[MEncoder-users] Can mEncoder rip directly from CD's?

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 09:47:22PM +0000, Ian Collier wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 05:13:15PM -0400, you wrote:
> > I would think that it should be possible to rip from CD to either
> > wav or mp3, but I am not sure ... is there a specific command line
> > switch for this? Or is it not possible?
> 
> I doubt it.  For this task I'd use cdparanoia (to wav) and then
> lame (to mp3), or else invoke something graphical such as amarok.

Or mplayer with -ao pcm:fast or something like that.
mencoder sure is going to be a very inconvenient way.