FFmpg is probably the most popular tool for this. VLC actually gives you an interface to help exedite this and i am sure there are others. I personally would choose ogg or flac, but they don't have the device support i wish they had. On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 5:40 PM, David Lopez wrote: > how do i copy music cd's (wav format) to my hard drive and create an > mp3 output to one cd to listen on my car radio? > > my system is ubuntu 12.10 64 bit with amd phenom 2 chip and 8 gig ram. > > as you know, ubuntu uses rhythmbox to play cd's. works ok. it even > finds the cd play list (from the web?) and then displays the name of > song and author in a spreadsheet-like output. nice. it can also import to > a > directory but i can't do it. i can create the dir but nothing gets > imported. obviously, i can manually copy the wav files to dir in my > hard disk, however, rhythmbox can't find the play list but can play > the copied wav files. > > it also comes with cd burner program called brasero. i can use this > to burn the cd but as far as i can see it does not do conversions > wav-->mp3 format. what program can do this? > > any web links will be appreciated. > > david > > -- > David López > Software Engineer > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen