The desktop beyond F10

[William Jon McCann]

Hey,

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Dan Winship <dwinship at redhat.com> wrote:
> Matthias Clasen wrote:
>> Comments and feedback welcome, either on this list or in the discussion
>> tabs.
>
>> Default CD ripper      Make Rhythmbox as good as iTunes for CD import
>
> My last CD-ripping experience went like this: Insert CD 1. Rip CD 1.
> Insert CD 2. Rip CD 2. Insert CD 3. Rip CD 3. ... Rip CD 6. Plug in MP3
> player. Open the Music folder in Nautilus. Select the files to
> copy---GOD DAMN YOU RHYTHMBOX! WHY THE $@!^#@$%^#$% DID YOU OUTPUT .OGGs
> WITHOUT TELLING ME!?!... Insert CD 1. Re-rip CD 1...
>
> I'm pretty sure the CD ripping experience before that went pretty much
> the same way.
>
> That said, this experience *is* actually "as good as iTunes" if you
> don't have an iPod, since iTunes rips to AAC by default without warning you.

Because when Rhythmbox transfers files to your device it transcodes
them from ogg or flac into whatever format your player supports.

We don't want nautilus to be the sync-with-music-player experience.

Jon