I know simply burns does rip, but it does not work in the way one would want. I 
think it only rips an image of the media not the actual stuff.. amadeus 2 I 
think also rips but I have not upgraded yet so cannot verify this.

Take care.
On Oct 12, 2013, at 11:25 AM, Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net> wrote:

> 
> hi
> This is something which I too would value for much the same reasons.  XLD 
> certainly has its merrets, and I too avoid iTunes as far as ripping CDS goes. 
>  This is despite the fact that my CD material is always virtual.  I only use 
> real CD media as a very last resort.  Even with virtual media, however, XLD 
> is painfully slow nowadays and the only indication of a successful rip is to 
> enable 1logging mode, then you can at least verify that the job went 
> error-free by examining the output log.  For reasons I cannot discuss here, 
> I'm not currently even able to do this.  I can only hope for a quick fix as 
> things develoeap.
> 
> Kind regards
> Gordon
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dónal Fitzpatrick <dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie
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> Date sent: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 09:48:58 +0100
> Subject: good alternative to iTunes for ripping CDs
> 
> Morning folks,
> 
> At present I use XLD to rip my CDs as I avoid iTunes like the plague.  
> However one thing that irritates me about XLD is that you can't see the 
> progress and consequently cannot be certain the CD is ripping correctly.  So 
> are there any good alternatives?  I'd ideally like something which enables 
> ripping and storing of the converted tracks according to a naming convention.
> 
> Thoughts welcome,
> 
> Dónal
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