The desktop beyond F10

[Stewart Adam]

On 11/7/08 10:02 AM, Dan Winship 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.
>
> -- Dan
>
Having ogg be default is fine IMHO, but it would be great to add more 
options to the rip preferences. For example, I still prefer ripping to wav 
and then using an audio converter to convert to FLAC since there's no way 
for me to set the flac compression level (or I missed it).

In the case of lossy codecs, I think a simple drop-down selection for 
bitrate and checkbutton for CBR/VBR would make a lot of people happy.

Stewart