mp3 ripper for linux

1madstork · 01-09-2005, 07:24 PM

I'm looking for something that will rip my cd's and convert them to mp3's that I can put on my iPod. What's a good linux app for this? Does k3b have an encoder or is there something else I should use?

qwijibow · 01-09-2005, 07:37 PM

not sure if K3b has an ripper.

graphical
xmcd
roxcd (for rox desktop)
sound-juicer (for gnome2)
grip (frontend)
jack (frontend)

command lime rippers include
rip
mp3c
bladeenc

there are loads... consult google.com/linux

fsck · 01-09-2005, 07:38 PM

I've always used 'grip' to rip CD's, stable and pretty quick. http://nostatic.org/grip/

LoungeLizard · 01-09-2005, 09:29 PM

Grip has worked like a charm for me...I cant remember but I also think there is a plugin for XMMS

paranoid times · 01-10-2005, 12:05 AM

one more for grip

daihard · 01-10-2005, 12:30 AM

Okay, I'll be the devil's advocate.

I switched from Grip to KAudioCreator because Grip would crash very often on me. I use "lame" as the underlying encoder with both Grip and KAudioCreator, so the frontend doesn't make a whole lot of difference to me.

If Grip works stably for you, I don't see any reason to not use it, though.

IBall · 01-10-2005, 12:35 AM

To rip one track at a time from CD into mp3 format:

Code:

cdparanoia "n" - | lame - "track-n.mp3"

where n is the desired track.

If you want to do the whole CD:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

count=1
numTracks=$1
destDir=$2

until test $count -gt $numTracks
   do
   cdparanoia "$count" - | lame - "$destDir/track$count.mp3"
   let "count=$count+1"
   done

see "man lame" and "man cdparanoia" for details

I hope this helps
--Ian

1madstork · 01-10-2005, 09:35 AM

Quote:

I switched from Grip to KAudioCreator because Grip would crash very often on me.

Grip keeps crashing when I try to close it. No biggie. Either way, with Grip and KAudioCreator, I don't have a 'lame' encoder. I tried to apt-get install lame but it said that lame is an obsolete package. I have no manual entry for lame either so I guess it's not there. I'm going to keep looking for it but if anyone can give me a shortcut to finding a .deb or tarball I'd appreciate it.

daihard · 01-10-2005, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by 1madstork
Grip keeps crashing when I try to close it. No biggie. Either way, with Grip and KAudioCreator, I don't have a 'lame' encoder. I tried to apt-get install lame but it said that lame is an obsolete package. I have no manual entry for lame either so I guess it's not there. I'm going to keep looking for it but if anyone can give me a shortcut to finding a .deb or tarball I'd appreciate it.

I've uploaded the tarball on my Web space. Please feel free to grab it.

http://daihardM3.home.comcast.net/data/lame-3.92.tar.gz

1madstork · 01-10-2005, 03:27 PM

Quote:

I've uploaded the tarball on my Web space. Please feel free to grab it.

Thanks!

andrewguy9 · 01-27-2005, 05:20 PM

I tried to use kaudiocreator because it would do the cddb lookup for me, and fill in the tags.
I found, however, that is was really unstable!!!
I tried the command line path, which worked fine, except it didn't set any of the mp3 tags.
Is there a command line solution for doing the cddb lookup?

P.S. I'm using cdparanoia and lame

kak · 01-27-2005, 09:25 PM

I use ripperX never had any stability issues with it and it sets up the tags.
http://ripperx.sourceforge.net/

daihard · 01-27-2005, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by andrewguy9
I tried to use kaudiocreator because it would do the cddb lookup for me, and fill in the tags.
I found, however, that is was really unstable!!!
I tried the command line path, which worked fine, except it didn't set any of the mp3 tags.
Is there a command line solution for doing the cddb lookup?

Which version of KAudioCreator are you using? The version that came with KDE 3.1.5 was really unstable, but it has improved quite a bit since then. I currently use 1.12, which came with KDE 3.4 Beta1, with cdparanoia and lame as the backend apps. I've never had any major issue with it.

doralsoral · 01-27-2005, 10:27 PM

RipperX is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!

homey · 01-28-2005, 01:20 AM

IBall,
I like your script! Hope you don't mind, I put a couple of sanity checks in.

Code:

#!/bin/bash
#If you want to do the whole cd, run this script.
#Example: ./test 27 /home/music

usage()
{
        echo "Usage: $0 [NumTracks] [DestDir]"
        exit 1;
}

test "$1" || usage
test -d "$2" || usage

count=1
numTracks=$1
destDir=$2

until test $count -gt $numTracks
   do
   cdparanoia "$count" - | lame - "$destDir/song$count.mp3"
   let "count=$count+1"
   done