[ILUG] MP3 encoding solution

[Conor Daly]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 10:04:52AM +0100 or thereabouts, Niall O Broin wrote:
> I used to use DDJ (Digital DDJ) and Grip for MP3 playing and managing the
> encoding process respectively. They're from the same author and work well
> together, storing all the track information in a MySQL database.
> 
> However, I've lately taken to using freeamp - it's simply a much nicer and
> more stable UI. So, now I'm looking for a suitable replacement for grip
> which can be configured to use whatever ripper and encoder I want and
> produces playlists or tracks which can be easily imported into freeamp - if
> it has an option to automatically put newly ripped and encoded tracks
> automatically into My Music->Uncategorized Tracks, so much the better
> 
> It'd be nice if it also plays well with freedb.org. I sometimes settle down
> for a ripping session when I'll go in and take another half dozen CDs off
> the shelf and rip them, so it'd be nice if an encoding solution could be
> told to go to freedb and get track listings and cache them locally - then I
> could log on once, get the listings for the current batch of CDs, and log
> off for the sake of my phone bill's health. Mind you, I've never seen that,
> and grip certainly didn't have it, so I'm just being hopeful, and while I'm
> asking . . . .  :-)
> 
> 
> Any suggestions ?

jack.  And no, that's not an instruction to the penguin if he can't find a
seal!

http://freshmeat.net/projects/jack/

It's a term based front end configurable for all operations.  I use it with
cdparanoia, bladeenc, freedb.org but it's all adjustable.  It uses xtermset
to fit an xterm to its requirements for the job in hand (again, nothing to
do with penguins) but won't do the same with a gnome-terminal.  If I'm on a
ripping binge, I can hav it rip a cd to the HD, pause while another session
rips the next cd, pause that and so on.  When I have the hd full, I unleash
all the jack sessions to do the encoding through the night.

Conor
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