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Figure 19.2 The KsCD User Interface
19.3.2 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.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis.
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
the other parameters. Oggenc supports encoding with a variable bit rate. In this way,
an even higher degree of compression can be achieved. Instead of the bit rate, specify
the desired quality with the parameter -q. -b determines the average bit rate. -m and
-M specify the minimum and maximum bit rate.
ogg123 is a command line Ogg player. Start it with a command like ogg123
mysong.ogg.
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