[vorbis] Fw: CD Ripper Beta Software: RipTrax

[John Lundy]

EXCELLENT! All of you are providing some invaluable feedback. No kidding.
I'll be sticking around here for a long time, at this rate. At least until
you get tired of me...   ;)

Ok, first. I updated RipTrax to support Ogg in VBR *ONLY*. If you select
Blade or Lame, you get an Encode Bitrate selection control. If you Select
Ogg Vorbis, you get an Encode Quality edit control with a spin control
attached.

The list's view is correct, trying to fit Ogg into the family of *bitrate*
encoders does not make sense. So I made it a VBR quality encoder, only.

As to the other recommendations listed here and some follow up messages,
I'll add these to my to-do list and see what I have time to implement over
the next few days.

In any case, the latest RipTrax encoder can be picked up here:

http://web2.airmail.net/jlundy/riptrax.htm

And thanks, again, to all!

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilson" <defiler at null.net>
To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [vorbis] Fw: CD Ripper Beta Software: RipTrax

<p>> There are 400 ripping apps that support CBR Ogg. RipTrax will be the only
> one supporting VBR if you add support for it. I can't think of a good
reason
> to rip to CBR Ogg from a CD? Anyone? I know that if a ripping tool let me
> choose between CBR and VBR, I'd never use the CBR mode.
>
> Yes, the click once then click again method works for me. (Win2k Pro
> SP2/SMP)
> However, it's totally counter-intuitive to me, given that this isn't an
> "Explorer" window. I don't expect those metaphors to hold. I suggest
> allowing F2 (the standard rename hotkey) as well as double-click to put
the
> app into "rename" mode. Also, it would be nice to have a context menu on
> right-click "Rip this track" "Rename this track", etc.
>
> Also, it would be nice if the app had a friendlier error when the reader
> doesn't support C2 Error information. I just tried it on a Plextor
24/10/40
> (no C2 support), and it took me a moment to realize that I needed to
change
> error correction modes.
>
> Also also, there appears to be no way to select an alternate output
> directory.
>
> Also also also,  the tagging results are not appropriate with "Various
> Artists" CDs. I have to manually re-tag the files. Example:
> Album: Nativity In Black II
> Artist: Tribute To Black Sabbath
> Title: Static-X / Behind the Wall of Sleep
>
> That should be:
> Album: Nativity In Black II - Tribute To Black Sabbath
> Artist: Static-X
> Title: Behind the Wall of Sleep
>
> Thanks for your efforts, by the way.
>
>
>
>
>
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