Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
Hi can you send the copy of the version of the exact audio copy tha you are using? also what is the best way to set it up to get the best sounding rips even tho everyone taste in what A good sounding rip is. I would also like to use this program and get good sounding rips to maybe even share from time to time. So any and all help is welcome. -- Casey
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
Yep quite. I enjoy my Mac and my Windows machines - and all the other devices I use -. I often find myself wondering - when I use the Mac - how much others might enjoy a particular App if the developer made a Windows version? The XLD Ripper for the Mac is among st the best CD Rippers I've ever used, its an App with a slick interface and yet its ass accurate as Exact Audio Copy is when it comes to ripping audio CD'S. On 13/11/2016 6:34 AM, Chris Skarstad wrote: That's the thing about technology, that's why some prefer pc's and others really love their mac and scream to the world how amazing it is. That's just how it works. we just need to try different things and figure out what works the best for us as individuals. what may work for you may not work for me, and that's just fine. that's how it should be. being individuals is fun. On 11/12/2016 12:30 PM, Joe Paton wrote: Yes the interface is prone to change this is for sure. Furthermore, access has always required a lot of mouse-pad work. Yes 50 dollars is a price, but it's for the life of the product. Or so he says. I can view the log files in the second tab page. I have no interest as to who uses which program, only that pitfalls encountered, explained and worked around can help us all, and merely to give as broad a view as possible within my verry limited understanding. It's strange but true, a particular set of users will have no issues with a product, while others may find access almost impossible. So it is 1 big hurrah for exact audio copy. Have a great day. Joe On Sun, 13 Nov 2016 01:23:13 +1100 Dane Trethowan wrote: I have to admit to being annoyed with EZ CD converter as it is now. What annoys me about this software is that it keeps changing all the time. When ripping CD'S now the user has no way of knowing just how accurately EZ has done or what errors it came across, the author of the software has - for whatever reason - removed the ability to log EZ Converters actions. Apart from that - assuming it works correctly which we can't say for sure now - its a good bundle given its only $49 however Exact Audio Copy is free and - given a little setting up and tweaking - provides good and accurate rips all the time and you'll have the log file to prove it . Regarding file converters? Well that's not a huge problem as all the encoders/decoders can be easily obtained and Exactly Audio Copy - if you'd prefer - can be configured to convert from format to format but Ez CD Converter is very convenient for that sort of thing. The other reason I'd use Exact Audio Copy if at all possible is that its just plain far better when it comes to accessibility than Ez CD Converter ever has been. On 13/11/2016 12:01 AM, Joe Paton wrote: Hi Chris, ez cd audio converter from poikosoft is worth a look as well. Does a fairly comprehensive range of file format conversions in to the bargain. Can not compare with the other program in this thread, but others might do that for you. Regards, JP On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:58:45 -0500 Chris Skarstad wrote: Hey folks Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent to me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound as good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for years, does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert the cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from the internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been able to get the CDDB, or Gracenote servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks for any ideas folks. Chris -- ** “Oh, I’m an activist and I’m OK / I sleep all night and I tweet all day.”
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
Okay I'll have to sit down and explore the Ez CD Converter itnerface thoroughly then. For the CD archive we use Cue/Flac file pairs - the author of Ez CD Converter calls this a disc image now - but it seems that all the parameters for setting this mode have all gone? Perhaps they're cleverly hidden away somewhere and - as you say - the interface is prone to changing on a regular basis. I'm not complaining about the $49 I paid, EZ CD Converter has its frustrations but I do know how to use the mouse with my Screen Reading package - after all! that's why JAWS and so on provide mouse navigation keys and the like so you can access products such as EZ CD Converter - . On 13/11/2016 4:29 AM, Joe Paton wrote: Yes the interface is prone to change this is for sure. Furthermore, access has always required a lot of mouse-pad work. Yes 50 dollars is a price, but it's for the life of the product. Or so he says. I can view the log files in the second tab page. I have no interest as to who uses which program, only that pitfalls encountered, explained and worked around can help us all, and merely to give as broad a view as possible within my verry limited understanding. It's strange but true, a particular set of users will have no issues with a product, while others may find access almost impossible. So it is 1 big hurrah for exact audio copy. Have a great day. Joe On Sun, 13 Nov 2016 01:23:13 +1100 Dane Trethowan wrote: I have to admit to being annoyed with EZ CD converter as it is now. What annoys me about this software is that it keeps changing all the time. When ripping CD'S now the user has no way of knowing just how accurately EZ has done or what errors it came across, the author of the software has - for whatever reason - removed the ability to log EZ Converters actions. Apart from that - assuming it works correctly which we can't say for sure now - its a good bundle given its only $49 however Exact Audio Copy is free and - given a little setting up and tweaking - provides good and accurate rips all the time and you'll have the log file to prove it . Regarding file converters? Well that's not a huge problem as all the encoders/decoders can be easily obtained and Exactly Audio Copy - if you'd prefer - can be configured to convert from format to format but Ez CD Converter is very convenient for that sort of thing. The other reason I'd use Exact Audio Copy if at all possible is that its just plain far better when it comes to accessibility than Ez CD Converter ever has been. On 13/11/2016 12:01 AM, Joe Paton wrote: Hi Chris, ez cd audio converter from poikosoft is worth a look as well. Does a fairly comprehensive range of file format conversions in to the bargain. Can not compare with the other program in this thread, but others might do that for you. Regards, JP On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:58:45 -0500 Chris Skarstad wrote: Hey folks Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent to me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound as good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for years, does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert the cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from the internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been able to get the CDDB, or Gracenote servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks for any ideas folks. Chris -- ** “Oh, I’m an activist and I’m OK / I sleep all night and I tweet all day.”
