Ripping and Encoding Audio Files in Linux | Linux Today

Ripping and Encoding Audio Files in Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 29, 2007

[ Thanks to Borys
Musielak
for this link. ]

“Listening to the music played back from original audio CDs on a
home computer creates clear discomfort–the CD drive is being
blocked and the CDs have to be changed again and again (unless you
have a home jukebox). Now it’s time we learn to rip (grab) our own
audio collection and save it to a hard disk in the form of .mp3,
.ogg, or .flack files.

“Compact disks have totally dominated the music market, becoming
its basic medium of distribution…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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