Ripping a CD to MP3 in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with Ripperx

For my church every Sunday I rip a audio CD that is made during the service and need to encode it into an MP3. I prefer to use open source tools and the best tool I have found for this in Ubuntu so far is ripperx. Ripperx is not anything fancy, but it is super easy to use and gets the job done. Below is a very simple howto:

Step 1. Installation – Log into your terminal ( I don’t encourage the gui way because you don’t learn ) and type the folllowing command:

# sudo apt-get install -y ripperx

This will install ripperx and if you don’t run into any issues proceed to step 2.

Step 2. Opening ripperx –  This can be opened by going to –> Applications –> Sound & Video –> Ripper X

Step 3. Insert a CD and prepare the track –  Just click X button next to any track you would like to rip to MP3 or alternatively just select all tracks. Then fill in the all of the fields regarding the track.

Step 4. Start Ripping –  Click Go and that’s it! Once the rip completes it will generate a folder in your home directory with the MP3 in it.