I have also had a less than satisfactory experience with both Grip and Sound Juicer when ripping to FLAC under Ubuntu. This is unacceptable to me, as they are simply GUI wrappers for codecs that work perfectly well on their own - so what is the problem? I couldn't tell you.
My suggestion might be a bit off topic... I recommend that you try soundKonverter, a KDE-based program. I have been using it a while now, and it has not caused me any problems so far. It rips CDs, and it converts between file formats too. It was even able to convert my 88.2 KHz WMA files from Linn Records to 48 KHz FLAC! The one caveat with this KDE application is that you will have to install all the codecs separately - but that will still be easier than debugging Grip - my opinion only. Another alternative is to run my favorite CD ripper under WINE - and that is dBpoweramp. Version 12.4 runs nearly perfectly under the latest version of WINE - 0.9.54. Only conversion to and from WMA does not function, and that might work too but I have not figured out yet what DLLs are missing. Of course, there is always EAC. It works perfectly under WINE as well. I am giving these suggestions, because Grip really annoyed me, and I have ripped over a thousand CDs at this point - and in my view - it just has to work. -Ron -- Ron F. *Squeezebox setup:* wireless SB3 -> CI Audio VDA.2 DAC + VAC.1 PSU *Main rig:* NAD 7600 + NAD 2600A -> Phase Tech PC-6.5 speakers *Headphone rig:* Headroom Max -> Sennheiser 650s *Music Server:* Nano-ITX computer running SlimCD + 750 GByte HDD -> Netgear wireless router *Other stuff:* NAD C542 CDP, NAD 6300 Tape, Monster 5100 Power conditioner, Outlaw Audio cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ron F.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5616 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42719 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