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
Yep its possible that I've missed the logging feature so perhaps you could tell me where it is? On 13/11/2016 3:30 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote: this is not true You can still Log the actions in easy audio converter I do this all the time. On 11/12/2016 8:23 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: I have to admit to being annoyed with EZ CD converter as it is now. What annoys me about this software is that it keeps changing all the time. When ripping CD'S now the user has no way of knowing just how accurately EZ has done or what errors it came across, the author of the software has - for whatever reason - removed the ability to log EZ Converters actions. Apart from that - assuming it works correctly which we can't say for sure now - its a good bundle given its only $49 however Exact Audio Copy is free and - given a little setting up and tweaking - provides good and accurate rips all the time and you'll have the log file to prove it . Regarding file converters? Well that's not a huge problem as all the encoders/decoders can be easily obtained and Exactly Audio Copy - if you'd prefer - can be configured to convert from format to format but Ez CD Converter is very convenient for that sort of thing. The other reason I'd use Exact Audio Copy if at all possible is that its just plain far better when it comes to accessibility than Ez CD Converter ever has been. On 13/11/2016 12:01 AM, Joe Paton wrote: Hi Chris, ez cd audio converter from poikosoft is worth a look as well. Does a fairly comprehensive range of file format conversions in to the bargain. Can not compare with the other program in this thread, but others might do that for you. Regards, JP On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:58:45 -0500 Chris Skarstad wrote: Hey folks Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent to me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound as good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for years, does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert the cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from the internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been able to get the CDDB, or Gracenote servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks for any ideas folks. Chris -- ** “Oh, I’m an activist and I’m OK / I sleep all night and I tweet all day.”
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
My pc doesn't hybernate or shut down. If you use that file I gave you it will do everything for you other than select the flac format. On 11/12/16, John Covici wrote: > For the ripping, use the external programs tab. If you want to use > flac, you will need to download it separately and install and put the > path to the binary in the external programs tab and specify all the > options to the flac program that you want. After the rip is done, > just don't check the hybernate checkbox and the pc will not hybernate. > > Hope this helps. > > On Sat, 12 Nov 2016 16:04:24 -0500, > Chris Skarstad wrote: >> >> Hi. Ok, i've tried out Exact Audio Copy, and i have a couple >> issues. First, i have been all over every possible option >> imaginable, and I can not, for the life of me figure out how to >> choose a format to rip the cd i've got. Second, there is an >> option in there as to what to do after the cd is complete, and >> I'm not sure i like any of the options. the 3 i've got are >> shutdown, restart or hybernate. I don't want the program to do >> any of these, i just want the pc to be left on, as is. So as >> nice as the program is, i'm not sure if this program fits my >> needs, at least not yet! if anyone knows how to fix these 2 >> things it'd help lots. >> >> >> >> >> On 11/12/2016 9:25 AM, Robert Godridge wrote: >> > Hi, >> > If you do go for eac (I would) here is a file that should make it >> > easier. All my perfect flac settings are in this file, go to profiles >> > in the file menue, then import and see what you get. Here's the file >> > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17525699/EACProfile.cfg >> > >> > Also if you want to test for errors before copying, press f4. Takes >> > longer but I think it's worth it. >> > Rob >> > >> > On 11/12/16, Chris Skarstad wrote: >> >> Hi guys >> >> >> >> >> >> Just for a goof, I tried another piece of software done by the same >> >> guy >> >> that did EAC, called Easy audio copy. It sounded great, because it >> >> claimed that the process to copy cd's was a little simpler than eac. >> >> Sure, I want to have great rips, but i'm the impatient sort, so i >> >> figured i'd give it a try. The bummer is there was a welcome screen >> >> in >> >> several different languages and, try as I might with 3 different >> >> screenreaders I absolutely could not get past it to even try it out. >> >> The big difference is that EAC is free, while Easy audio copy is not. >> >> I >> >> was able to find CDEX and after tweaking the settings I was able to >> >> get >> >> some pretty good sounding rips. I copied one rock album and one >> >> modern >> >> country album and the results were excellent, at least for my ears. >> >> >> >> So, i think i'm happy for now, but i'll still keep EAC and the other >> >> programs in mind, you never really know! >> >> >> >> Thanks guys! