Re: [libreoffice-users] OT : good cd import software on linux

On 04/16/2013 03:25 AM, Dries Feys wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is waaaaay of topic, but as there are many linux adepts over
> here, I wonder what software you use to rip cd's to mp3. (or ogg
> vorbis, but I prefer mp3 as that's supported on more hardware than
> ogg)
>
> On windows, I used to use iTunes, which recognised (through cddb, or
> whatever sony made it now) nearly all cd's, also the less common like
> folk music (Bal O'Gadjo, Embrun,...) On ubuntu, those cd's are rarely
> recognised.
>
> The final goal is to rate the songs with stars (or another symbol)
> like in Itunes, and then be able to export a best-of to my collection
> to my cell phone, tablet and/or usb-stick.
>
> Are there some packages I should install to have those cd's
> recognised, or what should I do?
>
> TIA,
>
> Dries

Yes it is way off topic.

You want to take all your Audio CDs and make them into MP3 files, yes?

I have Ubuntu 12.04.  I have installed Ripper X, Asunder CD Ripper, and 
a few others.

I would see what rippers are available with your Linux distro and try a 
few. I have not used a Linux one in a few years, since I ripped all my 
CDs years ago and keep the MP3 file on my massive audio folders.

To be honest, I do not know which one does the "stars" option you wish.

As for CD's being "recognized", that is a different issue. Are you 
saying that your Linux system is not able to play audio CDs?  That 
sounds like a hardware problem, since every distro of Linux I have used 
include the needed drivers and packages for reading audio CDs.

Are you saying that you place your CD in the drive and open the audio 
package and the CD and song information are not found and displayed?  
That is a problem with the database being used to look up the CD info 
online. For playing your CDs on Linux and Windows, try VLC.  They have a 
really good system and they have access to a service that will look your 
CDinfo up online.  To be honest, if you run Windows Vista, VLC is the 
preferred package since it included all of the codexoption you would 
need that Vista does not provide.  But, if you have a CD that is not 
part of a large publishing house, it may not get included in the online 
database. That is just life of a small run CD by obscure artists.

So try Asunder CD Ripper and VLC player.

I use VLC media player on all my systems as a default install. Linux and 
Windows [XP through Win7]


--
For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+help@global.libreoffice.org
Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette
List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/
All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted