Re: newbie queries

work much better.

i do get an error for a rip/encode, 'no write access to write encode file',
i could swear i saw this in the faq, but in looking again, i am not 
seeing it...

can i run grip in a verbose mode to debug the write failure?

thx, ...

Todd Zullinger wrote:
> jackc wrote:
>   
>> hi grip folks,
>>
>> i got an ipod for xmas and i want to use linux to play with it.
>>
>> i need first to rip music from my cd's, then load it to the ipod.
>>
>> my understanding is that the ipod will play mp3 encoded files.
>>     
>
> It will also play AAC/MP4 files (though there are less tools for
> managing those on Linux than there are for MP3, AFAIK. :)
>
>   
>> i downloaded grip and lame and have installed them locally.
>>     
>
> Neither Grip nor LAME  is available in your distro?  That's a shame.
>
>   
>> i get ...
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 jackc jackc  4138630 Jan  2 17:57 bad_enough.ogg
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 jackc jackc  5639104 Jan  2 18:03 charlemagnes_home_town.ogg
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 jackc jackc  4386062 Jan  2 17:53 childish_things.ogg
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 jackc jackc 69948524 Jan  2 17:13 holiday.wav
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 jackc jackc  4099342 Jan  2 17:59 memorial_day.ogg
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 jackc jackc  5079039 Jan  2 18:02 old_part_of_town.ogg
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 jackc jackc  2928221 Jan  2 18:04 pocatello.ogg
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 jackc jackc  3740733 Jan  2 17:58 restless.ogg
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 jackc jackc  4218043 Jan  2 17:51 see_the_elephant.ogg
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 jackc jackc  5003806 Jan  2 18:00 sixyear_drought.ogg
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 jackc jackc  4385226 Jan  2 17:56 slew_foot.ogg
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 jackc jackc  6806046 Jan  2 17:55 we_cant_make_it_here.ogg
>>
>> i see the ripping is to .wav files, but they are encoded to these .ogg 
>> files.
>> i have seen the various config options, but am unclear how to get my mp3 
>> encoding.
>>
>> executable = /usr/local/bin/lame
>> command line=-h -b %b %w %m
>> file format= %x
>>     
>
> I think the last one is what's getting you.  What do you have for
> "Encode file extension" ?  I'm betting it's ogg.  The %x in file
> format is a placeholder that will get replaced by whatever is in the
> file extension setting.
>
> I'll also bet that your files actually are mp3's, but they're just
> named .ogg.  Try running the file command on one of them and see what
> it says (e.g. file bad_enough.ogg).  If file tells you that they're
> mp3 files, you can just rename them to .mp3.
>
>   
>> my question is, how do i setup configure to generate .mp3 encoded files?
>>
>> grip = 3.0.4
>>     
>
> Why 3.0 instead of the current stable 3.2.0?  (Even the 3.3.1 devel
> version is quite stable, I've used it for ages now.)
>
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