Since there will be no monitor there's no point running X. As there will be no logge din user, I don't think grip would be useful. Someone has a script to run abcde as a daemon, I hope that will work.
Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 264 497-5670 Fax: 264 497-8463 www.netconcepts.ai > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reuben D. Budiardja > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 11:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Automating ripping > > > On Monday 28 July 2003 10:47 am, Chris Mason wrote: > > Unfortunately it requires X and gnome and I am running text > only as it's a > > server. > It does require X but you don't have to run Gnome. You can > use any lightweight > window manager. There is no rule that you can't run a WM if > it's a server. > > But OTOH, the concept of grip is pretty simple (if you don't > want to be fancy > like ripping only on partial track or start at certain > sector) that you can > write yourself a script to run cdparanoia (and lame) and then > eject the cd > when done. I am not sure about detecting a CD insert and run > the script > automatically, but should be doable. > freedb has its protocol published if you want to query their > database. I think > there are also some sample programs on how to compute your CD > id and query > the database for it's info. > > So if you insist on using text only, there is always a > possibility of writing > your own script to do this. > Of course, If I were you, considering the works to be done, I > would rather run > X and be done with it. There's nothing wrong with that. > > RDB > > > > Chris Mason > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yahoo IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 264 497-5670 Fax: 264 497-8463 > > www.netconcepts.ai > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reuben > D. Budiardja > > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 9:52 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Cc: Chris Mason > > > Subject: Re: Automating ripping > > > > > > On Monday 28 July 2003 05:53 am, Chris Mason wrote: > > > > As part of a music server I am building, I need to be able > > > > > > to rip CDs > > > > > > > automatically. The staff will put in a CD of music and the > > > > > > server will > > > > > > > sense it and rip to a predetermined folder using cddb for > > > > > > information. > > > > > > > Has anyone done this or can you give me some idea on > how to do it? > > > > > > Take a look at grip. It's cool, it rocks. It's a front end > > > for ripping. I > > > think it use cdparanoia by default to do the ripping. It > > > should be shipped > > > with the RH distro, but usually it's not installed by default. > > > > > > You can set it up so that it automatically rip the CD on > > > insert, and eject it > > > when done. You can set up the path of the ripped file based > > > on artist name, > > > or album name, or that kind of information. It will query > > > either freedb or > > > cddb to get CD info. > > > > > > It can encode to mp3 or ogg also if you want. You have to use > > > lame or oggenc > > > to encode it to mp3 or ogg, but all can be controled by grip > > > as the front > > > end. > > > > http://nostatic.org/grip/ > > > > Hope that helps. > > RDB > > -- > Reuben D. Budiardja > Department of Physics and Astronomy > The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN > ------------------------------------------------- > /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign against HTML > \ / email and proprietary format > X attachments. > / \ > ------------------------------------------------- > Have you been used by Microsoft today? > Choose your life. Choose freedom. > Choose LINUX. > ------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
