Posted by seani on 10/10/05 05:52

On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 21:56:08 -0700, Punju wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Have a problem I've been struggling with for some time. I'm looking to
>
> write a small script/application capable of ripping a CD via cdparanoia
> and
> encoding the tracks to mp3 via LAME (in Linux -it is currently a PERL
> script). However, I'm trying to write it in such a way as to encode
> the
> track AS it is being ripped, i.e. not waiting until the entire track is
>
> ripped, so as to get the processing done in the least amount of time.
> I
> assume major applications like iTunes and Windows Media Player do
> something
> similar during import, so it seems like a feasible concept.
>
> Has anyone done this, or perhaps can point me in the right direction?
> Current efforts have revolved around using cdparanoia to rip part of
> the
> track, encoding, ripping the next part, encoding that, etc. Attempts
> to
> combine the resultant .mp3 files into a single file in an intelligent
> manner
> have come up empty. Was hoping others had better suggestions than what
> I
> came up with.
>
> Thanks so much!

Have you looked at Grip?

http://nostatic.org/grip/

Not *exactly* what you asked for (it completely rips a track and then
encodes it, ripping the next track in parallel) but you do get the source
code.

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