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Hi Puppy music lovers,

I am completely new to understanding how to use music files.
Is it possible to copy one track (Unknown Artist 01 cdrom#1) then easily send that piece of music via email to someone?

The machine is: HP Slimline Desktop PC 270-p0xx
The distro is: fossapup64 9.6 (x86_64)

Thank you in advance for any advice.

Sky

Hey Sky

To copy a track, you'd need to rip it from the CD. You can't just copy the files from the CD and expect it to work.

What puppy are you using? Most come with a ripper or some kind. If you rip the track, it'll create a shareable file, like an mp3 which you'd be able to send to your pals.

@Sky Aisling

Does FP96 have Asunder included in the Multimedia section?

This will be able to rip the music track from the CD and give you options to which format you wish to encode to; MP3 would be the most common.

Also, place the finished track into a folder and zip it up so that you can attach it to your email message.

Here is an updated build that will work for you:

asunder-3.0.1
https://www.mediafire.com/file/phqhpfes ... 4.pet/file

Features

Can save audio tracks as WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Opus, Wavpack, Musepack, AAC, and Monkey's audio files
Uses CDDB to name and tag each track
Creates M3U playlists
Can encode to multiple formats in one session
Simultaneous rip and encode
Allows for each track to be by a different artist
Does not require a specific desktop environment

@Jasper
Yes,FP96 has Asunder.
I will start exploring both the Asunder on FP96 and your updated build, Asunder 3.0.1.
Thank you,
Sky

@Jasper
Success! I as able to use Asunder 2.7 in FP96. I picked a track and Asunder put in a directory for me. I was able to include the file in my email as an attachment. The only hesitancy on my part was what extension to choose, .wav, mp3....? I'll see in a while if the people receiving had the software to open and listen.
Thank you,

Sky

Sky Aisling wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 3:13 am

@Jasper
Success! I as able to use Asunder 2.7 in FP96. I picked a track and Asunder put in a directory for me. I was able to include the file in my email as an attachment. The only hesitancy on my part was what extension to choose, .wav, mp3....? I'll see in a while if the people receiving had the software to open and listen.
Thank you,

Sky

You may not be able to send a .wav file as and email attachment due to file size, they are uncompressed, the track will be too large to send via email. You would be best to send as .mp3, which for most individual tracks should be able to be sent via email.

@Jasper
@TerryH
Ooops! my apology, TerryH. I missed seeing your name on the post. Thank you!

I did. I saw the 'uncompressed' info.

Sky

Hello @Sky Aisling ,
Deadbeef allows you to convert a track from an audio CD to a format of your choice (within the limits of installed plugins).
To do this, right-click on the track to be converted.
A dialog box will appear: complete as you wish.

Thanks.
Friendships.

Hello @Sky Aisling ,

To go (a little) further

When an audio CD is added, its contents are displayed as shown in the first message of this thread.

The Audio CD player plugin can be configured to display the contents of the disc.

Before inserting the CD into the drive, configure the plugin :
click on Edit / Preferences
then, on the Plugins tab
choose Audio CD Player and click on it

then on the Configure button
set up as shown below

insert the audio CD into the drive
wait for the CD to be recognized
click on File / Add Audio CD

You should get this :

Tip
Deadbeef offers an equalizer (see Display / Equalizer menu).

Have a good time.