RIP: Winamp

[charly]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

Seriously, if you're not using iTunes, you should be. The only problem I really have with it is that it always rips CDs to m4a and aac, with no option to rip to mp3 or anything like that.

I'm not sure what the difference is between the downloadable version, and the "paid" version (which came with my ipod), or if there even are any. I rip all my cd's to mp3 though with no problems.

[stringbeans]

you can choose which format you rip cd's into.. its in the preferences

i just did it last night. maybe you need the lastest version?

[Canar]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

Seriously, if you're not using iTunes, you should be. The only problem I really have with it is that it always rips CDs to m4a and aac, with no option to rip to mp3 or anything like that.

Eh, no. iTunes does not have anything even remotely resembling secure rips, so you have no guarantee at all that it's doing a good job. Try Exact Audio Copy for good quality CD rips. That way you can encode it how you like it. iTunes can't do proper gapless encodes either. A proper encoder like Nero's AAC encoder or LAME produce true gapless encodes automatically that can be played back on good software (I think there's a Winamp MP3 plugin that'll do this, foobar2000 does this standard, QCD can as well, IIRC) without any sort of gap. On live stuff and gapless stuff like DJ mixes and Pink Floyd, this is heavenly.

[jimungle]

holy first o.d.b dies and now this

that really sucks, pioneers in the digital revolution for sure,.


i'll be using it until i'm forced to change by codecs not working tho,.

[Mr.Wrong]

Originally Posted by jimungle

holy first o.d.b dies and now this

idiot

[ebbomega]

Ah. See, I don't use iTunes, but what I have used of it has been pretty...

I just recall a friend trying to rip a CD for me and couldn't get it in any format other than m4a, is all....

I use Rhythmbox, which is an iTunes clone... But it doesn't do any CD ripping... I use cdparanoia or cdda2wav for that, and then I use oggenc for my encodes (about the same quality/size as wma... but works under Rhythmbox and on my Rio Karma), or LAME (LAME Ain't an Mp3 Encoder). They both work spectacularily. And if I want a graphical frontend for all these, I use Grip.

But I'm a linux geek, so this won't apply to most of you.

[Séguin]

what. ICQ still exists.

[ebbomega]

I still use it... Well, I still use the protocol and the servers. But dear lord, the resources that program sucks down...

I keep it because there's still a substantial number of my friends that don't use MSN. And you know, I still prefer it to MSN.

[Séguin]

I use it still. occasionaly. but primaraly I use msn.

[Canar]

... There are loads of alternatives to real ICQ. There's Miranda IM, which I use happily but can be a little flaky with some of the plugins it has. There's also Gaim (which would work well for a Linux geek; it uses GTK). There are probably dozens more too.

[ty:rone]

icq is the king of file transfers

[ebbomega]

4:20: Apache is the king of file transfers. ICQ is semi-decent.

And GAIM has a Windows port too.

[Canar]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

And GAIM has a Windows port too.

sadly, GTK+Windows=teh sukc