On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 11:03 -0700, Regnad wrote:
> I played around a bit with EAC and FLAC 

EAC is a bit geeky. But once it is setup, it works fine.

That is one of the reasons I use CDex and FlacFrontEnd
It is mindless, you just use CDex to get .wav files, and then
have FlacFrontEnd be a nice drag and drop GUI to convert and
tag the files.

> Do you think that WMA will be unsupported at some time?  

Sure, when Microsoft collapses like Digital and Compaq did.
Or when the sun goes supernova.

Much more likely is that M$ will build in a DRM into WMA.
That can't happen with FLAC.


> I am not trying to be contrary, I really want to understand this before
> I commit to a rip method.

The best thing about FLAC is that you don't have to commit to anything.
You can always use FLAC to convert your compressed files to
bit-identical source, and recompress, or reencode or whatever you want.
All without handling the disks again.

You may find http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/tips.html
useful.

Depending on how many CDs you want to process, you may want to change
how you approach it. I did a little over 700 CDs, and I wanted
a process that took the least amount of time for me handling CDs. I
didn't care at all how long the computer ran as long as I didn't have to
to touch it.

For me, it was worth some experiments and setup time, as that was 
once-only.


-- 
Pat
http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html


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