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