Audio Applications $ cdparanoia -B -w “l-” Here’s how to interpret the parameters in this command: Parameter Meaning -B Indicates that this is a batch and each track will be extracted to a separate file -w Indicates that the output file is to be a Microsoft .wav file “1-” Indicates that you wish to extract from the first track to the end of the disc Note You can find out more about cdparanoia at http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/. A GUI for CD Rippers and MP3 Encoders To make your CD ripping and MP3 encoding activities easier, Red Hat Linux 9 includes the grip utility. You can fire up this GUI by selecting Main Menu | Extras | Sound & Video | grip. By default, it’s configured to use cdparanoia for extracting the audio files (as .wav files) and the lame executable for encoding the files into MP3 format. As we’ve mentioned, the lame encoder is not included by default in Red Hat Linux 9, due to its decision to not support MP3 out of the box. However, you can download the lame encoder from http://rpmfind.net/linux/freshrpms/redhat-8.0/lame, and you can get the bladeenc encoder from http://bladeenc.mp3.no. The interface of the grip utility is intuitive and fairly easy to use. The main screen is shown below: More information can be found at the Grip’s web site at http://nostatic.org/grip/. Recording Files onto CD The cdrecord utility is a command line utility for recording files onto writable CDs using an appropriate CD-Writer drive (CD-R or CD/RW). It is installed by default in Red Hat Linux 9, and its web site can be found at http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html. 152

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