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 11/12/2016 8:22 AM, Robert Godridge wrote: >> >>> I spent hours setting up my eac. Perhaps I can send you my profile >> >>> file if you're interested and I can work out how. I'm a member of a >> >>> very stringent private torrents site so these rips are perfect. >> >>> >> >>> On 11/12/16, Joe Paton wrote: >> Hi Chris, >> ez cd audio converter >> from poikosoft is worth a look as well. >> >> Does a fairly comprehensive range of file format conversions in >> to the bargain. >> >> Can not compare with the other program in this thread, but others >> might >> do >> that for you. >> >> Regards, >> >> JP >> >> >> >> On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:58:45 -0500 >> Chris Skarstad wrote: >> >> Hey folks >> >> Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were >> sent >> to >> me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them >> sound >> as >> good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio >> codec >> files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb >> if >> you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many >> people >> mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for >> years, >> does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to >> convert >> the >> cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles >> from >> the >> internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been >> able >> to >> get the CDDB, or Gracenote >> >> servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? >> Thanks >> for >> any ideas folks. >> Chris >> >> >> -- >> Joe Paton >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > > -- > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > How do > you spend it? > > John Covici > cov...@ccs.cov
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
For the ripping, use the external programs tab. If you want to use flac, you will need to download it separately and install and put the path to the binary in the external programs tab and specify all the options to the flac program that you want. After the rip is done, just don't check the hybernate checkbox and the pc will not hybernate. Hope this helps. On Sat, 12 Nov 2016 16:04:24 -0500, Chris Skarstad wrote: > > Hi. Ok, i've tried out Exact Audio Copy, and i have a couple > issues. First, i have been all over every possible option > imaginable, and I can not, for the life of me figure out how to > choose a format to rip the cd i've got. Second, there is an > option in there as to what to do after the cd is complete, and > I'm not sure i like any of the options. the 3 i've got are > shutdown, restart or hybernate. I don't want the program to do > any of these, i just want the pc to be left on, as is. So as > nice as the program is, i'm not sure if this program fits my > needs, at least not yet! if anyone knows how to fix these 2 > things it'd help lots. > > > > > On 11/12/2016 9:25 AM, Robert Godridge wrote: > > Hi, > > If you do go for eac (I would) here is a file that should make it > > easier. All my perfect flac settings are in this file, go to profiles > > in the file menue, then import and see what you get. Here's the file > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17525699/EACProfile.cfg > > > > Also if you want to test for errors before copying, press f4. Takes > > longer but I think it's worth it. > > Rob > > > > On 11/12/16, Chris Skarstad wrote: > >> Hi guys > >> > >> > >> Just for a goof, I tried another piece of software done by the same guy > >> that did EAC, called Easy audio copy. It sounded great, because it > >> claimed that the process to copy cd's was a little simpler than eac. > >> Sure, I want to have great rips, but i'm the impatient sort, so i > >> figured i'd give it a try. The bummer is there was a welcome screen in > >> several different languages and, try as I might with 3 different > >> screenreaders I absolutely could not get past it to even try it out. > >> The big difference is that EAC is free, while Easy audio copy is not. I > >> was able to find CDEX and after tweaking the settings I was able to get > >> some pretty good sounding rips. I copied one rock album and one modern > >> country album and the results were excellent, at least for my ears. > >> > >> So, i think i'm happy for now, but i'll still keep EAC and the other > >> programs in mind, you never really know! > >> > >> Thanks guys! > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 11/12/2016 8:22 AM, Robert Godridge wrote: > >>> I spent hours setting up my eac. Perhaps I can send you my profile > >>> file if you're interested and I can work out how. I'm a member of a > >>> very stringent private torrents site so these rips are perfect. > >>> > >>> On 11/12/16, Joe Paton wrote: > Hi Chris, > ez cd audio converter > from poikosoft is worth a look as well. > > Does a fairly comprehensive range of file format conversions in > to the bargain. > > Can not compare with the other program in this thread, but others might > do > that for you. > > Regards, > > JP > > > > On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:58:45 -0500 > Chris Skarstad wrote: > > Hey folks > > Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent > to > me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound > as > good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec > files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if > you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people > mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for > years, > does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert > the > cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from > the > internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been able > to > get the CDDB, or Gracenote > > servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks > for > any ideas folks. > Chris > > > -- > Joe Paton > > > > >> > >> > > > > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
