[clug] Ripping CDs

[Robert Edwards]

On 22/11/11 16:27, Nemo Thorx wrote:
> abcde is also my main ripper, but I've got a fondness for 'jack' (no,
> not the audio toolchain at jackaudio.org, but the ripper at
> http://www.home.unix-ag.org/arne/jack/  (or apt-get install jack)
>
> it's not quite as easy to use (imho) as abcde, and has a slightly
> different feature set, but it sure does have a fantastically better UI
>

Interesting comparison. How can one app be "not quite as easy to use
(imho) as abcde" AND "sure does have a fantastically better UI"?
In what sense can a UI be "better" if it doesn't make the app easier
to use?

(I also use abcde almost exclusively...)

Cheers,

Bob Edwards.

> Despite being apparently 7 years abandoned, it still works. After all,
> like abcde, it's really just a wrapper around cdparanoia,
> lame/oggenc/flac/etc, and cddb(freedb) lookup :)
>
>
> Personally, what I want is for cdparanoiao[23] to be updated to be able to
> handle subchannel data extraction. (from memory it can do "track 0"
> rips, but only with compatible hardware, and the latest release (itself
> 3 years old) fixes its previous caching shortfalls)
>
>
> Ripping data in a totally archival manner? That's tricky. Is that why
> everyone torrents? :)
>
> .../Nemo
>
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>
> .../nemo
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>
> On 22 Nov (a Tuesday in 2011) around 1344 hours, Matthew Oliver did utter:
>> I 3rd abcde, its awesome. I think you just need to modify the config file
>> (or possibly commandline) to set the default encoding to flac rather then
>> MP3 or ogg.
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Hal Ashburner<hal at ashburner.info>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 22/Nov/2011, at 1:35 PM, Craig Small wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 01:16:27PM +1100, Hal Ashburner wrote:
>>>>> What else do people use for minimum hassle flac ripping?
>>>> I use abcde for rip,encode,tag and save. It apparently does a whole
>>>> bunch of encodings (or rather it drives them, you still need the
>>>> encoder) but I only used it for mp3s. So for mp3s it uses lame and for
>>>> flac it uses flac.
>>>>
>>>> Basically put the CD in the drive, type abcde and enter a few times and
>>>> wait.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Brilliant,
>>> Sounds like just the thing. If not there's ruby-ripper, grip&  asunder at
>>> a minimum. You know this open source model is awesome. Three seemingly very
>>> solid alternatives in 5 minutes when you get annoyed with something. Can't
>>> imagine how anyone would think it's not just great. ;-)
>>>
>>> Cheers people.
>>>
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