[Wolves] MP3 on Ubuntu

[Mark Ellse]

Adam and Dave,

Thanks for your help on this. I'll let you know how I get on.

Mark



Adam Sweet wrote:
> --- Mark Ellse <me at chaseacademy.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> My son is pretty adept at ripping CD's onto his
>> Ubuntu machine. But it 
>> won't encode them as MP3's, of course, because of
>> the proprietory bits 
>> missing.
>>
>> How do I get those bits onto his machine - without
>> the internet, which 
>> we don't have at home?
>>     
>
> You could download the necessary files from the
> repositries at work or elsewhere and take them home on
> USB key or CD.
>
> Then on the command line:
>
> cd /path/to/files
> sudo dpkg -i filename.deb
>
> The files needed and the process of adding MP3 support
> to Soundjuicer are explained here:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CDRipping
>
> Also look at the following to see if there is anything
> else that you might want:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
>
> The order of installation may well be of importance
> and you may be able to install them using the GUI.
> Don't know the repositry addresses off hand.
>
> Ad
>
>