Hi. Ok, i've tried out Exact Audio Copy, and i have a couple issues. First, i have been all over every possible option imaginable, and I can not, for the life of me figure out how to choose a format to rip the cd i've got. Second, there is an option in there as to what to do after the cd is complete, and I'm not sure i like any of the options. the 3 i've got are shutdown, restart or hybernate. I don't want the program to do any of these, i just want the pc to be left on, as is. So as nice as the program is, i'm not sure if this program fits my needs, at least not yet! if anyone knows how to fix these 2 things it'd help lots. On 11/12/2016 9:25 AM, Robert Godridge wrote: Hi, If you do go for eac (I would) here is a file that should make it easier. All my perfect flac settings are in this file, go to profiles in the file menue, then import and see what you get. Here's the file https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17525699/EACProfile.cfg Also if you want to test for errors before copying, press f4. Takes longer but I think it's worth it. Rob On 11/12/16, Chris Skarstad wrote: Hi guys Just for a goof, I tried another piece of software done by the same guy that did EAC, called Easy audio copy. It sounded great, because it claimed that the process to copy cd's was a little simpler than eac. Sure, I want to have great rips, but i'm the impatient sort, so i figured i'd give it a try. The bummer is there was a welcome screen in several different languages and, try as I might with 3 different screenreaders I absolutely could not get past it to even try it out. The big difference is that EAC is free, while Easy audio copy is not. I was able to find CDEX and after tweaking the settings I was able to get some pretty good sounding rips. I copied one rock album and one modern country album and the results were excellent, at least for my ears. So, i think i'm happy for now, but i'll still keep EAC and the other programs in mind, you never really know! Thanks guys! On 11/12/2016 8:22 AM, Robert Godridge wrote: I spent hours setting up my eac. Perhaps I can send you my profile file if you're interested and I can work out how. I'm a member of a very stringent private torrents site so these rips are perfect. On 11/12/16, Joe Paton wrote: Hi Chris, ez cd audio converter from poikosoft is worth a look as well. Does a fairly comprehensive range of file format conversions in to the bargain. Can not compare with the other program in this thread, but others might do that for you. Regards, JP On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:58:45 -0500 Chris Skarstad wrote: Hey folks Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent to me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound as good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for years, does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert the cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from the internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been able to get the CDDB, or Gracenote servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks for any ideas folks. Chris -- Joe Paton
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
That's the thing about technology, that's why some prefer pc's and others really love their mac and scream to the world how amazing it is. That's just how it works. we just need to try different things and figure out what works the best for us as individuals. what may work for you may not work for me, and that's just fine. that's how it should be. being individuals is fun. On 11/12/2016 12:30 PM, Joe Paton wrote: Yes the interface is prone to change this is for sure. Furthermore, access has always required a lot of mouse-pad work. Yes 50 dollars is a price, but it's for the life of the product. Or so he says. I can view the log files in the second tab page. I have no interest as to who uses which program, only that pitfalls encountered, explained and worked around can help us all, and merely to give as broad a view as possible within my verry limited understanding. It's strange but true, a particular set of users will have no issues with a product, while others may find access almost impossible. So it is 1 big hurrah for exact audio copy. Have a great day. Joe On Sun, 13 Nov 2016 01:23:13 +1100 Dane Trethowan wrote: I have to admit to being annoyed with EZ CD converter as it is now. What annoys me about this software is that it keeps changing all the time. When ripping CD'S now the user has no way of knowing just how accurately EZ has done or what errors it came across, the author of the software has - for whatever reason - removed the ability to log EZ Converters actions. Apart from that - assuming it works correctly which we can't say for sure now - its a good bundle given its only $49 however Exact Audio Copy is free and - given a little setting up and tweaking - provides good and accurate rips all the time and you'll have the log file to prove it . Regarding file converters? Well that's not a huge problem as all the encoders/decoders can be easily obtained and Exactly Audio Copy - if you'd prefer - can be configured to convert from format to format but Ez CD Converter is very convenient for that sort of thing. The other reason I'd use Exact Audio Copy if at all possible is that its just plain far better when it comes to accessibility than Ez CD Converter ever has been. On 13/11/2016 12:01 AM, Joe Paton wrote: Hi Chris, ez cd audio converter from poikosoft is worth a look as well. Does a fairly comprehensive range of file format conversions in to the bargain. Can not compare with the other program in this thread, but others might do that for you. Regards, JP On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:58:45 -0500 Chris Skarstad wrote: Hey folks Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent to me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound as good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for years, does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert the cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from the internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been able to get the CDDB, or Gracenote servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks for any ideas folks. Chris
