[GLLUG] Recommended Ogg Rippers

Edward Glowacki glowack2@msu.edu
Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:45:31 -0400


Brian Hoort wrote:

> I've decided to experiment a little with the whole MP3 ripping 
> phenomenon. (I know, I'm a little late). I think I'd like to go the 
> .ogg route, rather than MP3, and I see the vorbis-tools (oggenc, 
> ogg123, etc.), but they lack a little polish for my tastes. I'd like a 
> ripper front-end, and I would prefer KDE. Any suggestions? I couldn't 
> find any KDE rippers with a few web searches. They all seem to be GTK. 

I've been using a command-line ripper for my stuff.  Once it's setup, 
all you do is run a single command and it will rip, name/tag, and encode 
for you.  I've also used grip (GTK-based) and it seemed to work OK, but 
nothing KDE, sorry.  Make sure you use cdparanoia to do the ripping 
(rather than cdda2wav or whatever), last I checked it was a much better 
choice than any of the others.

A not about OGG format.  It's got good quality, it's open source, etc. 
etc., but good luck trying to find hardware that supports it.  With MP3, 
once you rip and encode, you can use your music in mini-portables while 
you run, CD-based portables while you travel, car CD players while you 
drive, CD changers in your stereo, and even TiVo now can play MP3's.  
With OGG, well, you basically have to have a computer.  I have a bunch 
of stuff in OGG format (almost 200 CD's) and I'll probably re-rip it all 
into MP3 at some point in the near future just so I can play it 
somewhere other than my computer (namely through the TiVo and in my 
car).  I like the technical and philosophical ideas behind OGG, but when 
it comes down to it, MP3 just has the ubiquity and probably will for 
some time... =(

-ED