From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QRC9p-0003qm-5r for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 30 May 2011 23:46:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D72131C048; Mon, 30 May 2011 23:44:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 874C91C048 for ; Mon, 30 May 2011 23:44:34 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.65,293,1304290800"; d="scan'208";a="516973410" Received: from 213-152-39-90.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 31 May 2011 00:44:33 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.102] (unknown [192.168.1.102]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73C47124E9 for ; Tue, 31 May 2011 00:42:11 +0100 (BST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I eject an audio CD inside Gnome? From: Stroller In-Reply-To: <4DE1A80B-F40B-427A-8093-2712C703CEF4@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 00:44:31 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <0539F4AB-4964-4070-A8CA-F281418BB3FE@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> References: <20110529204905.GA5736@acm.acm> <20110529221308.65f988ec@digimed.co.uk> <20110529213713.GC5736@acm.acm> <201105292356.10969.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <20110530101021.GA3749@acm.acm> <4DE1A80B-F40B-427A-8093-2712C703CEF4@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: d8f87c1e86b01ab9136015eefd9a4f14 On 31/5/2011, at 12:26am, Stroller wrote: > On 30/5/2011, at 11:10am, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >=20 >> It gets worse. If you double click on "Audio Disc", it opens a = window >> with the "files" uselessly displayed. =20 >=20 > I'll bet it doesn't display the actual files. Audio CDs don't have = files, they have a single spiral of wav-like audio data. AIUI Linux = desktops *present* audio CDs so that they *appear* as audio files, so = that you can more conveniently drag and drop them to your MP3 music = collection. Typically there is a preference which allows you to choose = between copying them as MP3, AAC, FLAC &c - the audio data will be = transcoded to the selected format only after you drag & drop the icons = in another folder.=20 I meant to say: Most people don't find this "icon view" useless, as it allows one to = select and play (or copy) a single track at a time. It is a useful = "representation" of the songs on the CD. Most people find it *more = useful* to be able to drag and drop the tracks to their MP3s folder, = because they don't like having to physically find a CD, looking through = hundreds of disks, and insert it into the drive. Far easier to drag and = drop once, then just search for "fiona apple" in Gnome's file viewer or = in their music player. TL;DR: you're sounding dangerously like a grumpy old man. In this latter = case: it's not necessarily "bad" just because it's unfamiliar to you. Stroller.