Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist License: gpl Url: http://home.t-online.de/home/mbanck/debian/ Description: rip and encode CDs with one command Jack has been developed with one main goal: making MP3s or OGGs without having to worry. There is nearly no way that an incomplete rip goes unnoticed, e.g. jack compares WAV and MP3 filesizes when continuing from a previous run. Jack also checks your HD space before doing anything (even keeps some MB free). . Jack is different from other such tools in a number of ways: - it supports different rippers and encoders - it is very configurable - it doesn't need X - it can "rip" virtual CD images like the ones created by cdrdao - when using cdparanoia, cdparanoia's status information is displayed for all tracks, so you can see if something went wrong - it uses sophisticated disk space management, i.e. it schedules it's ripping/encoding processes depending on available space. - freedb query, file renaming and id3 tagging - it can resume work after it has been interrupted. If all tracks have been ripped, it doesn't even need the CD anymore, even if you want to do a freedb query. - it can do a freedb query based on MP3s alone, like if you don't remember from which CD those MP3s came from. - freedb submissions
Jack finally includes ogg/vorbis support in CVS now, so it can be packaged. On a related note: Is it feasable to create a virtual 'mp3-encoder' package? This would change jack's control from 'Recommends: vorbis-tools' to 'Depends: $DEPENDS, vorbis-tools | mp3-encoder' which looks much cleaner IMO. Of course, using ogg/vorbis should be encouraged, but a lot of users depends on mp3 for their portable players etc. There are some mp3-encoders out there who can't be in the debian archive, but are packaged locally nevertheless. They could provide 'mp3-encoder' and thus other mp3-encoding software could be packaged. I haven't thought about this very long and might have missed an important point though. regards, Michael
