Re: [newbie] extracting cd audio files
On KDE,i think there is another way that is easyer... Just tape audiocd:/ on the address bar of konqueror when your cdrom is mount. Le samedi 26 mars 2005 à 13:35 +0100, H.J.Bathoorn a écrit : On Saturday 26 March 2005 10:50, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 26 March 2005 00:51, Paul Kaplan wrote: Can anyone recommend a program for copying individual tracks from an audio cd to a hard drive? What about file format for storing the files in? What about converting between audio file formats? TIA Paul Grip is best if you want to rip files from CD, but konqueror also can be very useful. Press the 'services' button in your konqueror sidebar and you will see the 'Audio CD browser' (If you cannot see the sidebar hit F9 ) From the audio CD browser you can drag and drop audio files from the CD in .wav, .ogg, or .mp3 format. Note: Because mp3 is covered by patent Mandrake does not support creating mp3's out of the box. You will have to declare a urpmi source for 'plf' by going to http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ and install the lame and liblame0 packages. As for file formats, as I mention above mp3 is covered by patent and any time you use it a gentleman from the Fraunhofer institute is entitled to turn up on your doorstep demanding money. So us geeky open source types prefer .ogg. It is 'free' software and better quality than mp3 anyway. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4416 To convert between file formats there is a neat command line utility called 'sox' Install the sox package and then enter #sox in the url line of konqueror for instructions. derek Derek, You have just made my 14 yr old daughter a very, very happy girl;) Somehow I always had to help her out with grip. Slick, how easy the dd works. Never stumbled across that feature, myself. pièce jointe Document plein texte (message.footer) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com -- Antoine Farnault http://afarno.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] extracting cd audio files
On Saturday 26 March 2005 00:51, Paul Kaplan wrote: Can anyone recommend a program for copying individual tracks from an audio cd to a hard drive? What about file format for storing the files in? What about converting between audio file formats? TIA Paul Grip is best if you want to rip files from CD, but konqueror also can be very useful. Press the 'services' button in your konqueror sidebar and you will see the 'Audio CD browser' (If you cannot see the sidebar hit F9 ) From the audio CD browser you can drag and drop audio files from the CD in .wav, .ogg, or .mp3 format. Note: Because mp3 is covered by patent Mandrake does not support creating mp3's out of the box. You will have to declare a urpmi source for 'plf' by going to http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ and install the lame and liblame0 packages. As for file formats, as I mention above mp3 is covered by patent and any time you use it a gentleman from the Fraunhofer institute is entitled to turn up on your doorstep demanding money. So us geeky open source types prefer .ogg. It is 'free' software and better quality than mp3 anyway. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4416 To convert between file formats there is a neat command line utility called 'sox' Install the sox package and then enter #sox in the url line of konqueror for instructions. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] extracting cd audio files
Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 26 March 2005 00:51, Paul Kaplan wrote: Can anyone recommend a program for copying individual tracks from an audio cd to a hard drive? What about file format for storing the files in? What about converting between audio file formats? TIA Paul Grip is best if you want to rip files from CD, but konqueror also can be very useful. Press the 'services' button in your konqueror sidebar and you will see the 'Audio CD browser' (If you cannot see the sidebar hit F9 ) From the audio CD browser you can drag and drop audio files from the CD in .wav, .ogg, or .mp3 format. Note: Because mp3 is covered by patent Mandrake does not support creating mp3's out of the box. You will have to declare a urpmi source for 'plf' by going to http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ and install the lame and liblame0 packages. As for file formats, as I mention above mp3 is covered by patent and any time you use it a gentleman from the Fraunhofer institute is entitled to turn up on your doorstep demanding money. So us geeky open source types prefer .ogg. It is 'free' software and better quality than mp3 anyway. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4416 To convert between file formats there is a neat command line utility called 'sox' Install the sox package and then enter #sox in the url line of konqueror for instructions. derek I would have thought that Grip or KAudioCreator would have done just fine. http://www.icefox.net/programs/?program=KAudioCreator -- Parko Struggling with Xorg11 and an ATI9800 Pro VGA card in *any* distribution. Not supported apparently... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] extracting cd audio files
On Saturday 26 March 2005 10:50, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 26 March 2005 00:51, Paul Kaplan wrote: Can anyone recommend a program for copying individual tracks from an audio cd to a hard drive? What about file format for storing the files in? What about converting between audio file formats? TIA Paul Grip is best if you want to rip files from CD, but konqueror also can be very useful. Press the 'services' button in your konqueror sidebar and you will see the 'Audio CD browser' (If you cannot see the sidebar hit F9 ) From the audio CD browser you can drag and drop audio files from the CD in .wav, .ogg, or .mp3 format. Note: Because mp3 is covered by patent Mandrake does not support creating mp3's out of the box. You will have to declare a urpmi source for 'plf' by going to http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ and install the lame and liblame0 packages. As for file formats, as I mention above mp3 is covered by patent and any time you use it a gentleman from the Fraunhofer institute is entitled to turn up on your doorstep demanding money. So us geeky open source types prefer .ogg. It is 'free' software and better quality than mp3 anyway. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4416 To convert between file formats there is a neat command line utility called 'sox' Install the sox package and then enter #sox in the url line of konqueror for instructions. derek Derek, You have just made my 14 yr old daughter a very, very happy girl;) Somehow I always had to help her out with grip. Slick, how easy the dd works. Never stumbled across that feature, myself. -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] extracting cd audio files
Can anyone recommend a program for copying individual tracks from an audio cd to a hard drive? What about file format for storing the files in? What about converting between audio file formats? TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] extracting CD audio files
On Friday 25 March 2005 04:51 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: Can anyone recommend a program for copying individual tracks from an audio cd to a hard drive? What about file format for storing the files in? What about converting between audio file formats? TIA Paul Grip or ripper-x for ripping the CD Audacity for editing the file (you will also need Lame for mp3 encoding) all available via urpmi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] extracting cd audio files
On Friday 25 March 2005 07:51 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: Can anyone recommend a program for copying individual tracks from an audio cd to a hard drive? What about file format for storing the files in? What about converting between audio file formats? Even though I am a KDE user, I swear by grip, I think it is hands down the best. KDE has kaudiocreator, and since I last looked at it it seems to have added some of the features I thought were lacking. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
