Ok, well I don't think that Exact Audio Copy can be described as a gimic, the technology used in Exact Audio Copy has been used for a long time under LINUX in various CD Rippers, its also used in Max Audio Ripper under the Mac and LINUX.
On 24/11/2007, at 2:58 AM, albert griffith wrote: > I think the developer of EAC has a good gimmick. However, het me > say in his > defense that he's not trying to make money with his off-set focus. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ] > On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 2:06 AM > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: RE: Ripping,Copying and EncodingRE: Easy CD DA Extractor: > they've > changed things > > Well I don't know what you're getting at quite frankly, I've heard > some > things in my time but I've never heard that before <smile> Faulty CD > drives > won't work with any CD ripper wither it be EAC, Windows Media Player > or > whatever. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ] > On Behalf Of Kevin Lloyd > Sent: Friday, 23 November 2007 8:31 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Ripping,Copying and EncodingRE: Easy CD DA Extractor: > they've > changed things > > Your situation would be that you have a bit of a dodgy CD-ROM drive > if you > need to use EAC. If you have a good quality drive you don't need to > go to > those extremes. You should always use error correction of course > which will > > slow down your media player rips but you will get perfect results > with a > good quality CD-ROM and CD's in fair to good condition. > > Kevin > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 10:17 AM > Subject: Ripping,Copying and EncodingRE: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've > changed things > > > Media Player etc are probably fine for most people but in my > situation where > "perfect rips" and "perfect copies" are a "must have" then Media > Player and > others are just out of the race. As I said before, those people who > are > sticking with Easy CD DA Extractor (that includes Yorus Truly) are > on a > pretty good thind I reckon but still, Exact Audio Copy and Max > Ripper are > the only things I've tested which do "perfect rips" and "perfect > copies" of > audio CD'S. > Compression? Well Danna sort of had it right and I reckon her ears are > functioning <smile>, AAC+ is a damn good standard, its regretable that > (unfortunately) EAC doesn't (as far as I know) support AAC+ > internally so > you have to run an external encoder, either that or do your rips > with EAC > (as Wave files) and convert them with something like Easy CD DA > extractor > which will let you do thousands of files in a batch as everyone > knows, that > almost defeats the purpose but still the rips are more accurate. EAC > is (if > set up correctly) considerably slower than Windows Media Player, > taking say > 7-10 minutes to rip a CD however this speed reduction is due to the > comparison ripping the programme does, reading and re-reading each > sector > and comparing the values, I was also interested to read that Exact > Audio > Copy will handle copy-protected audio CD'S, not that you see too > many of > those round these days I don't think. > Now for those who will sware by MP3 till their "dying day" well I > admire > your courage and (whilst I admit that MP3 is getting a bit long in > the tooth > now) you can get some very nice quality out of LAME if you tweek it, > that > means not using the defaults offered to you by your ripper. If > you're using > Winamp to play your MP3 files then it pays to use the MAD MP3 output > plug-in, you'll hear the difference and MAD is not the only great MP3 > decoder for Winamp either. VLC'S decoder seems to be rather nice. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ] > On Behalf Of albert griffith > Sent: Thursday, 22 November 2007 8:19 PM > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: RE: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've changed things > > Exact audio copy was developed by a good programmer who really likes > his > tracks to be ripped neatly. It's a good program but I like the > media player > as well if I'm ripping to a format they support. Example: I've > ripped 500 > disks in the last two weeks with it and it's been a breeze. I just > push in > the disk drawer and away it goes and ejects the disk when the > ripping is > complete. EAC. has this drive off-set stuff and while it makes > files look > better on paper, I can't hear a difference. