From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 8 17:27:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44ED716A4CE; Sat, 8 May 2004 17:27:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lakermmtao07.cox.net (lakermmtao07.cox.net [68.230.240.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D2E143D49; Sat, 8 May 2004 17:27:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from ip68-14-60-78.no.no.cox.net ([68.14.60.78]) by lakermmtao07.cox.netESMTP <20040509002726.RQEK19459.lakermmtao07.cox.net@ip68-14-60-78.no.no.cox.net>; Sat, 8 May 2004 20:27:26 -0400 Received: from ip68-14-60-78.no.no.cox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i490RPbI059399; Sat, 8 May 2004 19:27:25 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@ip68-14-60-78.no.no.cox.net) Received: (from conrads@localhost)i490RJGm059398; Sat, 8 May 2004 19:27:19 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.5 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <40990B6C.5030401@pacific.net.au> Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 19:27:19 -0500 (CDT) From: Conrad Sabatier To: Lex Hider cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: best cd ripping option. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: conrads@cox.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 00:27:29 -0000 On 05-May-2004 Lex Hider wrote: > OK, there are 2 things I'd like help with: > > 1) > What's the recommended or best way for ripping audio > CDs in FreeBSD-5.X? That is putting music CD to HD for > encoding ogg/flac/mp3 etc. > > cdparanoia/cdda2wav/dagrab or "dd"ing /dev/acd0tX? I've been using the "dd" method ever since it first became available. Have never had a need for anything else since. Just be aware that, for encoding from the resulting raw pcm data to mp3 or whatever other format, you'll need to let the encoder know to reverse the endianness, else all you'll wind up with is static. -- Conrad Sabatier - "In Unix veritas"