line ripper AtomicParsley from Synaptic. Then: in Rubyripper type something like this in your "Preferences/Other/Codecs" box: neroAacEnc -br 256000 -if %i -of "%o.m4a" && mkdir -p "/home/YOURNAME/Desktop/NewRips/%a/ %b" && AtomicParsley "%o.m4a" -o "/home/YOURNAME/Desktop/NewRips/%a/ %b/%n. %t.m4a" --artist "%a" --album "%b" --tracknum "%n" --title "%t" && rm "%o.m4a" Substitue your username for YOURNAME. Adjust -br setting to your preference or substitute -q value if you know how to do this. Add other tags to your preference (genre, year etc). Follow the Rubyripper instructions and review the Album information and proceed to "Rip CD Now" This will create structured music folders with high quality, tagged .m4a files on your desktop. You can review these and add album art if required before dragging and dropping them into your music collection. It also leaves behind the ripping log in structured folders in wherever you set in Rubyripper/Preferences/Other/Base Directory (Don't set this to the same as the one specified in the ripping string above or it will probably cause problems). You can do whatever you wish with the ripping log. As Rubyripper users will know you can also carry out simultaneous rips in other formats which will also be left in the Base Directory. I'm a recent convert to Ubuntu and although it takes some getting used to, especially to those of us of more advanced years, I'm glad I made the break. -- ian_heys ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ian_heys's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2629 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54098 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
