Like most older members i have a collection of cds which are taking up space, gathering dust, and unplayed mainly as i dont have a cd player in my current netbook. I did plug an external player in and copy several music pieces, but of course linux just treats them as files and they come across with…

[image] Paul: i think before i had a tool which copied not only the track but the name artist etc , or am i dreaming K3B is what I use to turn tracks into mp3’s, plus the names and the artist are kept too.

Depending on which formats you need supported (FLAC) Rhythmbox and Asunder are good. Sheila

Thanks for the ideas will give it a try over the next few days

I use “abcde”… couldn’t be easier… CLI… Assumes your CD drive is /dev/sr0 I mostly rip to FLAC format these days : sudo apt install abcde mkdir ~/rippingfolder ; cd ~/rippingfolder abcde -o flac which then presents stuff it discovered from various online Audio CD databases, and offers you a ch…

I have not ripped a CD to MP3 in years. I’ve ripped to WMA and MP3 before, but the MP3s are more portable. Not all my players will play a WMA file, so I had to resort to just using MP3. When I did my ripping I just used what was built into some version of Windows. It may have been both XP and 7. I…

I used to check out recorded books from the library–6-10 CDs in a box. The were usually WMA or other big files. I used Asunder to rip them, convert them to MP3s, and then copy them to a single R/W CD and play them in the car (music puts me to sleep, a book keeps me awake). Now I can download an M…

Running list… K3B abcde Asunder

I have never tried a talking book … enjoy reading and a lot would depend on the voice, accent and manor of speach if excited or not. Perhaps something to try as old age and eyesight catches up with me. At this stage prefer music as the pictures are better Amazing site, when asking a question wond…

[image] Paul: I have never tried a talking book I like to listen on a bluetooth headset as I take a walk. Sometimes music, sometimes books, sometimes podcasts. Good stuff.

[image] Paul: I have never tried a talking book It would be worth a listen to one of the Pete Brasset mysteries featuring Inspector Munro and DI West. The narrator used finds a number of interesting and different Scots dialects.

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berninghausen (Bill Berninghausen) 11 January 2024 05:28 14

Dan, try it while driving.