From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261546AbVFBBSt (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 21:18:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261532AbVFBBRY (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 21:17:24 -0400 Received: from mail.tmr.com ([64.65.253.246]:23174 "EHLO gaimboi.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261546AbVFBBPj (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 21:15:39 -0400 Message-ID: <429E5D8B.7090402@tmr.com> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:14:51 -0400 From: Bill Davidsen Organization: TMR Associates Inc, Schenectady NY User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040616 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jim Crilly CC: toon@hout.vanvergehaald.nl, mrmacman_g4@mac.com, ltd@cisco.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kraxel@suse.de, dtor_core@ameritech.net, 7eggert@gmx.de Subject: Re: OT] Joerg Schilling flames Linux on his Blog References: <20050530093420.GB15347@hout.vanvergehaald.nl> <429B0683.nail5764GYTVC@burner> <46BE0C64-1246-4259-914B-379071712F01@mac.com> <429C4483.nail5X0215WJQ@burner> <87acmbxrfu.fsf@bytesex.org> <429DD036.nail7BF7MRZT6@burner> <20050601154245.GA14299@voodoo> <429DE874.nail7BFM1RBO2@burner> <20050601172900.GC14299@voodoo> <429DF581.nail7BFUL8PFN@burner> <20050601175920.GD14299@voodoo> In-Reply-To: <20050601175920.GD14299@voodoo> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jim Crilly wrote: > On 06/01/05 07:50:57PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > >>"Jim Crilly" wrote: >> >> >>>I don't use cdda2wav so I can't comment, but every other ripping tool that >>>I've used on Linux has had no problem using the /dev/whatever interface, so >>>once again it appears that your tool is the blacksheep for no good reason. >> >>You should use it as it is even used by people on Win32 because it is the >>best DAE program for even badly readable sources. > > > I'm not an audiophile, I can't tell the difference between a mp3 encoded at > 128k and one encoded at 160k so I really doubt I could tell the difference > between what cdda2wav and what most other DAE programs would produce. So > given that the quality of the rips will be effectively equal to my ears, > I'll use whatever's most convenient. The "quality" or fidelity isn't the issue here, but rather the rip being deterministic and producing the same (as as often as possible, correct) data. Joerg used the "paranoia" library to do the ripping validation, and I'm unconvinced that there is anything better in that regard. The device names are totally another issue, which I'm not ready to drag around the block yet again. -- bill davidsen CTO TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979