<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>These are ideas. I could recycle the cases and just store the CDs in sleeves. That would cut down on space usage. What is the best format for export? Ogg or MP3? What rate would be the best rate without eating up tons of space?</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #1010FF;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="border-left: 2px solid #1010FF; margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Pete Hardie" <pete.hardie@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale@ale.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, August 4, 2015 5:09:08 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ale] CD -> MP3<br><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" data-mce-style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I've used grip a lot - it can be configured to rip the whole disk into a templated directory/file structure with suitable names, and did a pretty good job at getting the album/artist/track names the last tim eI used it<br><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" data-mce-style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">As for long-term storage, I've read that flash is less durable than spinning disks - I'd grab a 1TB drive for the 'permanent' storage, and save the flashdirve for carrying around<br><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Chris Fowler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cfowler@outpostsentinel.com" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:cfowler@outpostsentinel.com">cfowler@outpostsentinel.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" data-mce-style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000" data-mce-style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><div>Anyone recommend the best CD -> MP3 ripping program for Linux today? I have used mp3c exclusively, but am open to other options. </div><div><br></div><div>I want to digitize all my music CDs, bag them up, and drop the off at Goodwill. I don't listen to them. I now only listen to streaming services I pay for. My idea </div><div>is to back up all my CDs onto a 32GB USB stick and be done with it. Free up all the space taking by this media. For albums I can't find on Google Play I'll just upload them my play account.</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> Ale mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><br> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Pete Hardie<br>--------<br>Better Living Through Bitmaps</div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale<br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo<br></blockquote><div><br></div></div></body></html>