I've started transfering some files with the default software that comes with puppulinux. It was my first venture away from the Windows world.

EDIT: Correction, the default sotware can rip, but doesn't seem to convert, I might be looking in the wrong place though. One possibility would be VLC Media player (www.videolan.org/vlc) it can exprort to file. I'm just having trouble idenifying the compatable format (and smallest size needed). They use different terminology or don't offer 'mpeg4-AAC'.

If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it also.