[vorbis] Fw: CD Ripper Beta Software: RipTrax

[John Lundy]

Blade is bitrate oriented. Lame is bitrate oriented in its Blade
compatibility mode. Ogg is bitrate oriented in the static bit rate (SBR)
mode and quality oriented in the VBR mode (a quality value is provided to
the DLL interface; a value between .1 and 1). For a generic interface to all
three encoders I elected to use a bitrate centric interface. This brings up
a good question (thanks to you, Wilson), "Don't higher bitrates always mean
higher quality?" If not, what would be the preferred interface parameters to
represent a quality centric application?

The present version of Obb Vorbis used by RipTrax is version 1.0rc3. Once
the version information is available from the DLL(s) involved, this
information will appear in the About box, just like Blade and Lame versions
do. Right now there is no programmatical method to acquire this information.

Track and artist names can be changed on the Track tab prior to starting the
ripping process. Once that process is started, the Track and Config tabs are
disabled to prevent a user from "shooting himself in the foot", so to speak.
Changing information on these pages during the ripping process could have
drastic ramifications (i.e. give unpredictable and/or undesireable results).
A user should make all changes to the Album/Artist/etc information *prior*
to starting the rip.

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilson" <defiler at null.net>
To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: [vorbis] Fw: CD Ripper Beta Software: RipTrax

<p>> It seems like this app still thinks in terms of bitrate, not quality.
> What version of Vorbis is it using?
> Also.. Umm.. am I crazy, or does it not let me change track/artist names
> once they've come down from CDDB?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Lundy" <jlundy at airmail.net>
> To: <mp3encoder at minnie.tuhs.org>
> Cc: <vorbis at xiph.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 2:43 AM
> Subject: [vorbis] Fw: CD Ripper Beta Software: RipTrax
>
>
> > RipTrax has just been modified to include support to OGG output file
> format
> > (Ogg Vorbis); including comment fields for pertinent track/album
> > information. You can download the latest version from this link:
> >
> > http://web2.airmail.net/jlundy/riptrax.htm
> >
> > If you are lacking a respectable playback tool for OGG files, try
FreeAmp
> > at:
> >
> > http://www.freeamp.org/
> >
> > All feedback is welcome (please go easy on the ego ;)
> >
> > John
> >
> > PS - Thanks to Ross Lewis for encouragement in this endeavor. :)
>
>
>
>
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