Re: newbie queries
jackc <[email protected]> Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:07:31 -0800
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.multimedia.grip.user |
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absolutely! we have Way tooo much war in the world already!!! O:-) mihalis veletas wrote: > Hey, about the ipod - no religious wars here, I'm sure that if you > follow the use pattern that it was intended to follow, you have a very > good portable device. > > Cheers > > */jackc <[email protected]>/* wrote: > > hi mihalis, > > thx for your reply, comments inline... > > > mihalis veletas wrote: > > You do realize that the ripping engine can be changed in grip. The > > default engine will only produce .ogg files, but, if you install > lame, > > and specify that grip needs to use lame, you will be able to > produce > > mp3 files. This is under Grip -> Encode -> Encoder tab in version > > 3.2.0 that I use on this machine. > thx, i do and i have installed lame 3.97 and am using it. > it is some config error in setup i think as the rip works fine, > but dies right away on the attempt to open/write the encoding file > out... > > > > Lame is best installed using the online repositories of your > > distribution, and I really cannot help you with specific > instructions > > on how to add repositories, and installing packages from them. > All I > > can say, though, is that your distro's GUI should let you find this > > capability pretty easilly, and installation will be a breeze > once you > > get it going. > it went in clean, but i got a problem. > > it may be that i had grip 3.0.4, then upgraded to 3.2.0 > > > > > As a final editorial, I personally will never buy an ipod, > because of > > the no-ogg support, as well as the myriad of other restrictions to > > using the otherwise perfectly good memory they carry in them. > i understand and respect your decision. in my case, i and my daughter > are using this > as a learning experience. she is using the large ipod and windoz, > i am > using the > nano and linux. > > > > Cheers > > > > */jackc /* wrote: > > > > 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.) > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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