Easiest way to rip songs from CD
Nov 4, 2021 23:22:13 GMT
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Post by kev392 on Nov 4, 2021 23:22:13 GMT
On my old Linux Mint distro I was using Banshee to rip songs from CD. Banshee is not longer maintained however and decided to not install on Bodhi 6.
I wanted to give RipperX a try, but I didn't want to go through the make process with the tarball file.
I was able to install abcde from the terminal and it ripped the songs fine, but it was difficult to figure out how to get it to rip to mp3 with the bitrate I prefer. It was doing it as ogg and at a fairly low 112 kbps. It also was not intuitive how to get it to save to the directory of my choice.
So I finally figured out that Audacity was the best option, which is available in the Synaptic Package Manager. It can create a wav file to edit. This is good, since many songs contain 1-2 seconds of blank space I would rather get rid of.
Then it's rather easy to set the output file type and the bitrate I choose, as well as the directory to save in.
Edit: You can also adjust the output volume of the file. Even though software like VLC or Rhythmbox can also rip the CD tracks, they cannot do any editing of the files. Using Audacity saves time in this regard.
Winner: Audacity
I wanted to give RipperX a try, but I didn't want to go through the make process with the tarball file.
I was able to install abcde from the terminal and it ripped the songs fine, but it was difficult to figure out how to get it to rip to mp3 with the bitrate I prefer. It was doing it as ogg and at a fairly low 112 kbps. It also was not intuitive how to get it to save to the directory of my choice.
So I finally figured out that Audacity was the best option, which is available in the Synaptic Package Manager. It can create a wav file to edit. This is good, since many songs contain 1-2 seconds of blank space I would rather get rid of.
Then it's rather easy to set the output file type and the bitrate I choose, as well as the directory to save in.
Edit: You can also adjust the output volume of the file. Even though software like VLC or Rhythmbox can also rip the CD tracks, they cannot do any editing of the files. Using Audacity saves time in this regard.
Winner: Audacity
