when I load the CD.
So you are saying: these folders and files do not really exist, the file manager and the OS are displaying what
could be available under open source and if I do a drag & drop style copy, I'm actually doing the ripping
and converting on the fly?
Whoa!!! - If that's the case - it's pretty damn sophisticated!
And I guess somewhat new???
Dennis
On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 13:29 -0800, Scott Fritzinger wrote:
Dennis, I'm assuming you are accessing these through a GUI file browser (Konqueror perhaps?). If so, then that is one of the REALLY cool things that is built-into the file manager. It is a virtual filesystem that presents the audio tracks in several different formats for you to copy. On the CD, there is only the regular raw audio data. The file manager adds in the extra folders/files as a convenience (big one!) so that ripping is actually just dragging and dropping those virtual files. -Scott Dennis Bagley wrote: > This may sound like a newbie thing.....and maybe it is..... > > In Linux (or at least Ubuntu Breezy), I can put an audio CD in and a > file browser window opens showing directories > on the CD that I have never seen via a Windows box. > > I honestly do not remember seeing all those extra files and folders > before. Possible that since I > was not expecting them I just didn't pay attention - but I honestly do > not recall seeing them before. > > Those directories include all the songs from the CD in additional > compressed formats, including: > OGG, FLAC etc. And you can execute the files and they play just fine. > They can be copied etc. > > That says to me that most CD ripping probably isn't really necessary - > you can just copy these other files to your > hard drive. > > I'm guessing a bunch of you already knew this - if not, I'm wondering why. > > I have even found these extra folders on CDs from 10 years ago! I have > older CDs I intend to check as well. > > I have tried to see the extra stuff on a Windows box with -0- luck. I'm > wondering if that is by design or if there > is some kind of odd formatting. > > Not having access to an Apple box - I do not know if the files display > under OS X. > > > Comments? Insights? Boot to the Head? > > > Dennis > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
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