Suggestions for cd ripper...mp3 or wav?
John Wendel
john.wendel at metnet.navy.mil
Tue Sep 26 16:08:09 UTC 2006
Mark Haney wrote:
> R. G. Newbury wrote:
>> I'm looking for suggestions for software to rip CD's..
>> I'm also looking for comments on the relative advantages of ripping to
>> mp3 versus wav files and the 'best' software to play those files back
>> from the harddrive.
>> I am presently using aplay in a for loop script but I need something
>> better. My present wav files were ripped with cdda2wav under OS/2.
>> what is the equivalent for linux/Fedora?
>> Suggestions please.
>>
>> R. Geoffrey Newbury Helping with the
>> HTTP issue
>> <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/">HTTP</a>
>>
> Personally, I would always go with either MP3 or OGG files. I have
> about 600GB of MP3 and OGG files on a jukebox system running icecast.
> WAV files are just too big to be useful, unless you really want to waste
> storage space.
>
>
>
You might also take a look at "flac"; lossless wav compression,
generally cuts the size of a wav in half without losing any audio quality.
Regards,
John
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