[Tfug] Audio CD Recording Questions

[Nick Lopez]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 12:50:34AM -0500, Charles R Kiss wrote:
> Do people like ide-scsi emulation so much that one has to log into the 
> old 2.4 kernel to burn CDs?  Is it that much better than dev=ATA on the 
> 2.6 kernel?
  Use the native stuff, I'm not sure if ide-scsi even works in current 2.6
kernels, I know it was broken for a bit and nobody saw the point in fixing
it.

> Also, how can I disable the gnome "CD-Player" from popping up every time 
> I load a CD into the tray; the *gnome-media* packs in all this stuff I'd 
> rather not use, but to "aptitude remove gnome-media" says it will REMOVE 
> all these packages and then "automatically" REMOVE *gnome*, 
> *gnome-desktop-environment*, etc.  What's that about?  I afraid to find out.
  Go to the "Removable Drives and Media Preferences" do-hickie and uncheck
"Play audio CD discs when inserted".

> What are you doing about reading, playing and ripping?  I like the looks 
> of *grip* because it uses *cdparanoia*, but it seems to prefer IDE-SCSI 
> emulation, as it seems XCDRoast does also (which I used to use).  So I 
> can't/won't use them anymore because I read that 2.6 is getting away 
> from ide-scsi, I guess.
  SoundJuicer is the Gnome way to go for ripping, it's light on the fiddling
options but gets the job done.

> So, now, I use:
> 
> cdda2wav -L1 -B  -x -paranoia -D /dev/hdd  ##for scratched up CDs on 
> crappy-ol' reading device.
> 
> -then-
> 
> cdrecord -dao -v speed=2 dev=ATA:1,0,0 -audio -useinfo -text *.wav
  Copying is another matter. I don't know of any good Gnome programs that'll
copy audio CDs.  You may want to try K3B if you don't mind KDE stuff.

  - Nick Lopez
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