If you are new to ripping and tagging, you may find EAC a bit too feature full and complex (IMHO). There are other, simpler programs that do a good job of ripping CDs (although not necessarily the "perfect" copy that EAC will do).
I use Audiograbber which is free and will encode MP3 at a fairly high bitrate. I find it very easy to use. It has a function that will automatically look up tags from Freedb (although I often end up amending them). Most databases like Freedb will only work with "published" albums, not bootlegs. But copied CDs should be fine. What format music are you using ? Tags aren't just for albums, or artist names. A tag is a piece of information encoded into the music file which help to identify it - there is a Track Number Tag, Compilation Tag, Track name, Album name, Artist and so on. Using somethng like Freedb will populate a lot of these fields for you automatically. Have you seen http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BeginnersGuideToTagging and http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BeginnersGuideToRipping Edited to say, the problem you experienced with the folders is probably something to do with the settings on your ripping software. It sounds like you have it set to rip the CD into a specific hierarchy of folders. As an example, using Audiograbber, I point the program at T:\My Music, and by default it rips the CD into this folder structure: T:\My Music\Artist\Album\mp3files. Sounds like you have something similar set up, but you also tried to manually point the program at a specific folder you had created already. Hope this makes sense. -- Siduhe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21670 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
