Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-04-07 Thread ilmonstro
Is it possible to choose which tags are written to the files? Even if i choose a cd from the musicbrainz database, XLD only writes artist, album, title and year tags. Is it possible to write tags like albumartist, artistsort, musicbrainz_artistid or do i have to use picard for this?. --

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-04-07 Thread sebp
bolfings;409065 Wrote: I am downloading and will try XLD - but is there any reason not to keep using MAX? Max is a nice ripper, but XLD is a bit better (imho) : - supports AccurateRip - can embed cover art in files - better album identification and cover art retrieval -- sebp System : Mac

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-22 Thread Calum Mackay
BiBer wrote: cdmackay;406547 Wrote: my XLD is writing both album and track replaygain settings; I'm using external cue file, but I can't see why it would be different for file tags. XLD seem to have no support to embed the replaygain tags into flac, it only can write them to cue sheets.

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-22 Thread BiBer
cdmackay;408871 Wrote: you don't have to rescan them; just take the values from the cue files and use e.g. metaflac to add the tags, no? Well if you're ripping as separate files, you won't be getting any cue sheet, i think. -- BiBer

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-22 Thread Calum Mackay
BiBer wrote: Well if you're ripping as separate files, you won't be getting any cue sheet, i think. sigh, apols; I keep forgetting I'm in the minority, playing with single+cue :) cheers, calum. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-22 Thread bolfings
I am downloading and will try XLD - but is there any reason not to keep using MAX? It seems to work pretty well, although I have had a few minor problems - -- bolfings bolfings's Profile:

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-21 Thread BiBer
cdmackay;406547 Wrote: my XLD is writing both album and track replaygain settings; I'm using external cue file, but I can't see why it would be different for file tags. cheers, calum. XLD seem to have no support to embed the replaygain tags into flac, it only can write them to cue

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-14 Thread Calum Mackay
bephillips wrote: So I just tried XLD for the first time. Looks promising, but some problems I've noticed, unless I'm missing something. Album art is embedded, I guess. Don't see any way to save the cover art as cover.jpg except to do this manually. if you click on the cover, then you can

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-13 Thread bephillips
So I just tried XLD for the first time. Looks promising, but some problems I've noticed, unless I'm missing something. Album art is embedded, I guess. Don't see any way to save the cover art as cover.jpg except to do this manually. Replay gain option would seem to be track replay gain. So for

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-13 Thread notec
I use VMWare Fusion 2 on my Macbook running OS-X 10.5.6. Works flawlessly with EAC (and all my winsuck only apps) to rip my FLAC for da squeezeB... squeeze on the other hand... -- notec notec's Profile:

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-10 Thread Nikhil
You have quite a few options. You could: 1) As suggested by several users above, use XLD. Here is a guide for XLD: http://jungle.sk/XLD_Tutorial/ 2) Continue to use EAC in Windows with BootCamp (I am not too sure if a virtualized solution like Parallels, VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox will allow

[slim] Mac related question

2009-03-09 Thread 53mudg35
This is my 1st post on this forum, I would like to say hi to all... I am a windows guy and am thinking about getting the new mac mini to replace my aging pc. From what I have read, it seems like the new mini would work great with a squeeze. I have a few questions for those who own both a mac

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-09 Thread Calum Mackay
53mudg35 wrote: I plan on going FLAC so I assume it would be best to use a windows session to perform my rips. you might consider using XLD on MacOS; I've just started using this, but it seems very capable. Rips to flac with full accuraterip support. cheers, calum.

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-09 Thread pufnstuf
Hi 53mudg35 You can perform secure, AccurateRips directly in Mac OS X without having to bother with Boot Camp etc. Just use XLD. Here is the homepage: http://tmkk.hp.infoseek.co.jp/xld/index_e.html XLD can create log files and also convert to multiple audio formats during the one rip. For

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-09 Thread Kyle
I'd go native Mac, but there's no reason you can't use Boot Camp, Fusion or Parallels and run EAC on a Windows platform. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-09 Thread 53mudg35
Thanks for the quick reply, I will look into XLD. -- 53mudg35 53mudg35's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26636 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61167

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-09 Thread truballer2
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