garym wrote: > I have three vortexbox servers, two capable of ripping CDs. But I don't > use the VBs for ripping. All my ripping is with dbpoweramp and I've > ripped about 5,000 CDs with dbpa. A key issue for me is the ability of a > ripper to match a rip back to the ACCURATERIP database (AR).** EAC, > dbpa, cuetools, and maybe a few others can access and submit back to AR. > VB ripper does not use. This alone is enough for me to use dbpa for > ripping. But dbpa also has excellent metadata "perfectmeta" where it > uses 4 or 5 different sources and then tries to give you the most > "consistent" metadata for that rip. The artwork finder is also > excellent. > > I rip to FLAC with dbpa, do any tag finetuning with mp3tag, and then > move files over to my VB server across my network. I also create a > mirror of mp3 lossy files from the FLAC files with dbpa converter for > use in my iThings. Very easy to do, and dbpa converter preserves all > tags, artwork, directory structure, etc. > > **for those that don't know, AccurateRip is a system (developed by the > creator of dbpoweramp) that captures the data from millions of ripped > CDs (the CRCs, etc. from the rips). So when you rip a CD, it compares > the data from your rip back to the perhaps thousands of other people who > ripped the same CD title, but a different physical copy, on a different > computer with a different drive. If one's rip matches that information, > there is no better guarantee that you have in fact achieved a bitperfect > rip yourself. Note that a new tool, PerfectTunes (by the maker of dbpa) > will do after the fact checks of your lossless rips back to the > accuraterip database. It will also help you fix low quality artwork. > > http://www.accuraterip.com/
Daphile supports accuraterip and drive offsets. Also makes a good Vortexbox alternative. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mintaudio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59106 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102854 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
