Monday, March 12, 2001

Easy MP3 Ripping in KDE 2.2 -- 8:45 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

There will be a new feature in KDE 2.2 (the popular Linux desktop) that will make ripping MP3s or Ogg Vorbis files a piece of cake. Check it out:

Last week, Michael Matz contributed some code to the audiocd:IO slave in KDE CVS to make ripping audio CDs child's play. When you browse an audio CD with this new code (using, for example, 'audiocd:/' in Konqueror), you will find two subdirectories: MP3 and Ogg Vorbis. Each subdirectory will list all the tracks on the audio CD with the appropriate extension (.mp3 and .ogg). Each track can then be dragged to any KDE drop location and be converted automatically into the MP3 or OGG compressed formats. In addition, if the track has a CDDB entry, the file is automatically named for you and the .MP3/.OGG tags are set appropriately. The obligatory screenies are linked in the text above. Expect rollout for KDE 2.2, currently scheduled for beta release on April 2. How's that for simplicity?

That is just too slick for words. Thanks Linux Today.

News for 03/12/2001

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