Are you dead set on MP3?

Post #5,374 by static 8/16/01 12:29:10 AM Reply	Are you dead set on MP3? I ask because there's a patent-free audio codec called [link\|http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/index.html\|Ogg Vorbis] that is ambling up to a 1.0 and it compresses audio better and further than MP3. Basically, an MP3 file at ABR* 160kps will have the same quality in Ogg Vorbis at ABR 96kps. What's more, the latest version of EAC and recent versions of WinAmp, Sonique and other players all handle Ogg files (WMP is a bit of an exception, but an Ogg decoder module is available). :-) Now, if you're ripping from Linux, then far and away the best tool is [link\|http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/index.html\|CD Paranoia] which most Linux distros install, anyway. Wade. * ABR = average bit-rate. A more accurate term than VBR. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #5,468 by pwhysall 8/16/01 4:37:12 PM Reply	Graphical ripper The king of the heap for graphical rippers is [link\|http://www.nostatic.org/grip\|Grip]. Has support for CDParanoia, cdda2wav, LAME, Ogg, BladeEnc, etc. -- Peter Shill For Hire
Post #5,491 by static 8/16/01 7:48:47 PM Reply	Indeed. 'cept that I couldn't make it work when I tried it. shrug No matter. CD Paranoia works fine for me. Wade "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #5,733 by pwhysall 8/18/01 8:00:34 AM Reply	Gawd knows why it didn't work Given that it uses cdparanoia as its ripping engine :) Another handy tickbox for Grip is its cddb integration. -- Peter Shill For Hire
Post #5,731 by andread 8/18/01 7:43:32 AM Reply	Thanks for the tips when I read that Peter was making mp3s at 5X I knew it was time to get some new software I searched out LAME and after a glitch or two found CDex 1.30 which has the LAME engine, support for other formats and (the two keys) is a one-step operation and is fast. No more .wav files and a 4 minute song in about 2 minutes instead of 9 This program also does all that internal labelling that my FastMP3 didn't do so the files scroll across the screen with title artist and time and it also connects to freedb. A Play I Some Music w/ Papa Andy Saturday 8 PM - 11 PM ET All Night Rewind 11 PM - 5 PM Reggae, African and Caribbean Music [link\|http://wxxe.org\|http://wxxe.org]
Post #5,540 by andread 8/16/01 11:45:31 PM Reply	Re: Are you dead set on MP3? My DVD player supports mp3 CDs and the Aiwa I'm putting in the car supports mp3 CDs also so yeah it's mp3 I'll have to check out LAME, I haven't had any problems with the .wav conversion from Easy CD Creator but the 5x part that Peter mentioned got my attention On a related note Roxio (owns Adaptec now) wanted me to get the new Easy CD Creator at a special price but they have pissed me off by not being connected to the CDDB anymore. When you're making CDs from other CDs it is really convenient to have them identified Andy Play I Some Music w/ Papa Andy Saturday 8 PM - 11 PM ET All Night Rewind 11 PM - 5 PM Reggae, African and Caribbean Music [link\|http://wxxe.org\|http://wxxe.org]
Post #5,545 by static 8/17/01 12:15:06 AM Reply	CDDB clones. CDDB, now known as GraceNote, has some controversial intellectual copyright issues. Roxio have issue with this. But there are clones. The best known is [link\|http://www.freedb.org/\|FreeDB] - does Roxio support that? The interface is practically the same as for CDDB. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"

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