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(off topic) high speed internet access in shrewsbury

by Baris Hasdemir

Hi, I apologize for my slightly off topic question. But I need help on this subject. I want to have high speed internet access that I can use with linux without any problems. I mean I don't want to use PPPoE, if possible. I live in Shrewsbury. Unfortunately verizon can not afford 'dsl'izing our telephone line. (strange that my next door qualifies for DSL while we can not) I am thinking of switching my local phone line provider, perhaps another company may provide DSL on my telephone line? Am I correct? Or if verizon cannot do it, none of them can do it? Speaking about the cable choice, 'townisp' of Shrewsbury charges $50 for a month of access with a speed limit of 25-30 KB/sec and a setup charge of $99. and also a download limit of 2GB a month which is a real drawback if you like to test new distributions like myself. I do not think that their offer is attractive, am I wrong? Anyways..., being new in the US I need recommendations on which way to go for high speed internet access. I hope there are some people on this list living in Shrewsbury and do have high speed internet access despite Verizon Company. :) Thank you very much, baris

Feb. 19, 2002

Re: [Wlug] One step CD ripping to MP3?

by Chuck Homic

On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 08:51:46PM -0500, Sean wrote: > It's not exactly a console app, but how would a perl module do? That would be better. :) Thanks. -Chuck

Feb. 19, 2002

Re: [Wlug] One step CD ripping to MP3?

by Sean

Hi all, my name is Sean, and I am new to the list. >Anyone know of a console CDDB client? That would allow my script to >finish the job. Though, I'll check out Grip anyway. It sounds like it >does all the cool stuff. It's not exactly a console app, but how would a perl module do? http://family.zawodny.com/~jzawodn/perl/Net-CDDB/ There's a script here as well: http://armin.emx.at/cddb/ Cheers, Sean

Feb. 19, 2002

Re: [Wlug] One step CD ripping to MP3?

by Aaron Haviland

Chuck Homic said: > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 06:17:49PM -0500, Andy Stewart wrote: > > I'm not sure...I thought starting the GUI, popping in the audio CD, and > > doing 3 clicks was about as automatic as it gets. :-) > > Ah, starting the GUI... You Linux guys have gotten soft. ;) When I want > to rip/encode a CD, I just type "encodecd" at my bash and it goes. Only > problem is, my script doesn't do the CDDB stuff. > > Anyone know of a console CDDB client? That would allow my script to > finish the job. Though, I'll check out Grip anyway. It sounds like it > does all the cool stuff. I use abcde (a better cd encoder) from http://lly.org/~rcw/abcde/ (it requires cd-discid [http://lly.org/~rcw/cd-discid/] to extract the disc id in cddb format) If you're on debian, you can "apt-get install abcde" I'm not sure if any other distros include it; It was originally a debian-native package. it uses CDDB, parallelisation, and it's just a shell script. i've got an account "mp3" set to not require a password, with abcde as its shell. > > It sounds like what you might want is something that's polling the drive, > > looking for the insertion of a new CD, which it assumes it can rip. The > > ripping and encoding process commences. Once done, it sits patiently > > until you insert the next CD. The polling stops when you stop the > > original program. Is this the kind of thing which you seek? If so, I've > > never seen such a beast. > > No, that's rediculous. :) I know someone who was actually writing something like this for his own use... don't know if he ever finished it, though. I'll have to ask him. -- Aaron Haviland orion [at] tribble [dot] dyndns [dot] org orion [at] parsed [dot] net _____ _ | |___|_|___ ___ | | | _| | . | | |_____|_| |_|___|_|_|

Feb. 19, 2002

Re: [Wlug] One step CD ripping to MP3?

by rb＠millbury.net

On Monday 18 February 2002 05:58 pm, you wrote: > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 05:44:20PM -0500, Andy Stewart wrote: > > Grip is a GUI which understands the following rippers and has built in > > commands for them (which are customizable): > > Sounds cool, Andy. Can I skip the GUI and automate it once it's set up? > Rob and I both seem to want a solution where we can set up our happy > defaults, then just pop a disc in and say "go." Chuck, If Grip is open, then it will auto-rip and encode when a new disc is inserted into the tray. If the app isn't active, then I suppose you'd have to use the polling method Andy mentioned. This is what I've been doing for the last hour: 1) Run Grip 2) Insert audio CD (a Todd Rundgren Anthology, in this case) 3) Automatically Grip reads track info and selects all to rip 4) Automatically Grip rips and encodes 5) CD gets ejected when finished Of course, I had to configure a few items but not many at all. VERY smooth if Grip is running. I'm just going to have it start automatically when the KDE desktop starts. -- Rob -= rb(a)millbury.net =-

