Ok, well I didn't see that there, thanks, I'll ahve another look. On 03/10/2007, at 12:49 AM, Sunshine wrote:
> dane, > you can customize by clicking on the configure button. > and you can choose mor options that way > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 7:38 AM > Subject: Easy CD DA Extractor, my ipinion for what its worth > > >> Hi folks! >> Ok, I registered Easy CD DA Extractor today and I've been playing >> with it for much of the day so thought it time I offered some >> comparisons with the ripping software I've been using which has been >> EAC (Exact Audio Copy) and Max (on the Mac and my LINUX system). >> First and foremost, there is no doubt whatever that Easy CD DA >> Extractor has come one hell of a long and mighty way since I last >> tried it some years ago however it still falls short in several areas >> if accuracy in ripping from CD'S is what you're after and considering >> that Exact Audio Copy and Max are "freeware" applications and Easy CD >> DA Extractor isn't then this in my view is some cause for concern. >> Where the accuracy shortfall occurs is in the fact (it seems) that >> you cannot set the read and write offsets for your drive, that's very >> important for CD Ripping and CD burning, now please someone correct >> me if I'm wrong, I'd in fact relish being wrong because I cannot >> believe that such a good product as Easy CD DA Extractor wouldn't >> have this feature. So with that shortcoming out of the way I looked >> at the various file formats on offer for output. >> Yep, no doubt again, quite a range but unless I'm not looking >> thoroughly enough the formats it seems to me aren't customisable. For >> example let's take MP3 layer 3, all you get when selecting the >> options are 128K, 256K, 9 levels of VBR etc and that's it. Again, >> unless I'm missing something then this is a very poor show. So you >> pick 128K for example, what quality mode is used here for the >> encoder? Is it stereo, mono or joint stereo the encoder will be >> encoding in? What sample rate is going to be used? All this >> information seems to be determined for you and (whilst most will be >> content to leave things at that) I'm not because I find optimizing >> your MP3 encoder for various situations can save you a whole heap of >> space and a whole heap of trouble whilst not compremising on good >> audio quality. Further to this when you select one of the VBR modes >> offered, which VBR method will the encoder use, the "old" or the >> "new" method? The "new" method is indeed faster but the "old" method >> (whilst slower) is of a far better quality and there are other VBR >> settings which should be available which don't seem to be, 2 quality >> settings for example whereas Easy CD DA Extractor only allows the >> access to one. >> Now to the "Format Conversion" section, again very nicely laid out >> but one annoyance here and perhaps this will be fixed in later >> versions. One would think for instance that if you had say a Wave and >> Cue pair of files (as generated by many rippers including EAC, Max >> Ripper and even Easy CD DA Extractor itself), you should therefore be >> able to open the cue file which would therefore in tern open the >> associated Wave file and you should be able to convert the content to >> MP3 tracks or whatever, not so it seems which is a crying shame. >> So there you have it, some of my thoughts on Easy CD DA Extractor but >> its still worth supporting at $49.00. >> >> >> -------------------------------- >> >> Join the fight against spam! Have your ISP enable client/server >> authentication. >> >> -------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------- Join the fight against spam! Have your ISP enable client/server authentication. -------------------------------- Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