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
this is not true You can still Log the actions in easy audio converter I do this all the time. On 11/12/2016 8:23 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: I have to admit to being annoyed with EZ CD converter as it is now. What annoys me about this software is that it keeps changing all the time. When ripping CD'S now the user has no way of knowing just how accurately EZ has done or what errors it came across, the author of the software has - for whatever reason - removed the ability to log EZ Converters actions. Apart from that - assuming it works correctly which we can't say for sure now - its a good bundle given its only $49 however Exact Audio Copy is free and - given a little setting up and tweaking - provides good and accurate rips all the time and you'll have the log file to prove it . Regarding file converters? Well that's not a huge problem as all the encoders/decoders can be easily obtained and Exactly Audio Copy - if you'd prefer - can be configured to convert from format to format but Ez CD Converter is very convenient for that sort of thing. The other reason I'd use Exact Audio Copy if at all possible is that its just plain far better when it comes to accessibility than Ez CD Converter ever has been. On 13/11/2016 12:01 AM, Joe Paton wrote: Hi Chris, ez cd audio converter from poikosoft is worth a look as well. Does a fairly comprehensive range of file format conversions in to the bargain. Can not compare with the other program in this thread, but others might do that for you. Regards, JP On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:58:45 -0500 Chris Skarstad wrote: Hey folks Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent to me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound as good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for years, does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert the cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from the internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been able to get the CDDB, or Gracenote servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks for any ideas folks. Chris
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
Could you send me your profile for eac as well? On 11/12/2016 7:22 AM, Robert Godridge wrote: I spent hours setting up my eac. Perhaps I can send you my profile file if you're interested and I can work out how. I'm a member of a very stringent private torrents site so these rips are perfect. On 11/12/16, Joe Paton wrote: Hi Chris, ez cd audio converter from poikosoft is worth a look as well. Does a fairly comprehensive range of file format conversions in to the bargain. Can not compare with the other program in this thread, but others might do that for you. Regards, JP On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:58:45 -0500 Chris Skarstad wrote: Hey folks Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent to me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound as good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for years, does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert the cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from the internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been able to get the CDDB, or Gracenote servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks for any ideas folks. Chris -- Joe Paton
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
Hey thanks, i'll keep this on hand just in case. If I have some time I just might try it out, what the heck! On 11/12/2016 9:25 AM, Robert Godridge wrote: Hi, If you do go for eac (I would) here is a file that should make it easier. All my perfect flac settings are in this file, go to profiles in the file menue, then import and see what you get. Here's the file https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17525699/EACProfile.cfg Also if you want to test for errors before copying, press f4. Takes longer but I think it's worth it. Rob On 11/12/16, Chris Skarstad wrote: Hi guys Just for a goof, I tried another piece of software done by the same guy that did EAC, called Easy audio copy. It sounded great, because it claimed that the process to copy cd's was a little simpler than eac. Sure, I want to have great rips, but i'm the impatient sort, so i figured i'd give it a try. The bummer is there was a welcome screen in several different languages and, try as I might with 3 different screenreaders I absolutely could not get past it to even try it out. The big difference is that EAC is free, while Easy audio copy is not. I was able to find CDEX and after tweaking the settings I was able to get some pretty good sounding rips. I copied one rock album and one modern country album and the results were excellent, at least for my ears. So, i think i'm happy for now, but i'll still keep EAC and the other programs in mind, you never really know! Thanks guys! On 11/12/2016 8:22 AM, Robert Godridge wrote: I spent hours setting up my eac. Perhaps I can send you my profile file if you're interested and I can work out how. I'm a member of a very stringent private torrents site so these rips are perfect. On 11/12/16, Joe Paton wrote: Hi Chris, ez cd audio converter from poikosoft is worth a look as well. Does a fairly comprehensive range of file format conversions in to the bargain. Can not compare with the other program in this thread, but others might do that for you. Regards, JP On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:58:45 -0500 Chris Skarstad wrote: Hey folks Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent to me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound as good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for years, does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert the cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from the internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been able to get the CDDB, or Gracenote servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks for any ideas folks. Chris -- Joe Paton
