JJZolx wrote:
> JimB;242508 Wrote: 
>> Does anyone know of a way to simultaneously rip to FLAC and rip a second
>> copy to mp3 to a separate directory for ITunes?  Disk space not an
>> object.
> 
> This gets asked a lot.  And I usually reply with the same advice.  A
> nicer way to do this is to just rip and encode in Flac and then use a
> program or script that will create mp3 files automatically from the
> Flac files.  Ideally, you can mirror your Flac library in Mp3,
> scheduling the script to run automatically once a day.
> 
> Just one of the nice things about doing it this way is that Flac
> encoding is very fast and generally adds nothing to the time it takes
> to rip a CD.  Mp3 encoding, on the other hand, is much slower.  Doing
> it in the background during off hours makes CD ripping faster.  Also
> easier... programs like MAREO can sometimes be tricky to set up and
> difficult to troubleshoot when they don't work as expected.
> 
> Do a search in these forums for "flac2mp3".

... or wait for me to pop up and say:

http://robinbowes.com/projects/flac2mp3

:)

R.

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