I don't know anything about "bogus" guides, and I've only had occasion to set up EAC once or twice in the past 5 years or so, but the guide referenced looked OK to me (a non-exhaustive review). It covers the points that I would consider to be the most important, and since it documents every setting that it considers to be important (albeit rather a lot of them), I see no reason to recommend a non-free software.
I'd suggest installing EAC and using the guide in question. It should be clear within the first few rips if everything is working satisfactorily. I spent the best part of a year ripping my CD collection. For some of us there's no avoiding the fact that it will take a long time to complete; EAC is the *only* ripping software that I would trust. On 6 October 2014 13:06, garym <[email protected]> wrote: > > Firochromis wrote: >> Hi, >> >> The setup guide suggested to me for EAC was this: >> http://filesharingtalk.com/threads/435208-Installing-configuring-and-ripping-with-Exact-Audio-Copy-%28EAC%29 >> >> Is this one good enough or are there better ones out there? > > Don't know. I don't use EAC (I use dbpa). I wouldn't use any guide that > I didn't see recommended in a thread at hydrogenaud.io forums if it > were me (they quickly report faulty info in such guides). But given > your beginner status, you will likely be *much^ better off with > dbpoweramp unless the $40 is too hard on your budget. Also, note that > dbpoweramp has very good metadata retrieval (it uses several online > sources, does a comparison, and tries to give you the "best" most > correct metadata. It also uses a very good album art search engine to > automatically add good album art to your rips (or even lets you search > just before the rip to choose which art you want). I almost always get > good 1000x1000 artwork. > > > > *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, > Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) > *Location 2:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, > Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) > *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.8 > Squeezelite > *Spares:* several Touch, Radio, SB3 > *Controllers:* iPhone4S & iPad2 (iPeng7 & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or > SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop > *Files:* ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; > Streaming: Spotify > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 > > _______________________________________________ > ripping mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