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ] > On Behalf Of Dana S. Leslie > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:40 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've changed things > > I'm not familiar with EAC. Details, please. What makes it superior? > I've > been happily ripping with Easy CDDA since version 4 or 5, I think. > Can't > imagine an easier interface, or better results. > > Blessed Be, > > Dana > that's Dana, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A If your synthesizer > pronounces > them identically, instruct your customized pronunciation dictionary > that > Dana=dayna. > > D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype: dsleslie > Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE > Your Source for Discounted Ideas > http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 11:15 PM > Subject: Re: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've changed things > > > Yeah, well the software is only going to be used for conversion here > as I > find that EAC does a far better job at ripping, honestly that > software is > the best ripper on the earth I reckon. > > On 22/11/2007, at 2:29 PM, Dana S. Leslie wrote: > >> Dane, >> >> Glad to help. And, thank you for alerting me to the change. As I said >> in my last message, I mostly only ever use the program to rip CDs to >> my hard drive. But, occasionally, I will convert some files. If you >> hadn't alerted me, I probably would have been happily ripping away >> with version 11, and been very surprised and frustrated when I did, >> eventually, want to do a conversion. >> >> Blessed Be, >> >> Dana >> that's Dana, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A If your synthesizer >> pronounces them identically, instruct your customized pronunciation >> dictionary that Dana=dayna. >> >> D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Skype: dsleslie >> Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE >> Your Source for Discounted Ideas >> http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:54 PM >> Subject: RE: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've changed things >> >> >> Thanks Danna, just tried it and its working a treat. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> audio.org] On Behalf Of Dana S. Leslie >> Sent: Thursday, 22 November 2007 5:33 AM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Re: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've changed things >> >> Dane, >> >> Here's what I found: >> In the converter, F8 no longer works to start the conversion. You >> have >> to use the JAWS cursor to find the Convert Files button, and click it >> with the JAWS cursor. The button is located a few lines up from the >> bottom of the screen, toward the right side of the screen. >> >> In the burner, F8 still works to begin the burn. But, I found, it >> seems to take longer than it used to get the files you've selected >> loaded into the To >> >> Be Burned list box. Once they are, though, F8 starts the burn, and >> everything works just as it used to. >> >> Good luck. >> >> Blessed Be, >> >> Dana >> that's Dana, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A If your synthesizer >> pronounces them identically, instruct your customized pronunciation >> dictionary that Dana=dayna. >> >> D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Skype: dsleslie >> Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE >> Your Source for Discounted Ideas >> http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:01 AM >> Subject: RE: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've changed things >> >> >>> Thanks for that, see how you get on. A friend alerted me to this >>> 9for >>> want of a better word) problem, I was up until a few days ago using >>> Easy CD DA Extractor Version 10.5 and things worked a bit >>> differently, you used the context key on a folder, selected convert >>> with Easy CD DA Extractor, the software would launch, you made your >>> settings (I.E. output format, folders, file name etc) and pressed >>> f8, >>> the conversion process started and now this thing just won't work >>> for >>> me for some reason, won't work for my friend either so if anyone >>> gets >>> it working let us know. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> audio.org] On Behalf Of Dana S. Leslie >>> Sent: Thursday, 22 November 2007 12:56 AM >>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>> Subject: Re: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've changed things >>> >>> I haven't had an occasion to try burning or converting, since I >>> upgraded to 11. I'll try playing with those features, over the >>> holiday weekend, and report back. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 8:21 AM >>> Subject: RE: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've changed things >>> >>> >>>> They're enabled, the converter actually launches but the convet >>>> button and option in the actions menu is disabled for some reason. >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> On Behalf Of Dana S. Leslie >>>> Sent: Thursday, 22 November 2007 12:16 AM >>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>>> Subject: Re: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've changed things >>>> >>>> Go to Options, General Settings, Do you have the Enable Windows >>>> Explorer Context Menus check box checked? >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:39 AM >>>> Subject: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've changed things >>>> >>>> >>>>> Ok, in the older version of Easy CD DA Extractor I was using >>>>> before >>>>> I upgraded, I was able to say select a folder containing >>>>> sub-folders containing say wave files, press the Windows Context >>>>> key from Windows Explorer, click on the "Convert With Easy CD DA >>>>> Extractor", the software would then launch where I could then >>>>> change the settings for my required job and press f8 to start the >>>>> conversion. 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