Playing around with
Ubuntu, I ran across the
Sound Juicer CD Extractor application. It's a handy little tool, but it doesn't natively create MP3 files. After a lot of research and very little progress, I sat back and re-evaluated my overall project scope.
The end result would be to have a small and compatible file extracted from a CD that would play using Winamp on a Windows workstation. Playing them on the recording station is also important, but I didn't want to be limited to using only that station after investing time recording my music. Wav files worked, but are much larger to store and transfer.
Enter OGG file type. This is an open source and completely free compression and recording format that is compatible in both applications. WinAmp lite version 5.35 works fine, but requires
Nullsoft Vorbis Decoder 1.49
(an additional plugin) to play the files.
Handy list of Winamp's Most Requested Features / Plug-ins
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