https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats On 2/18/06, John Wheat wrote: > > > > Alan Dayley wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > John Wheat wrote: > > > >> I have noticed that MP3 support is rather limited with linux, > >>therefore, would Ogg be a suitable alternative considering I like to > >>burn CD's of mixed songs in my collection. The format used would need to > >>be easily converted to Wav so they can be burned to CDr's any > >>suggestions on this? > > > > > > I am confused when you say that "MP3 support is rather limited with > > linux" I currently have no less than 5 (maybe more) different audio > > players on my Fedora system that can play MP3s. The legality of the > > software that encodes and decodes MP3 may be up for debate but support > > for the format is not limited. > > > > Ogg is a suitable alternative which I would use more, if I had a > > portable player that supported. Players that support Ogg are few and > > far between. I have an iPod Nano (provided as a gift) but do not use > > the Apple ACC format since I don't and won't use iTunes. My only other > > iPod supported choice is MP3. So, I rip my CDs to MP3. > > > > As mentioned by others, both MP3 and Ogg are "lossy" formats so you > > loose some of the music in either one. I have heard of people who rip > > to their hard drive as WAV or FLAC and then convert to MP3 just for use > > on their portable player. It's a good idea but I figure the CDs are my > > full quality original. If I only rip them to the computer and never use > > them on a daily basis, they will stay pristine "forever" anyway. If I > > need a song in a lossless format, I'll get it off the CD. > > What I meant by "limited" is , at least on Ubuntu stock setup for lack > of a better term I have not found much in the way of MP3 to wav > convertors. Maybe I am not looking in the right place? > > John > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >