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ripping CD's to lossless. what is the best software?

Last post Nov 27, 2008, 10:27 AM by ianandyr. (40 replies)
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Posted on Nov 12, 2008, 10:41 PM

ripping CD's to lossless. what is the best software?

Also wanting to keep the names and art work etc

Just looking at the ripping side of things at the moment.

 

cheers.

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Posted on Nov 12, 2008, 10:46 PM

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iTunes...


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Posted on Nov 12, 2008, 10:51 PM

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NO NOT THAT.

 

Wink

and yes i was shouting.

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Posted on Nov 12, 2008, 11:02 PM

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Then I'm afraid I can't help you.

Big Smile


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Posted on Nov 12, 2008, 11:42 PM

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You dont specify what format you want to use exactly, so if you're flexible give EAC and flac a look.
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Posted on Nov 12, 2008, 11:48 PM

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at the moment i am flexible on the format as the player has not been decided.

But i seem to remember someone mentioning fubar something?

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Posted on Nov 12, 2008, 11:59 PM

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http://whathifi.com/forums/t/140528.aspx was what i was looking for.

 

PJPro:
FLAC supports gapless playback. What are you using
as your media player?
I use Foobar2000 and ripped the files from CD using EAC. Both of these
products support gapless playback.
I just spent some time listening to The Wall by Pink Floyd. This has a
number of tracks which bleed into each other. Absolutely gapless. No
cracks. Perfect.

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Posted on Nov 14, 2008, 1:00 AM

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Like the EAC. decided to keep the files as WAV files so play back? Foobar2000?
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Posted on Nov 14, 2008, 1:09 AM

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If you wanna keep your files as WAV... 

yes foobar is great. 

Posted on Nov 14, 2008, 1:58 AM

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I see that EAC also error corrects DRM software!

 

Wink 

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Posted on Nov 15, 2008, 11:19 AM

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G'day,


I've been told Exact Audio Copy is really good for ensuring you get a perfect lossless copy. See exactaudiocopy.de


Haven't tried it myself yet, but it will be the first I do try when I re-rip my music collection to lossless.


Best Regards, Lloyd Borrett


borrett.id.au

Lloyd Borrett
http://www.borrett.id.au/interests/av-system.htm

Posted on Nov 15, 2008, 1:37 PM

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I use Winamp for ripping to 128kbit/s AAC - there's no reason at all why you could not use it for a lossless codec such as FLAC or WAV. I find that it has an easily customisable method of naming and organising tracks and uses Gracenote to get track info. I find that Winamp is a good compromise between precision and ease-of-use.

Otherwise, if you are keen to get exact rips then go for EAC.

The reason why iTunes should be avoided (imho) unless you use iPods is that its ripping can be very inaccurate and can lead to clicks and pops and worse if you are not careful. Ripping CDs can be a difficult process at the best of times due the high number of errors that can occur. iTunes seems not to deal with these very well.

Posted on Nov 15, 2008, 3:04 PM

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Though I haven't had any issues since I turned error correction on. Though obviously I can't check as there's no 'eac' equivalent.



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Posted on Nov 15, 2008, 9:13 PM

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top tip have more that one PC and Disc reader. what will not real on one may well read on the other Wink
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Posted on Nov 15, 2008, 9:19 PM

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I'll add to that most drives which come installed on macs (such as Matshita) are rubbish. Adding a cheap external drive will reward you with a faster more reliable experience.
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