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
Hi, If you do go for eac (I would) here is a file that should make it easier. All my perfect flac settings are in this file, go to profiles in the file menue, then import and see what you get. Here's the file https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17525699/EACProfile.cfg Also if you want to test for errors before copying, press f4. Takes longer but I think it's worth it. Rob On 11/12/16, Chris Skarstad wrote: > Hi guys > > > Just for a goof, I tried another piece of software done by the same guy > that did EAC, called Easy audio copy. It sounded great, because it > claimed that the process to copy cd's was a little simpler than eac. > Sure, I want to have great rips, but i'm the impatient sort, so i > figured i'd give it a try. The bummer is there was a welcome screen in > several different languages and, try as I might with 3 different > screenreaders I absolutely could not get past it to even try it out. > The big difference is that EAC is free, while Easy audio copy is not. I > was able to find CDEX and after tweaking the settings I was able to get > some pretty good sounding rips. I copied one rock album and one modern > country album and the results were excellent, at least for my ears. > > So, i think i'm happy for now, but i'll still keep EAC and the other > programs in mind, you never really know! > > Thanks guys! > > > > > > On 11/12/2016 8:22 AM, Robert Godridge wrote: >> I spent hours setting up my eac. Perhaps I can send you my profile >> file if you're interested and I can work out how. I'm a member of a >> very stringent private torrents site so these rips are perfect. >> >> On 11/12/16, Joe Paton wrote: >>> Hi Chris, >>> ez cd audio converter >>> from poikosoft is worth a look as well. >>> >>> Does a fairly comprehensive range of file format conversions in >>> to the bargain. >>> >>> Can not compare with the other program in this thread, but others might >>> do >>> that for you. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> JP >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:58:45 -0500 >>> Chris Skarstad wrote: >>> >>> Hey folks >>> >>> Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent >>> to >>> me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound >>> as >>> good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec >>> files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if >>> you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people >>> mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for >>> years, >>> does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert >>> the >>> cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from >>> the >>> internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been able >>> to >>> get the CDDB, or Gracenote >>> >>>servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks >>> for >>> any ideas folks. >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Joe Paton >>> >>> >>> >> > > >
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
I have to admit to being annoyed with EZ CD converter as it is now. What annoys me about this software is that it keeps changing all the time. When ripping CD'S now the user has no way of knowing just how accurately EZ has done or what errors it came across, the author of the software has - for whatever reason - removed the ability to log EZ Converters actions. Apart from that - assuming it works correctly which we can't say for sure now - its a good bundle given its only $49 however Exact Audio Copy is free and - given a little setting up and tweaking - provides good and accurate rips all the time and you'll have the log file to prove it . Regarding file converters? Well that's not a huge problem as all the encoders/decoders can be easily obtained and Exactly Audio Copy - if you'd prefer - can be configured to convert from format to format but Ez CD Converter is very convenient for that sort of thing. The other reason I'd use Exact Audio Copy if at all possible is that its just plain far better when it comes to accessibility than Ez CD Converter ever has been. On 13/11/2016 12:01 AM, Joe Paton wrote: Hi Chris, ez cd audio converter from poikosoft is worth a look as well. Does a fairly comprehensive range of file format conversions in to the bargain. Can not compare with the other program in this thread, but others might do that for you. Regards, JP On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:58:45 -0500 Chris Skarstad wrote: Hey folks Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent to me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound as good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for years, does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert the cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from the internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been able to get the CDDB, or Gracenote servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks for any ideas folks. Chris -- ** “Oh, I’m an activist and I’m OK / I sleep all night and I tweet all day.”
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
Hi guys Just for a goof, I tried another piece of software done by the same guy that did EAC, called Easy audio copy. It sounded great, because it claimed that the process to copy cd's was a little simpler than eac. Sure, I want to have great rips, but i'm the impatient sort, so i figured i'd give it a try. The bummer is there was a welcome screen in several different languages and, try as I might with 3 different screenreaders I absolutely could not get past it to even try it out. The big difference is that EAC is free, while Easy audio copy is not. I was able to find CDEX and after tweaking the settings I was able to get some pretty good sounding rips. I copied one rock album and one modern country album and the results were excellent, at least for my ears. So, i think i'm happy for now, but i'll still keep EAC and the other programs in mind, you never really know! Thanks guys! On 11/12/2016 8:22 AM, Robert Godridge wrote: I spent hours setting up my eac. Perhaps I can send you my profile file if you're interested and I can work out how. I'm a member of a very stringent private torrents site so these rips are perfect. On 11/12/16, Joe Paton wrote: Hi Chris, ez cd audio converter from poikosoft is worth a look as well. Does a fairly comprehensive range of file format conversions in to the bargain. Can not compare with the other program in this thread, but others might do that for you. Regards, JP On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:58:45 -0500 Chris Skarstad wrote: Hey folks Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent to me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound as good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for years, does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert the cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from the internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been able to get the CDDB, or Gracenote servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks for any ideas folks. Chris -- Joe Paton
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
I spent hours setting up my eac. Perhaps I can send you my profile file if you're interested and I can work out how. I'm a member of a very stringent private torrents site so these rips are perfect. On 11/12/16, Joe Paton wrote: > Hi Chris, > ez cd audio converter > from poikosoft is worth a look as well. > > Does a fairly comprehensive range of file format conversions in > to the bargain. > > Can not compare with the other program in this thread, but others might do > that for you. > > Regards, > > JP > > > > On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:58:45 -0500 > Chris Skarstad wrote: > > Hey folks > > Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent to > me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound as > good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec > files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if > you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people > mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for years, > does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert the > cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from the > internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been able to > get the CDDB, or Gracenote > > servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks for > any ideas folks. > Chris > > > -- > Joe Paton > > >
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
Hi Chris, ez cd audio converter from poikosoft is worth a look as well. Does a fairly comprehensive range of file format conversions in to the bargain. Can not compare with the other program in this thread, but others might do that for you. Regards, JP On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:58:45 -0500 Chris Skarstad wrote: Hey folks Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent to me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound as good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for years, does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert the cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from the internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been able to get the CDDB, or Gracenote servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks for any ideas folks. Chris -- Joe Paton
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
Well how then could Exact Audio Copy have worked find if the CD wasn't ripped successfully? . I did say that - sometimes - Exact Audio copy takes a little time to configure, not every computer and not every drive is the same. so you may need to do some testing, the documentation that comes with Exact Audio Copy details various tests and Tweaks you can make. At the end of the ripping process you can actually view the log telling you exactly what Exact Audio Copy has done, what errors it has found and whether Exact Audio Copy was able to fix those errors - whether it took an hour or a day - the Cd will rip, I've only had to abandon one CD in all the time I've used Exact Audio Copy, started using it 9 years ago I think it was though I've not been using it lately. I've used Exact Audio Copy to salvage contents of damaged audio CD'S that even a CD player has trouble playing, that's how good Exact Audio Copy is and full credit to the chap who went out of his way to write the software, he enjoys his music. The CD Archive I'm part of uses Exact Audio Copy to archive CD'S and I don't run the archive, members who maintain the archive told me just how good Exact Audio Copy was all those years ago. On 11/11/2016 7:16 PM, John Covici wrote: hmmm, I have had no very long times with exact audio copy, except for one cd which was never ripped successfully at all. My drive was in the database, so it worked fine, even the accurately ripped database. On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:30:04 -0500, Dane Trethowan wrote: Exact Audio Copy is a truly outspend tool. Its been a good while since I’ve used it given I use my Mac for that sort of thing so I don’t know where the software is at these days. First thing I will tell you is that - due to the truly configurable and customisable nature of Exact Audio Copy - you’ll need to set aside a little time to get everything up and running and making sure that everything is performing accurately. I do know there are tutorials available to help configure Exact Audio Copy so take a look for those with Google. And finally, Exact Audio Copy is exactly that, exact when it comes to Ripping CD’S so don’t be surprised if the software takes an hour or more to rip a single CD depending on its condition, if Exact Audio copy takes five or so minutes to rip a CD then its not working properly On 11 Nov. 2016, at 3:58 pm, Chris Skarstad wrote: Hey folks Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent to me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound as good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for years, does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert the cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from the internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been able to get the CDDB, or Gracenote servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks for any ideas folks. Chris ** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind. -- ** “Oh, I’m an activist and I’m OK / I sleep all night and I tweet all day.”
