[linux-audio-user] How to rip and rename file

[Larry Alkoff]

Larry Alkoff wrote:
> I am new and just starting out to rip my purchased cdroms from the 60's
> using abcde which was highly recommended in a thread in the archives.
> 
> When I rip, the tags are put in from cddb but the mp3 files names come 
> out like 'track 1.mps'.
> 
> Looking at the man pages for cdparanoia, lame and of course abcde I see 
> no way to control the nameing of the files.
> 
> My command line for abcde is:
> sudo abcde -V -k -o mp3 -d /dev/hdd
> 
> and in ~/.abcde.conf I use the options:
> LAMEOPTS=--v -h
> CDPARANOIAOPTS=--verbose -B
> 
> Am I missing a step to have the files properly named?
> 


Problem solved.

Apparently, in .abcdeconf if you change
#NOSUBMIT=n
to
NOSUBMIT=y
which means you will _not_ be asked if you want to edit the cddb tag 
information, then abcde will use the proper names from cddb for the 
directory and file names.  Go figure on why.

Larry

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Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
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