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20.3.1 KsCD—Audio CD Player
KsCD is an easy-to-use audio CD player included in the kdemultimedia3-extra
package. If it is installed, press Alt + F2 and enter kscd to start the application. KsCD
integrates into your KDE panel and can be configured to start playing automatically
after a CD has been inserted. To access the configuration menu, select Extras > Config-
ure KsCD. Fetch album and track information from a CDDB server on the Internet if
KsCD is configured accordingly. You can also upload CDDB information to share it
with others. Use the CDDB dialog for information retrieval and upload.
Figure 20.2 The KsCD User Interface
20.3.2 Compressing Audio Data: Ripping
Audio compression can be handled by various tools. The following sections feature a
command line approach to encoding and playing audio data as well as some graphical
applications capable of audio compression.
Command Line Tools for Encoding and Playback of
Audio Data
Ogg Vorbis (package vorbis-tools) is a free audio compression format that is now
supported by the majority of audio players and even portable MP3 players. The Web
page of the project is http://www.vorbis.com/.
Your system comes with several tools supporting Ogg Vorbis. oggenc is a command
line tool used for encoding WAV files to Ogg. Just run oggenc myfile.wav to
transform a given .wav file into Ogg Vorbis. The -h option displays an overview of
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