From 4aed2c8219774f5d797760606b8489a92ddc5163 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: toma Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:56:58 +0000 Subject: Copy the KDE 3.5 branch to branches/trinity for new KDE 3.5 features. BUG:215923 git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/trinity/kdebase@1054174 283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da --- doc/userguide/playing-audiocds.docbook | 142 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 142 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/userguide/playing-audiocds.docbook (limited to 'doc/userguide/playing-audiocds.docbook') diff --git a/doc/userguide/playing-audiocds.docbook b/doc/userguide/playing-audiocds.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3f96a6056 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/userguide/playing-audiocds.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ + + + + +Deepak +Sarda + +antrix@gmail.com + + + +Audio CD Ripping in &kde; + +The conventional way of ripping Audio CDs to MP3 or Ogg files is to +use a standalone program such as iTunes, Winamp or &kde;'s own +KAudioCreator. But if we stick to conventions, +where's the fun?! So in this article, I am going to show you how to feel +elite by ripping your CDs in the, umm.. elite way. ;-) + + +Ingredients + +What do we need to be cool? Vanilla &kde;, without any extra +ingredients, will be able to rip your CDs. But to encode them, you'll need +to install the relevant codecs. At the moment, Ogg Vorbis, MP3 and FLAC formats +are supported. To enable encoding to these formats, you'll have to install +libogg, lame and flac respectively. How exactly you install these depends on +your distribution: take a look at their documentation to find out how. + +Once you have your favourite codec(s) installed, open &kcontrolcenter; and navigate your way to Sound & +MultimediaAudio CDs +and configure the settings on the various tabs to your liking. You can leave +everything in the default state if you so wish, but it's helpful to take a +look so you at least know what's on offer. Again, take a look at +Sound & MultimediaCDDB +Retrieval and change anything that's not to your +liking. CDDB, in case you didn't know, stands for CD DataBase (or Compact +Disc DataBase in it's more free flowing form). This functionality enables +&kde; to retrieve the Artist/Album/Track information about your CDs from the +Internet. This metadata is also used to write tags to the MP3 or Ogg files +that you'll be encoding your CDs to anytime now. + + + + + + + + + + + +Recipe + +Without further delay, let's get down to the business of being cool. +First, pop in the CD you want to rip (obviously!). Next, fire up a +&konqueror; window and open the Services tab on the Navigation panel. The +Navigation panel sits on the left side of the window, as shown in the +screenshot below. If it's not visible, you can produce it out of thin air by +pressing the magic F9 key. + + + + + + + + + +Now click on Audio CD Browser and in a few seconds, you'll see a lot +of folders which you can start browsing. If it's taking some time to show +anything, it's because it's trying to fetch information about the CD from +the CDDB database you configured earlier. + +In the screenshot below, you can see the contents of the Ogg Vorbis +folder. It shows all the songs in the Ogg format; it even shows their file +size! But, you and I both know that audio CDs don't contain Ogg tracks. So +what exactly is happening here? + + + + + + + + + +All the folders you see under Audio CD Browser are virtual folders. +They show contents of the CD through different filters, so to speak. When +you open the Ogg Vorbis folder, you are actually seeing the contents of the +CD as if it were stored in the Ogg format. You can go through the other +folders and you'll find MP3, flac and wav representations of the CD's +contents. You can even see the approximate file sizes when encoded in the +various formats. + + +So how do we rip and encode the CD? I think you can guess the answer +by now. Just decide which format you wish to rip to, open that folder, and +copy and paste those files in your target folder. That's it! &kde; will start +ripping and encoding the files on the fly! If you copy any of the files in +the Full CD folder, you'll be ripping the entire CD as +one continuous stream. + + + + + + + + + + + +Related Information +The amaroK website at +http://amarok.sf.net has the +latest news and information about amaroK. + + + + + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.1