Hi Gina,
Thanks for this. HomeBrew is just another package manager. in the same vein
as Macports.
Dónal
On 13 Oct 2013, at 23:09, Georgina Joyce <g...@gena-j.me.uk> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Sorry, I don't understand. You install it by:
>
> sudo port install abcde
>
> Providing you have macports installed. I guess if you have a build env, you
> can build from source.
>
> It comes with a sample abcde.comf and you edit it as you wish. So by making
> several copies with different configurations makes it easy to cater for
> different situations.
>
> Here's a sample of how the script is written.
>
>
> # be selected as '--preset standard --another-option' etc.
> LAMEOPTS='--preset extreme'
>
> # Output type for MP3.
> OUTPUTTYPE="mp3"
>
> # The cd ripping program to use. There are a few choices here: cdda2wav,
> # dagrab, cddafs (Mac OS X only) and flac.
> CDROMREADERSYNTAX=cdparanoia
>
> # Give the location of the ripping program and pass any extra options:
> CDPARANOIA=cdparanoia
> CDPARANOIAOPTS="--never-skip=40"
>
> # Give the location of the CD identification program:
> CDDISCID=cd-discid
>
> # Give the base location here for the encoded music files.
> OUTPUTDIR="$HOME/music/"
>
> # Decide here how you want the tracks labelled for a standard 'single-artist',
> # multi-track encode and also for a multi-track, 'various-artist' encode:
> OUTPUTFORMAT='${OUTPUT}/${ARTISTFILE}-${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACKNUM}.${TRACKFILE}'
> VAOUTPUTFORMAT='${OUTPUT}/Various-${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACKNUM}.${ARTISTFILE}-${TRACKFILE}'
>
> HTH
>
> Gena
> Georgina Joyce
> Applied Psychologist
> Training and Coaching.
> Because individuals of groups matter!
>
>
> On 13 Oct 2013, at 22:33, Dónal Fitzpatrick <dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie> wrote:
>
>> Hi Gina,
>>
>> Do you know if this can be installed using Homebrew? Also where does one
>> get the customised scripts?
>>
>> Many thanks for this it's perfect for what I need. Give me command-line any
>> day.
>>
>> Dónal
>> On 13 Oct 2013, at 19:43, Georgina Joyce <g...@gena-j.me.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Gordon,
>>>
>>> Although you want a lovely GUI interface. I would suggest that you look at
>>> abcde. Which stands for a better cd encoder. It's a very light weight set
>>> of scripts run from the terminal. Via Mac Ports. I used to have a couple of
>>> the customised scripts and run them according to the job I wanted to do.
>>> i.e. cd2mp3 or cd2ogg.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> Gena
>>> Georgina Joyce
>>> Applied Psychologist
>>> Training and Coaching.
>>> Because individuals of groups matter!
>>>
>>>
>>> On 13 Oct 2013, at 07:13, Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Sarah
>>>>
>>>> Neither of these are dedicated rippers though, so I don’t class them as
>>>> alternatives. XLD is a dedicated file converter and ripper, designed for
>>>> audio and only audio. What I personally am looking for is something which
>>>> has a more XLD-like interface, a more XLD-like functionality specification
>>>> but a more intuitive interface. This is one of those sorry occasions
>>>> where I curse myself for letting my programming skills slide. I got lazy
>>>> when the GUI came along and ever since then I have regretted it. If only,
>>>> if only, I’d continued when I started to study C and C+ all those years
>>>> ago, I’d have been a master programmer by now and I would have been able
>>>> to achieve my dream, of having a Mac Access dedicated suite of utilities
>>>> to fit the bill.
>>>>
>>>> In any event, the search goes on as far as I am concerned. I would also
>>>> add that I have been using Virtual CDRW from Burningthumb until recently
>>>> but, for reasons which I cannot as yet discuss, it no longer works for me.
>>>> So I’m on the hunt for something else which might. I tried Disk-Soft
>>>> Demon Light, but OS X won’t even allow me to install the drivers.
>>>>
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>>>> On 12 Oct 2013, at 19:45, Sarah k Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>> To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility <mac-access@mac-access.net
>>>>>> 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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