*narv - i need to remember to answer to the list, not singular persons... here goes an e-mail i typed up last night: Hm. This sounds like a good opportunity for me to share what I do in terms of recoding. I have a 256MB mp3-player and a lot of music in OGG and FLAC (great formats, btw). So here I go wanting to take my music on the road with me - and more than just one album. I have figured that 96kbps seems to be sufficient for listening with earphones on the bus/underground/train/etc. So I wrote a bash script that has evolved into deciding the current format, recoding - and even setting an ID3 Tag! It has defined input and output directories and expects folders (I usually put whole albums on my player) which I just symlink from my music library. I've attached the script for anyone's use or inspiration (GPL- licensed). If I knew python, I could imagine fixing it up as a python RB plugin, but I don't have the time for that right now. -karsten On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 00:22 +1000, James "Doc" Livingston wrote: > On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 14:56 +0100, Sean Hammond wrote: > > Okay so I've been hearing a lot about the ipod and generic mp3 plugins > > for rhythmbox and they sound great. What I've been trying to find out > > is, does Rhythmbox transcode music files into the necessary format > > when you drag them onto an ipod or generic mp3 player? > > > > For example will it transcode ogg vorbis files to mp3 files so the > > mp3 player can play them? > > Rhythmbox has support for doing that, but it's not currently turned on > for iPods. I'm not exactly sure why though, it may be that we turned it > off when we first added the code and forgot to turn it on. > > In theory if it was turned on it should Just Work, but as I don't have > an iPod I can't check. Right now, it will copy any track to your iPod > regardless of whether it can actually be played there. > > > Cheers, > > James "Doc" Livingston -- Using Linux is a choice and some people don't do well when faced with choices as expansive as the opportunities with Linux. --Jay Swackhammer of 'Reboot the User'
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