this thread sparked me to compile all the audio formats available to linux & usable with grip

( this thread is a previous grip guide attempt )

grip is essentially the only CD ripper for linux with usable features...

here is a text file of the latest formats.

i've done some tests to identify the most useful paramaters to be a default in grip for lossless formats only.

the goal of this discussion is to compile an exhaustive list of formats, and send our additions upstream - hopefully to be added to grip as featured encoders. (and if not, then this thread will just list formats and paramaters, which helps at least)

formats covered:

faac
musepack
monkeys audio
shorten
optimfrog
optimfrog-dualstream
ttaenc
lpac
lossless-audio (la)

faac:
*Encoder Executable: /usr/bin/faac
*Encoder Commandline: -w -q 130 -c 19000 %w %m
*Encoder File Extension: mp4

musepack:
*Encoder Executable: /usr/bin/mppenc
*Encoder Commandline: --xlevel %w %m
*Encoder File Extension: mpc

monkeysaudio:
*Encoder Executable: /usr/bin/mac
*Encoder Commandline: %w %m -c4000
*Encoder File Extension: ape

shorten:
*Encoder Executable: /usr/bin/shorten
*Encoder Commandline: -t wav %w %m
*Encoder File Extension: shn

optimfrog (ofr):
*Encoder Executable: /usr/bin/optimfrog
*Encoder Commandline: --encode --md5 --seek fast --mode high %w --output %m
*Encoder File Extension: ofr

optimfrog-dualstream (ofs):
*Encoder Executable: /usr/bin/optimfrog-dualstream
*Encoder Commandline: --encode --seek fast --quality 0 --ans --correction %w --output %m
*Encoder File Extension: ofs

ttaenc:
*Encoder Executable: /usr/bin/ttaenc
*Encoder Commandline: -e3 -f %m %w
*Encoder File Extension: tta

lpac:
*Encoder Executable: /usr/bin/lpac
*Encoder Commandline: -5 %w %m
*Encoder File Extension: pac

lossless-audio (la):
*Encoder Executable: /usr/bin/lossless-audio
*Encoder Commandline: %w %m
*Encoder File Extension: la


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