In other words: Users of proprietary OS like Windows have so little control over their own devices that it’s newsworthy when the vendor allows you to uninstall 2-3 bundled things out of many more. But only in some countries! It’s pathetic.
I prefer FLAC. Don’t know if there’s an option in whipper for that. But the Arch Wiki has an article for converting: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Convert_FLAC_to_MP3
Corrected, thx.
I use whipper. It’s a command-line application but it’s easy to use and works great every single time. At first you should let it analyze your drive which is the only step more involved. Here’s a mini tutorial for that I wrote for myself but you can also read it on the project page where it’s probably more up to date:
Analyze the drive’s caching behavior:
sudo whipper drive analyzeFind the drive’s offset. Consult the [[AccurateRip’s CD Drive Offset database|http://www.accuraterip.com/driveoffsets.htm]] for your drive. Drive information can be retrieved with
$ whipper drive list.$ sudo whipper offset find -o insert-numeric-value-here. If you omit the-oargument, whipper will try a long, popularity-sorted list of drive offsets. If you can’t confirm your drive offset value but wish to set a default regardless, setread_offset = insert-numeric-value-hereinwhipper.conf. Offsets confirmed with$ whipper offset findare automatically written to the configuration file. If specifying the offset manually, please note that: if positive it must be written as a number without sign (ex:+102-> 102), if negative it must include the sign.After that you just rip any disc by running:
whipper cd rip
And just as an example, here’s my ~/.config/whipper/whipper.conf:
[main]
path_filter_fat = True
path_filter_special = False
[drive:<drive ID>]
vendor = <vendor>
model = <model>
release = <release>
read_offset = <my offset>
[whipper.cd.rip]
unknown = True
output_directory = ~/music/_ripped
track_template = new/%%A/%%y - %%d/%%t - %%n
disc_template = new/%%A/%%y - %%d/%%A - %%d
Yes. Unfortunately, these systems are also a great gift for any upcoming fascist regime (like the Trump junta currently) which will not only happily continue using the existing infrastructure but also extend it like mad.
Maybe humanity’s greatest weaknesses overall: the lack of foresight and the lack of wisdom learned from historic precedents (e.g. Nazi Germany? Forgotten by now). Everything’s always about short-term goals, ignoring any long-term disadvantages. See also: climate disaster.