mp3 ripping

[Mike]

In X I use "RipperX" which is basically a pretty version of cdparanoia
(ripper) and bladeenc (encoder).

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On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, R. David Whitlock wrote:

|So I don't think this has come up on here, at least not recently, but
|considering the whole Napster-shutdown thing, I am now interested in
|ripping more of my CD's to mp3.  I wonder, what tools do you guys
|use/prefer/code to rip a cd at some pleasantly decent bitrate, and do any
|of you have any somewhat automated systems for doing so you'd like to
|point out or share?  
|
|I heard about a guy at work who'd hacked together a system that allowed
|the 4 or 5 people in his house to use distributed processing and ripping
|so that a CD was converted into perfectly formatted, named, and
|categorized high-quality set of mp3's and shared to their in-house samba
|server within 10 minutes of being put into any of the local cd drives, all
|automatically.
|
|I'm obviously not going to hack something of that magnitude together in a
|weekend of idleness, but the point is that everyone does it
|different.  What do you guys use, in *nix's and Those Other OS's, for
|ripping/encoding MP3?
|
|-David
|
|	      "All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world
|   		          So there was only one thing that I could do
| 		        Was ding a ding-dang my dang a long ling-long..."
| 		         	     -Ministry, Jesus Built My Hotrod
|