[vorbis] Using oggenc

[Ti Kan]

Bruce Park writes:
> I wanted to ask some experienced users some settings about oggenc.
> 1. How can I setup oggenc so that I can DIRECTLY rip tracks off my audio cd? 
> As we all know, audio cd doens't really have a file format that we can 
> directly use. Do I HAVE to convert them to wav files then convert them to 
> ogg files?
> 2. The options: -b -m -M with the bitrate of the audio file. If I set 
> something with the '-b' option and also use the '-m' and '-M' option, for 
> example 'oggenc -b 128 -m 64 -M 128 file.wav', how is this effected? 
> Furthermore, how does the '-q' option come into role here? It says that it 
> ranges from 0 to 10. I'm assuming that this is a preset quality controller 
> that we can use to replace using the other three options that I previously 
> mentioned. Is my assumption correct?

If you're using Linux or a UNIX flavor, try xmcd ( http://www.amb.org/xmcd ).
Xmcd can rip CDs directly into a number of formats, including Ogg Vorbis.
Since xmcd links with libvorbisenc, libvorbis and libogg and makes direct
calls into them, it doesn't even need oggenc.

-Ti

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