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
If you're using original CD'S then there's a good chance they'll show up 99% of the time. That's the nice thing about Exact Audio Copy - if you're looking to copy audio discs - it copies them exactly and you'll see it, no more inexact matches when looking up in a database with an Exact copy of a CD for example. Exact Audio Copy also uses the Accuraterip function that makes the ripping process that little bit easier, other software uses this too including XLD for Mac and EEzy CD Converter for Windows. On 11/11/2016 7:14 PM, John Covici wrote: I use exact audio copy all the time to do just this. I had to fool with the configs to get it to do flac instead of mp3, but it works great. You might still run into cds not showing up in the database, but that's a different program. On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:58:45 -0500, Chris Skarstad wrote: Hey folks Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent to me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound as good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for years, does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert the cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from the internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been able to get the CDDB, or Gracenote servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks for any ideas folks. Chris -- ** “Oh, I’m an activist and I’m OK / I sleep all night and I tweet all day.”
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
hmmm, I have had no very long times with exact audio copy, except for one cd which was never ripped successfully at all. My drive was in the database, so it worked fine, even the accurately ripped database. On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:30:04 -0500, Dane Trethowan wrote: > > Exact Audio Copy is a truly outspend tool. > Its been a good while since I’ve used it given I use my Mac for that sort of > thing so I don’t know where the software is at these days. > First thing I will tell you is that - due to the truly configurable and > customisable nature of Exact Audio Copy - you’ll need to set aside a little > time to get everything up and running and making sure that everything is > performing accurately. > I do know there are tutorials available to help configure Exact Audio Copy so > take a look for those with Google. > And finally, Exact Audio Copy is exactly that, exact when it comes to Ripping > CD’S so don’t be surprised if the software takes an hour or more to rip a > single CD depending on its condition, if Exact Audio copy takes five or so > minutes to rip a CD then its not working properly Also be sure to adjust the offsets for your drive correctly and any other > parameters that need attention - dependent on the drive - such as Pre gap > detection, C2 error, data ripping mode etc. > Enjoy your audio. > > > On 11 Nov. 2016, at 3:58 pm, Chris Skarstad wrote: > > > >Hey folks > > > > Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent to > > me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound as > > good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec > > files. The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if > > you're listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people > > mention a program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for years, > > does anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert the > > cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from > > the internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been > > able to get the CDDB, or Gracenote > > > > servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks for any > > ideas folks. > > Chris > > > > > > ** > Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the > halfwits in this world behind. > > > > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
I use exact audio copy all the time to do just this. I had to fool with the configs to get it to do flac instead of mp3, but it works great. You might still run into cds not showing up in the database, but that's a different program. On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:58:45 -0500, Chris Skarstad wrote: > > Hey folks > > Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were > sent to me, and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to > make them sound as good as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or > free lossless audio codec files. The file size is a bit larger > but the sound quality is supurb if you're listening on a good > system. Looking online, I saw many people mention a program > called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for years, does > anyone on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert > the cd's to flac files, and use the cd database to grab the song > titles from the internet. I was thinking of using CDEX, but > sadly, i've never been able to get the CDDB, or Gracenote > > servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? > Thanks for any ideas folks. > Chris > > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com
Re: using exact audio copy, or another program to convert cd's to flac
Exact Audio Copy is a truly outspend tool. Its been a good while since I’ve used it given I use my Mac for that sort of thing so I don’t know where the software is at these days. First thing I will tell you is that - due to the truly configurable and customisable nature of Exact Audio Copy - you’ll need to set aside a little time to get everything up and running and making sure that everything is performing accurately. I do know there are tutorials available to help configure Exact Audio Copy so take a look for those with Google. And finally, Exact Audio Copy is exactly that, exact when it comes to Ripping CD’S so don’t be surprised if the software takes an hour or more to rip a single CD depending on its condition, if Exact Audio copy takes five or so minutes to rip a CD then its not working properly On 11 Nov. 2016, at 3:58 pm, Chris Skarstad wrote: > >Hey folks > > Subject line basicly tells the story. I have some cd's that were sent to me, > and i'd like to rip them to the pc, but i'd like to make them sound as good > as possible. I am a huge fan of FLAC, or free lossless audio codec files. > The file size is a bit larger but the sound quality is supurb if you're > listening on a good system. Looking online, I saw many people mention a > program called Exact Audio copy, which has been around for years, does anyone > on here have experience using that? My hope is to convert the cd's to flac > files, and use the cd database to grab the song titles from the internet. I > was thinking of using CDEX, but sadly, i've never been able to get the CDDB, > or Gracenote > > servers to find anything. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks for any > ideas folks. > Chris > > ** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.