Messages in this thread | | | From | Måns Rullgård <> | Subject | Re: OT] Joerg Schilling flames Linux on his Blog | Date | Thu, 02 Jun 2005 03:46:10 +0200 |
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Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> writes:
> Jim Crilly wrote: >> On 06/01/05 07:50:57PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: >> >>>"Jim Crilly" <jim@why.dont.jablowme.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I don't use cdda2wav so I can't comment, but every other ripping tool that >>>>I've used on Linux has had no problem using the /dev/whatever interface, so >>>>once again it appears that your tool is the blacksheep for no good reason. >>> >>>You should use it as it is even used by people on Win32 because it is the >>>best DAE program for even badly readable sources. >> I'm not an audiophile, I can't tell the difference between a mp3 >> encoded at >> 128k and one encoded at 160k so I really doubt I could tell the difference >> between what cdda2wav and what most other DAE programs would produce. So >> given that the quality of the rips will be effectively equal to my ears, >> I'll use whatever's most convenient. > > The "quality" or fidelity isn't the issue here, but rather the rip > being deterministic and producing the same (as as often as possible, > correct) data. Joerg used the "paranoia" library to do the ripping > validation, and I'm unconvinced that there is anything better in that > regard.
So any program that uses that library would produce equally good results, no? The paranoia library was written by monty@xiph.org, whos real name I can't find, but which I have reason to believe is not an alias for Mr. Schilling.
-- Måns Rullgård mru@inprovide.com
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