Re: HOWTO HELP ? creating mp3s of a cd (just for personal use)
> I've got this question: Is there a program to read a
> cd & store songs or whatever as a MP3 format ?
You just mean ripping CD's and storing the music on your
hard disk, don't you?
> And if there's a program available, what are good
> settings to keep enough quality while the MP3s won't
> become too big (there's a prog I know on windows but
> it generates extremely big mp3's or there's little
> quality)
You might want to consider Ogg Vorbis, smaller filesizes
compared with mp3's of equivalent quality, better quality
on lower bitrates. And, not to forget, open source (as
opposed to mp3...). Try the excellent teamwork of
cdparanoia (the ripping-part) and oggenc (encoding the
ripped songs to .ogg-files).
To my opinion, a graphical front-end (such as grip) makes
things easier (I most of the time don't feel like reading
man-pages to learn a hundred switches by heart), but the
named tools (cdparanoia, oggenc) are command line.
Good luck,
Tom
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