A slight improvement to my two-step manual CD ripping process, with the intent of avoiding any thoughts about abcde:
cdparanoia -B -v ; eject cdrom
Ejecting the CD after cdparanoid finishes with it provides a visual cue for the next step.
Set up the disk number and maximum number of tracks, then unleash lame:
d=1
tm=19
for t in $(seq -w 1 $tm) ; do lame --preset tape --tt "D${d}:T${t}" --ta "Michael Lewis" --tl "The Big Short" --tn "${t}/${tm}" --tg "Audio Book" --add-id3v2 track${t}.cdda.wav D${d}-${t}.mp3 ; done
rm track*
The $(seq -w 1 $tm) expansion generates a list of zero-filled numbers for the tracks.
There’s surely a one-liner to extract $tm, the maximum track number, from the track* files, but I’ll leave that for later.
You can increment the disk number with let "d++" if the ripping goes smoothly. If not, that’s fraught with peril, because you (well, I) will do it once too often.
Iterate for each CD in the set, washing & primping as needed for good results.
And that’s that, at least for a while…
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 