Steve Ridley wrote:
>
> Thanks Thomas. I learnt a lot from your reply. I am particularly interested
> in which encoder to use. I would like to be able to "rip" CD's and encode
> these. I have the paranoia ripper which outputs a wav file. Those encoders
> you mentioned they wouldn't happen to be utilities that I can run on Linux
> and you wouldn't happen to know any web addresses for them. Would you ?
>

go to freshmeat and do a search for bladeenc
It's a pretty good .mp3 encoder, or at least, the .mp3's I make with it
rival the quality of the old l3enc with the -hq switch on.
I also use cdparanoia for ripping from an atapi cdrom in linux..

Good luck, and happy ripping..
Brad....