I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 and trying to find a way to rip CDs to AAC files. The reason for this is that I want to sync my iPhone with Banshee, and I think AAC files sound better than MP3s. Banshee doesn't currently allow you to rip to AAC. I've tried Sound Juicer, but the problem with that program is that it apparently doesn't let you change the bitrate (I like my music to be 256kbps), and when I import the songs into Banshee most of the metadata is missing. Someone suggested I use K3B with the NeroAAC convertor. I followed this guide: http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=K3b_and_Nero_AAC I did everything it said to do, and it seemed to work; it converted the file and everything. But then when I opened the file it was just static. Anyone have any ideas?
I don't rip my music to AAC, but have you tried changing the Gstreamer pipeline option in the AAC profile in Sound Juicer (edit)? Edit -> Preferences -> Edit Profiles -> [choose or create profile] -> Edit in my system there is a CD-quality AAC profile with Gstreamer pipeline = audio/x-raw-int,rate=44100,channels=2 ! faac profile=2 ! ffmux_mp4maybe you could change it to audio/x-raw-int,rate=44100,channels=2 ! faac profile=2 bitrate=256000 ! ffmux_mp4 But that's just a guess, might not work at all..