Feb. 18, 2002

Re: [Wlug] One step CD ripping to MP3?

by Chuck Homic

On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 06:17:49PM -0500, Andy Stewart wrote: > I'm not sure...I thought starting the GUI, popping in the audio CD, and > doing 3 clicks was about as automatic as it gets. :-) Ah, starting the GUI... You Linux guys have gotten soft. ;) When I want to rip/encode a CD, I just type "encodecd" at my bash and it goes. Only problem is, my script doesn't do the CDDB stuff. Anyone know of a console CDDB client? That would allow my script to finish the job. Though, I'll check out Grip anyway. It sounds like it does all the cool stuff. > It sounds like what you might want is something that's polling the drive, > looking for the insertion of a new CD, which it assumes it can rip. The > ripping and encoding process commences. Once done, it sits patiently > until you insert the next CD. The polling stops when you stop the > original program. Is this the kind of thing which you seek? If so, I've > never seen such a beast. No, that's rediculous. :) -Chuck

Feb. 18, 2002

Re: [Wlug] One step CD ripping to MP3?

by Matthew Kwiatkowski

On Monday 18 February 2002 18:17, you wrote: > On Monday 18 February 2002 05:58 pm, you wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 05:44:20PM -0500, Andy Stewart wrote: > > > Grip is a GUI which understands the following rippers and has built in > > > commands for them (which are customizable): > > > > Sounds cool, Andy. Can I skip the GUI and automate it once it's set up? > > Rob and I both seem to want a solution where we can set up our happy > > defaults, then just pop a disc in and say "go." > > > > -Chuck > > I'm not sure...I thought starting the GUI, popping in the audio CD, and > doing 3 clicks was about as automatic as it gets. :-) > > It sounds like what you might want is something that's polling the drive, > looking for the insertion of a new CD, which it assumes it can rip. The > ripping and encoding process commences. Once done, it sits patiently > until you insert the next CD. The polling stops when you stop the > original program. Is this the kind of thing which you seek? If so, I've > never seen such a beast. > > Andy I use Grip 2.95 and it has options to auto rip on insert and auto eject after rip. Then all you have to do is start the GUI and stick the CD in. -Matthew

Feb. 18, 2002

Re: [Wlug] One step CD ripping to MP3?

by rb＠millbury.net

Grip seems to be the magic app I was looking for. MUCH TOO EASY!!! ;) Thanks to all that replied. -- Rob -= rb(a)millbury.net =-

Feb. 18, 2002

Re: [Wlug] One step CD ripping to MP3?

by Andy Stewart

On Monday 18 February 2002 05:58 pm, you wrote: > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 05:44:20PM -0500, Andy Stewart wrote: > > Grip is a GUI which understands the following rippers and has built in > > commands for them (which are customizable): > > Sounds cool, Andy. Can I skip the GUI and automate it once it's set up? > Rob and I both seem to want a solution where we can set up our happy > defaults, then just pop a disc in and say "go." > > -Chuck I'm not sure...I thought starting the GUI, popping in the audio CD, and doing 3 clicks was about as automatic as it gets. :-) It sounds like what you might want is something that's polling the drive, looking for the insertion of a new CD, which it assumes it can rip. The ripping and encoding process commences. Once done, it sits patiently until you insert the next CD. The polling stops when you stop the original program. Is this the kind of thing which you seek? If so, I've never seen such a beast. Andy -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

Feb. 18, 2002

Re: [Wlug] One step CD ripping to MP3?

by Chuck Homic

On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 05:44:20PM -0500, Andy Stewart wrote: > Grip is a GUI which understands the following rippers and has built in > commands for them (which are customizable): Sounds cool, Andy. Can I skip the GUI and automate it once it's set up? Rob and I both seem to want a solution where we can set up our happy defaults, then just pop a disc in and say "go." -Chuck

Feb. 18, 2002