[NBLUG/talk] CD collections

[Barry Stump]

For the really adventurous, check out MP3FS, which is a FUSE
filesystem that transcodes flac files on-the-fly to MP3.  No need to
keep two versions of each file around to support mobile players.  I've
had mixed results actually getting it to work properly, but the idea
is really neat.

http://mp3fs.sourceforge.net/

-Barry

On Dec 10, 2007 10:54 AM, Walter Hansen <gandalf at sonic.net> wrote:
> If people want to get fussy, I'd suggest .flac which is a Lossless format.
> I've got some stuff in that format and it sounds fine; not that I could
> really tell. For my personal use though I tend to rip stuff in 320/VBR
> (Variable Bit Rate). VBR speeds up and slows down to match the complexity
> of the music. Most of the devices I've played on support this and it has a
> very high quality. I have a nice mp3 playing CD deck in the car. I wish it
> would handle DVD(+/-)Rs though. I fit about 12 albums on a CD.
>
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>
> > On 12/10/07, Jack Smith <jack.delbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On Dec 10, 2007 12:58 PM, Christopher Wagner <waggie at waggie.net> wrote:
> >> > Glad to hear you're up and running. :)  It's possible that JuK has MP3
> >> > support removed explicitly due to legal reasons.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Thought of that.  If I cared enough I'd try playing some MP3s that
> >> didn't
> >> come from Grip but everyone keeps telling me OGG is better anyway.
> >
> > My only complaint about OGG is that it does not play in all MP3
> > players.. I don' t think it plays in the major ones (iPod, Zune,
> > Creative) at all..  Not sure though.
> >
> > I personally stick with MP3 for this very reason, plus I'm not an
> > audio nut, and I feel I'm tone deaf anyways :) so the lower quality of
> > MP3 is fine for me. :)
> >
> > -Steve
> >
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