Ripping and converting CDs/MP3s on Linux

To go from mp3s to WAV to make an audio CD, use mplayer:

for nam in *.MP3; do nice mplayer -ao pcm "$nam" -ao pcm:file="$nam.wav"; done

To rip CDs to mp3 I use GRip with these settings (variable bit rate encoding):

/usr/bin/lame --preset standard %w %m

Encode file format:

~/mp3/%A/%d/%t-%n.%x