Suggestions for cd ripper...mp3 or wav?

[John Wendel]

Mark Haney wrote:
> R. G. Newbury wrote:
>> I'm looking for suggestions for software to rip CD's..
>> I'm also looking for comments on the relative advantages of ripping to 
>> mp3 versus wav files and the 'best' software to play those files back 
>> from the harddrive.
>> I am presently using aplay in a for loop script but I need something 
>> better. My present wav files were ripped with cdda2wav under OS/2. 
>> what is the equivalent for linux/Fedora?
>> Suggestions please.
>>
>>              R. Geoffrey Newbury                  Helping with the 
>> HTTP issue
>> <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/">HTTP</a>
>>
> Personally, I would always go with either MP3 or OGG files.  I have 
> about 600GB of MP3 and OGG files on a jukebox system running icecast.  
> WAV files are just too big to be useful, unless you really want to waste 
> storage space.
> 
> 
> 

You might also take a look at "flac"; lossless wav compression, 
generally cuts the size of a wav in half without losing any audio quality.

Regards,

John