On Mon, 2001-11-26 at 17:46, nate wrote: > William T Wilson said: > > On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, nate wrote: > > > >> i use l3enc for encoding(very slow but good quality), i found a > >> serial# for it a few years ago(i can't find a way to buy it) and i > >> use > > > > Although l3enc is the only "legal" encoder I know of that runs on > > Linux, I wouldn't necessarily say it has the best quality, except > > at very low bitrates. I've heard that LAME is the best quality > > encoder at "normal" (128-256K) bitrates. I do not know which > > encoder is best for variable bitrate. > > yeah. i originallly started using it because i encoded stuff > at 32kbps/96kbps for my rio. when i last tried lame(~2 years ago) it > sounded weird(music was not stable, hard to describe it sounded > wobbly). im not concerned too much about quality(unlike some > who insist on 192kbps or something), but that was far from > usable at the time, sort of like playing a tape in a screwed > up cassette deck. at the time, l3enc sounded better at > 32kbps then some other encoders(maybe lame too) at 96kbps. > > the key for me though is mp3make. i've tried several X based > CDA->MP3 converters in the past, KDE based, gnome based(can't > remember names off the top of my head) and all of them had > severe problems for me, crashing, or wouldn't encode or > i couldn't figure out the advanced options. as of the > current version it doesnt seem as if mp3make supports > lame out-of-the-box. thought it did .......runs > on 8hz-mp3, l3enc, mp3enc, or bladeenc. >
Try abcde, it's console based but pretty good in my opinion. Does cddb querying and editing, id3 tagging, ripping and encoding through the programs of your choice. --mike
