2010
HOWTO: Easily enable MP3, MPEG4, AAC, and other restricted encoders in FFmpeg - Ubuntu Forums
by Xavier Lacot
A common question is "why doesn't the repository FFmpeg convert to mp3, aac, mpeg4, etc?". Ubuntu doesn't make it very clear to the general user as to why to repo FFmpeg is so limited or how to fix this issue. This is reflected in the number of forum questions relating to this topic.
2006
Winki The Ripper
by fredbird
Winki The Ripper aims to be the easiest program for video encoding. It is actually just a graphical frontend for GNOME written in python to command line tools like mencoder, mplayer, mkvtoolnix, oggenc and lsdvd.
2005
Sound Juicer
by fredbird & 1 other
Sound Juicer is a clean, mean, and lean CD ripper for GNOME 2.
It sports a clean interface and simple preferences, aiming to do The Right Thing and What You Mean all of the time. It requires GNOME 2.12 and GStreamer 0.8.
1
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