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diff --git a/doc/userguide/playing-audiocds.docbook b/doc/userguide/playing-audiocds.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3f96a6056 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/userguide/playing-audiocds.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ +<sect1 id="audio-cd"> +<sect1info> +<author> +<personname> +<firstname>Deepak</firstname> +<surname>Sarda</surname> +</personname> +<email>antrix@gmail.com</email> +</author> +</sect1info> + +<title>Audio CD Ripping in &kde;</title> + +<para>The conventional way of ripping Audio CDs to MP3 or Ogg files is to +use a standalone program such as <trademark class="registered"><application>iTunes</application></trademark>, Winamp or &kde;'s own +<application>KAudioCreator</application>. But if we stick to conventions, +where's the fun?! So in this article, I am going to show you how to feel +elite by ripping your CDs in the, umm.. elite way. ;-) </para> + +<sect2 id="audio-cd-ingredients"> +<title>Ingredients</title> + +<para>What do we need to be cool? Vanilla &kde;, without any extra +ingredients, will be able to rip your CDs. But to encode them, you'll need +to install the relevant codecs. At the moment, Ogg Vorbis, MP3 and FLAC formats +are supported. To enable encoding to these formats, you'll have to install +libogg, lame and flac respectively. How exactly you install these depends on +your distribution: take a look at their documentation to find out how.</para> + +<para>Once you have your favourite codec(s) installed, open &kcontrolcenter; and navigate your way to <menuchoice><guimenu>Sound & +Multimedia</guimenu><guimenuitem>Audio CDs</guimenuitem></menuchoice> +and configure the settings on the various tabs to your liking. You can leave +everything in the default state if you so wish, but it's helpful to take a +look so you at least know what's on offer. Again, take a look at +<menuchoice><guimenu>Sound & Multimedia</guimenu><guimenuitem>CDDB +Retrieval</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and change anything that's not to your +liking. <acronym>CDDB</acronym>, in case you didn't know, stands for CD DataBase (or Compact +Disc DataBase in it's more free flowing form). This functionality enables +&kde; to retrieve the Artist/Album/Track information about your CDs from the +Internet. This metadata is also used to write tags to the MP3 or Ogg files +that you'll be encoding your CDs to anytime now. </para> + + +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="ripsettings.png"/> +</imageobject> +</mediaobject> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="audio-cd-recipe"> +<title>Recipe</title> + +<para>Without further delay, let's get down to the business of being cool. +First, pop in the CD you want to rip (obviously!). Next, fire up a +&konqueror; window and open the <guilabel>Services</guilabel> tab on the Navigation panel. The +Navigation panel sits on the left side of the window, as shown in the +screenshot below. If it's not visible, you can produce it out of thin air by +pressing the magic <keycap>F9</keycap> key.</para> + + +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="services.png"/> +</imageobject> +</mediaobject> + + +<para>Now click on Audio CD Browser and in a few seconds, you'll see a lot +of folders which you can start browsing. If it's taking some time to show +anything, it's because it's trying to fetch information about the CD from +the CDDB database you configured earlier. </para> + +<para>In the screenshot below, you can see the contents of the Ogg Vorbis +folder. It shows all the songs in the Ogg format; it even shows their file +size! But, you and I both know that audio CDs don't contain Ogg tracks. So +what exactly is happening here?</para> + + +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="oggfolder.png"/> +</imageobject> +</mediaobject> + + +<para>All the folders you see under Audio CD Browser are virtual folders. +They show contents of the CD through different filters, so to speak. When +you open the Ogg Vorbis folder, you are actually seeing the contents of the +CD <emphasis>as if</emphasis> it were stored in the Ogg format. You can go through the other +folders and you'll find MP3, flac and wav representations of the CD's +contents. You can even see the approximate file sizes when encoded in the +various formats. </para> + + +<para>So how do we rip and encode the CD? I think you can guess the answer +by now. Just decide which format you wish to rip to, open that folder, and +copy and paste those files in your target folder. That's it! &kde; will start +ripping and encoding the files on the fly! If you copy any of the files in +the <guilabel>Full CD</guilabel> folder, you'll be ripping the entire CD as +one continuous stream. </para> + + +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="rip.png"/> +</imageobject> +</mediaobject> + + +<!-- Add links to "further reading" here --> +<itemizedlist> +<title>Related Information</title> +<listitem><para>The <application>amaroK</application> website at +<ulink url="http://amarok.sf.net">http://amarok.sf.net</ulink> has the +latest news and information about <application>amaroK</application>.</para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +<!-- TODO: Add a link to the full audiocd documentation as soon as --> +<!-- it's fixed :-) --> +</sect2> +</sect1> + +<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file +Local variables: +mode: xml +sgml-omittag:nil +sgml-shorttag:nil +sgml-namecase-general:nil +sgml-general-insert-case:lower +sgml-minimize-attributes:nil +sgml-always-quote-attributes:t +sgml-indent-step:0 +sgml-indent-data:true +sgml-parent-document:("index.docbook" "book" "sect1") +sgml-exposed-tags:nil +sgml-local-catalogs:nil +sgml-local-ecat-files:nil +End: +--> |