For encoding mp3 go with lame. It the best of the encoders under Linux (of the encoders I know about anyway.) The documentation is a bit sparse, but there isn't that much to document. For ripping use cdparinoia. Unlike similar programs such as cdda2wav, cdparanoia goes to great lengths to try to extract the audio information without any artifacts such as jitter. As a front end I use grip. It's not too hard to configure and once you get all the command line options in there that you want you don't have to remember them. Also nice is that it can hook into free cddb and get the song titles. Slick. There was a console front end I used to use, I think it was called cdgrab. Whatever it was it was pretty decent. Since I recently lost my mp3s to drive failure, I'll have to reencode them. Hmm...maybe I'll ogg the buggers... -- Andy Zbikowski, Sys Admin | (WEB) http://www.ltiflex.com LTI Flexible Products, Inc. | (PH) 763-428-9119 (EX) 132 21801 Industrial Blvd | (FX) 763-428-9126 Rogers, MN 55374 | (PCS) 612-306-6055 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: andyzb.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 367 bytes Desc: Card for Andy Zbikowski Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20001229/8caf9b4b/andyzb.vcf