28 Apr
2008
28 Apr
'08
3:46 a.m.
Justin Smith wrote:
Arthur
On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Justin Smith
<noisesmith(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 9:54 PM, Arthur <arthura(a)cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > Roger E wrote:
> > > Another happy Amarok user here. I always fix the tags with Easytag
> > > before adding them to the collection. With proper tags the search works
> > > perfectly. Easytag can fetch tags from cddb also, and rename files from
> > > tags.
> > > If only Amarok had a replay gain function like fb2k I reckon it would be
> > > perfect. It does take over half an hour to scan my 10000 tracks, but
> > > hey, you only need to do that once.
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
> > >
> > >
> > I also think that amarok is great, but I have a very fast computer. I
> > don't fix tags with easytag (but I do think that it's a great
program),
> > I rip with rubyripper and everything is ready to dump into my music
> > folder as is. If you folks don't know about rubyripper, please check it
> > out. I found out about it when I was running archlinux and I hope that
> > there are binaries for every distro soon. No, I am not affiliated with
> > rubyripper in any way.
> >
> > Enjoy,
> > Arthur
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
> From the wikipedia page for the program:
>
> One has to wonder though: can 3 bytes actually be heard in a wav file
> that produces 180.000 bytes per second?
>
> The answer is a definitive yes, and if you are (un)lucky, they may
> just blow your speakers too. And I presume by 180,000 bytes per second
> they mean 176,400.
>
> Since it is a ruby application, presumably it wouldn't even be
> possible to have a binary for it if you wanted one (or is it mixed
> ruby/c?).
>
Don't know, I installed from a .deb package. It works.
It does look
like an interesting application, but their alogorithms
are either very naively implemented or the wikipedia page explains
them poorly.
I can only say, try it. I have been very pleased. I am a composer and my ears still
function. I have hafler audio equipment and I can't hear the difference between my
cd's and a rubyripper rip. YMMV, but it may please you as much as it's pleased me.
I have tried many other rippers.