[NBLUG/talk] CD collections

Christopher Wagner waggie at waggie.net
Mon Dec 10 09:58:30 PST 2007


Glad to hear you're up and running. :)  It's possible that JuK has MP3 
support removed explicitly due to legal reasons.

- Chris

Jack Smith wrote:
>
>
> On Dec 10, 2007 12:18 AM, Christopher Wagner <waggie at waggie.net 
> <mailto:waggie at waggie.net>> wrote:
>
>
>     Ok, thanks for the info..  Let's see if we can't get this sorted
>     out, then..
>
>     My configuration settings that seem to be related to what you're
>     trying
>     to achieve:
>
>     The temporary storage where it holds the uncompressed wav file:
>     Under Config -> Rip -> Ripper -> Rip file format:
>     ~/mp3/%A/%d/%n.wav
>
>     Encoder to use (see below):
>     Under Config -> Encode -> Encoder -> Encoder: lame
>
>     Storage location for the encoded files.
>     Under Config -> Encode -> Encoder -> Encode file format:
>     ~/mp3/%A/%d/%n.%x
>
>     Storage location for the playlist (m3u) files.
>     Under Config -> Encode -> Options -> M3U file format:
>     ~/mp3/%A-%d.m3u
>
>
>     Encoder to use -- I'm using lame here (which create MP3s), OGG is
>     a far
>     superior format, but it not widely supported by commercial
>     widgets.  I'd
>     be using OGG exclusively if my car stereo supported them, but
>     since it
>     doesn't, I'm stuck with MP3s.
>
>     I'm hoping this info will get you started in the right direction.  The
>     paths I have above point to the 'mp3' folder in my home directory, but
>     if you're storing your files in /music, then change it appropriately
>     (~/mp3/ would become /music/).
>
>     Let me know what you come up with.
>
>     - Chris
>
>
> OK, late last night I tripped over just about the same thing.  I was 
> shooting blind and I _knew_ the extension didn't matter, because Linux 
> checks the actual file, but I changed my rip extension to .wav and it 
> almost worked.  Same thing you used, go figure why it's needed.  
> Anyway, that let mplayer  play the encoded mp3s, but not JuK.  I just 
> started out trying things and lo and behold, OGG worked with JuK.  Now 
> you go and tell me it's better anyway.  Thanks for your efforts, I'm 
> happy now and busy pumping Christmas music onto my computer.
> -- 
> Jack Smith
>
> English doesn't borrow from other languages -- English follows other 
> languages down dark alleys and takes what it wants.
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