This thing is a distributed MP3/OGG encoder. The idea is that you use one script to rip a CD into .wav files, and the other you run on as many computers as you have, and they check out .wav files, encode them, and write them as .mp3 or .ogg files.
The ripper script also names the files and directories based on data found in the FreeDB database.
This thing requires that you share your mp3 directory via NFS. The encoder machines must have read and write access to the directories created by the ripper. I do it with group access, and make the directories sgid.
The third script is a CGI program to show you the statistics of your mp3 encoders.
Just remember that this is free, and if it doesn't work, sorry. But let me know if it doesn't, I'll see if I can fix it :)