My Side Notes

To rip to mp3 format I use the following settings in
gnome-audio-profiles-properties
audio/x-raw-int,rate=44100,channels=2 ! lame name=enc mode=0 quality=0 vbr=4 vbr-min-bitrate=192 vbr-quality=2 ! xingmux ! id3v2mux
Hope it helps.