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LinuxNetMag #2
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If you want to hear your favorite CD music
in mp3-format on your computer, you need a Ripper.
These helpers read the music from the CD and create a wave file
which can be changed with an encoder into a mp3 file.
To create a mp3 file of your favorite CD track you first have to read the
music from the CD. These jobs are done by rippers, which are able
to read tracks, or just parts of it, and save the music in wave files.
These file are usual very big and can reach a size of 100 MBs. Rippers
do not use any analog steps to read the track, on the contrary the reading
is completely digital. Rippers get the music without any loss of
sound quality. It seems that the linux community just knows two
spread out rippers with the same good power.
Cdda2wav was
the first ripper but is still in use by many programs. Because of its long
time in use and the wide spreading this program is very stable.
Changes that are made for newer versions just include the support of new
CD drives.
Cdparanoia
is a completely new construction of cdda2wav. It supports most of
the available SCSI- and many ATAPI-dirves. Additionally cdparanoia works
very well with corrupted CDs.
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