#07/29/05 - Updated to deal wtih SCSI IDE emulation #06/22/05 - Updated to reflect GRIP v3.3 #01/06/04 - Updated to use Grip 3.2.0 and new file paths # changed the CDRIP format from %A to %a to better support # Multi-artist CDs #06/13/04 - updated GRIP external command setup #05/26/04 - moved to Lame 3.96 / added performance stats #01/29/04 - Moved from LAME 3.0.5 to 3.95.1 # - Moved from r3mix to extreme # 01/06/05 file path and naming convention: # # ~/Documents/Music/New/Various Artists/This is Alice music 8/Duran Duran - This is Alice music 8 - 01 - Girls on Film.wav note: Sysfs /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 has the same performance as /dev/hdc (~2.6x) note2: remove the ide-cd kernel module and enable ide-scsi to get /dev/sr0 working (~3.6x) Alternatively, if you want things to work with the ide-cd module you need to configure RIP --> Ripper --> Generic SCSI device: /dev/sg0 TROUBLESHOOTING: 1) if ripping even fails, you probably have the SCSI emulation enabled Grip 3.3.1 ---------- Config CD device=/dev/scd0 (make sure the symlink is ok and ide-cd module is loaded) alternatively device=/dev/sr0 (make sure the symlink is ok and ide-cd module is loaded) 0 = startup with first track if not playing 0 = auto-play on startup 0 = work around faulty eject 1 = poll disc for new disc 1 = interval RIP Ripper Ripper=grip (cdparanoia) 1= calc gain format=~/Documents/Music/New/%A/%d/%a - %d - %t - %n.wav NOTE: if you are using /dev/sr0 in the "CD" section and this is an IDE drive, you need to configure "Generic SCSI device: /dev/sg0" Options nice=0 non-encoded wavs=99 0=auto-rip on insert 1=beep after rip 1=auto eject after rip Encode Encoder Encoder=other #---- # Encode to MP3 /and/ FLAC #---- encoder executable=/usr/local/bin/encode.sh encoder command line="%w" "%m" %n %a %d %y %t %g %b encode file extension: wav encode file format=~/Documents/Music/New/%A/%d/%A - %d - %t - %n Options 1=delete wav after encode 1=use relatave paths in .m3u files 0=Create .m3u files M3U format:~/mp3/%A-%d.m3u Encode bit rate: 256 Number of CPUs: 1 Encode nice value:0 #------------- # OLD Settings #------------- #------------------------------------------ #NEW 3.96 # Encoder=LAME # encoder executable=/usr/local/bin/lame # -m j : Stereo mode - Joint # -clipdetect : automatically uses --replaygain-accurate # -q 0: Highest quality # -vbr-new : use new algs # -V 0 : zero is highest quality, bigger files - default is 4 # -b : minimum bitrate #encoder cmd-line: -m j --clipdetect --preset extreme -q 0 --vbr-new -V 0 -b %b %w %m #OLD #encoder cmd-line: --r3mix -b %b %w %m #------------------------------------------ # #Encode file format: ~/mp3/%A/%d/%A - %d - %t - %n.mp3 #------------------------------------------- #------------------------------------------- #------------------------------------------ #NEW 1.1 #FLAC settings for Grip: # # Encoder=FLAC # encoder executable=/usr/local/bin/lame # # Encoder command line: # # --replay-gain --compression-level-8 -V -T TITLE=?%n? -T ALBUM=?%d? -T TRACKNUMBER=%t # -T ARTIST=?%a -T GENRE=?%G? -T CDDB=%i? -T DATE=%y -o %m %w # # Encode File format: # ~/flac/%A/%d/%t_%n.flac # # http://flac.sourceforge.net #------------------------------------------ #------------------------------------------- ID3 1=add ID3 tags 0=Only tag files ending with MP3 ID3 comment field: ID3v1 char set: UTF-8 DiscDB Primary server DB server: freedb.freedb.org CGI path: ~cddb/cddb.cgi DB submit email: freedb-submit@freedb.org 1=use freedb exetention 1=perform disc lookups automatically Proxy none Misc email address: put in a valid email address cd update program: 1=do not lowercase filenames 1=allow high bits in filenames chars to not strip in filenames= 1=do not change spaces to underscores Once you have changed the settings, gracefully close down grip by clicking on the bottom right button and then restart Grip. Encoding Benchmarks ================================================================================== lame 3.96 / Grip stats Bonham - The Disregard Of Timekeeping --> 112,092K (112M) - V0 --> 107.920K (108M) - V4 --> RIP speed: ~3.6x (using /dev/scd0 via the genericSCSI Linux option) --> RIP speed: ~2.8x (using /dev/hdc) --> Lame Encode: 2.1x (using Dell CP 2Ghz lt) --> FLAC --best: 383.3M lame 3.95.1 / Grip stats Bonham - The Disregard Of Timekeeping --> 113,128K (113M) --> RIP speed: ~2.8x (using /dev/hdc) --> Lame Encode: 2.1x (using Dell CP 2Ghz lt) ==================================================================================