You can extract music from a CD to your computer so that you do not have to have the CD in the drive to play songs from it. You can then copy the songs to a digital audio player, such as an MP3 player.
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Rhythmbox stores extracted files in the Music folder ( → ). |
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Insert an Audio CD.
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You will be prompted to choose which application to launch, choose Open Rhythmbox Music Player.
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Click .
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In the left hand pane, under Devices, right click the CD name you want to extract.
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Click .
You can change the default file format used by Rhythmbox when copying CDs. Click → → and change the Preferred Format to the format of your choice. In future, all CDs copied to your computer will be copied in this format.
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If an MP3 option is not shown in the Preferred Format list, install the gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse package and restart Rhythmbox. The option CD Quality, MP3 (.mp3 type) should appear in the Preferred Format list. |
