I said:"I've just ripped 800 CDs, and not one failed to transfer perfectly with WMP."
Radish sensibly asked: "How on earth do you know? Seriously - do you have the original MD5s from the record label or something?" With digital storage, you don't need an md5 - you can check the integrity of the stream with much finer granularity. The CRC mechanism tells you if a single byte is wrong. Are you saying that if WMP10 says 'ripped to disk' with error correcting on, it's lying, but if EAC says it ripped to disk, it's telling the truth? People!: Can I just say that I sense the following is colouring people's judgements. 1. People want to steer clear of microsoft for various reasons. Fine - if you want to do that. I'm not religious about apple, microsoft, etc. They do stuff. Some is good, some isn't. 2. People seem to think that just because WMP was rubbish and no good for ripping, it is the case now. This is simply not true anymore. Sorry. 3. People want to support FLAC on principle, and that's fine too. I tried it, and found that I had to download a load of bits (EAC, FLAC, something that plays FLAC...). What a drag. It's ok for geeks, but I'm a geek and spent half an hour trying to learn which of the scary settings to touch and leave alone. I mean what is all that gap stuff about? Of course I don't want gaps in my music! That software is simply dripping with complexity. Ordinary people should run a mile. WMA is proprietary. So are PDF files. Big deal. WMA isn't going away anytime soon. It works, it's read by loads of software, and I can always convert my library to another lossless format at any time. Again, I think it's a religion thing. 4. People are naturally supportive of EAC - and who wouldn't be. It stepped in to take ripping seriously when microsoft and the others didn't bother. I understand that, but things are different now. I am still waiting for someone to do an objective analysis of the current state of play of rippers now that itunes and WMP10 are widely used. ___ I'm happy for you all to use the stuff you use. But please don't have a go at me for having the temerity of choosing a different solution. We're both listening to lovely bit perfect music through our squeezeboxes. We should be happy for each other. I just wanted to set the record straight. You might hate microsoft, but it doesn't do your credibility any good if you misrepresent their products. -- andy b _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
