I don't rip a lot of CD's, but when I do, I use Exact Audio Copy, with
the FLAC encoder, with tons of configuration changes, command line
arguments, etc. My point here is that EAC is very advanced. It is used
by both legal and non-legal music release groups to rip music, as its
quality cannot be beaton. The focus is not, therefore, always on
userbility, but on functionality. CDex is the oppositte. Its not very
widely regarded as being very good at ripping, however this is slightly
untrue. CDex is no way as good as EAC, but its acceptable. In short, if
you are ripping a CD, and you know exactly what quality settings, what
drive settings to use, and other such advanced settings, then go for
EAC. Setup your compression, select all the tracks on the CD, then use
the copy selected trakcs>compressed option. You can tag them later on.
If you aren't concerned with fantastic output, and getting the absolute
most out of your rip, go with CDex. The upside to CDex is that you can
pretty much put a CD in the drive, run it and rip.
On Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:44 AM, Pam Drake said:
Hello All!
I am attempting to rip and tag files for air play on a couple of
Internet radio stations. I have permission from the producers of this
local , which will be marketed through ITunes and Amazon.com, and is
also available on a website with so-so accessibility to the cd store.
I am running a Fujitsu C1410 laptop computer with Windows Service Pack
Three. I have tried both Exact Audio Copy and a beta of CDEx, and I
have a few questions. They have me stymied at the moment but I am sure
with a little clarification I will be able to rip my first cd and send
the files legally to the stations I have in mind.
Now, my questions:
First, with regard to Exact Audio Copy: is it necessary to copy and
burn files to a cd? I really would prefer to have them on my hard
drive, as I already own a legal copy of the cd in question.
Second, in both programs as I attempt to label the files with the
correct audio tags I am asked to enter numbers or integers. I am not
sure what numbers or where. I Do not have the ISRT numbers available to
me, and as these files are going to be aired on not-for-profit streams
where nothing is sold it is my understanding that this information isn't
needed. The producers are going to be selling this album on ITunes and
Amazon so they have the correct information. Do I need this? What do
they want, and how can I edit the title and track information such that
it no longer reads only track number and file information? I have all
the titles, and this cd is not yet available in any of the databases,
having been released less than three weeks ago, June 11th, to be exact.
I am also wondering whether I have the correct Beta version, CDEX 1.70
Beta Two which has a release date of January 4, 2009.
In the documentation for CDEX 1.70 Beta Two there is information
regarding the possible need to install additional drivers. Is it
possible that I need to install these?
Finally, I have Window-Eyes 7.0, JAWS 10.0, and System Access. Is there
any one of these apps that might give more accessibility?
I will keep working on this but would appreciate any information on the
program, especially these issues that don't seem to be easy to find in
the help, at least not for this person who gets more out of verbal
explanation.<sigh>
Thanks very much in advance.
Pam
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