Ripping To .mp3

[Afronaut]

Alllriiiiiight!



Deleted some posts to clean up the thread a bit.

Also, how about adding some sorta guide here for rippin' to Ogg Vorbis ?

I know its not the most famous format and you can go "debate"
about the formats and such in these Polls:

Bitrates

Genres

Another Genre related

The point is to keep this Guide thread somewhat clean of non-related posts,
so it would be easier for ppl to get the information about rippin'.
If someone wants to make a post about rippin' to Ogg-Vorbis or other
formats (please, not wma... ), its fine by me,
but go debate about which one is the best format elsewhere, this thread is about rippin', right? That Bitrate Poll has some serious posts about formats, i recommend to take a peek.

[CrumbCat]

Ok - Loomis had some problems today with EAC not connecting to FreeDB. The issue was that when he inserted the CD, EAC didn't recognize it. TheFix is to have EAC configure your CDrom drives. So, as a reminder, do the following (as I stated before in my previous post):

Using EAC
Goto EAC | Configuration Wizard... to configure your CDrom drives.
- Choose "I prefer to have accurate results" when the time comes.
- It's up to you whether you want to trust any pre-detected values.
- DO NOT let it detect Lame for you it might find an old version of it.
UNCHECK that option when it comes to it.
- As for the email address, leave it blank.
- Also tell it that you're an expert. That way you have access to all options.

Goto EAC | Drive Options... | Drive and pick "Autodetect read command now..."

Then exit EAC so it saves the settings to file.

Ripping:
Restart EAC
1. Insert the CD and wait. The track titles should be automatically filled in by FreeDB.
- If not get the FreeDB Info by clicking on the CD icon (3rd from right).
- If all else fails do it later in CDTag.

Enjoy, hope it works out for you.

CC

[fkdup74]

ok, since GS never locked this one,
and since my post in musicworld was....ermmm....lost recently
i will say it again....
i have just quit dbpowerAMP, moved to EAC

it wasnt too bad installing, just a little tricky getting that first rip
a little FAQ reading does wonders
but...
@ summerlinda...i used the chris myden profile and tweaked it some
cause the fkdup74 profile wasnt cutting it
either way, i got it to rip B)
maybe i should spend some more time in this thread

[Gilojeleia]

Its too messy here... Can anyone just write where I can find these rippers? And a poll to find who's the Best... For novices all this posts is meanless...

[BILLY-THE-FISH]

Originally posted by CrumbCat@20 February 2004 - 16:41
3. All tracks should say Track quality 100.0% (or near 100.0%) in the Status Report when ripping has completed.
    - All tracks should say Copy OK as well and "No errors occurred" should be at the bottom of the report.
    - If any tracks weren't up to par quality-wise, try ripping those tracks again.
    - If you can't rip them perfect, don't rip them at all.

So, that's it, take it for what it's worth. My hope in sharing this information is that from this point forward, everybody's rips will be 100% accurate, as well as consistent - nobody wants to spend time downloading a full album, only to then hear glitches in the tracks!

Enjoy,

CC

Crumbcat could you possibly tell me why nearly all my rips using your mentioned EAC+ Lame end up with a Log that says "Errors Occured" at the bottom, but the music sounds fine and there arn't any sound errors I can hear?

[sparsely]

could you post one of your log files?

[CrumbCat]

Originally posted by BILLY&#045;THE&#045;FISH+3 August 2004 - 15:40--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (BILLY-THE-FISH @ 3 August 2004 - 15:40)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-CrumbCat@20 February 2004 - 16:41
3. All tracks should say Track quality 100.0% (or near 100.0%) in the Status Report when ripping has completed.
- All tracks should say Copy OK as well and "No errors occurred" should be at the bottom of the report.
- If any tracks weren&#39;t up to par quality-wise, try ripping those tracks again.
- If you can&#39;t rip them perfect, don&#39;t rip them at all.

So, that&#39;s it, take it for what it&#39;s worth. My hope in sharing this information is that from this point forward, everybody&#39;s rips will be 100% accurate, as well as consistent - nobody wants to spend time downloading a full album, only to then hear glitches in the tracks&#33;

Enjoy,

CC

Crumbcat could you possibly tell me why nearly all my rips using your mentioned EAC+ Lame end up with a Log that says "Errors Occured" at the bottom, but the music sounds fine and there arn&#39;t any sound errors I can hear? [/b][/quote]
I have no idea....but I can give you this site/tutorial, which is very helpful:

EAC & LAME Quickstart Manual - Get EAC and LAME up &#39;n running in 10 minutes

Hope that helps.

CC

[BILLY-THE-FISH]

Originally posted by CrumbCat+4 August 2004 - 20:24--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (CrumbCat @ 4 August 2004 - 20:24)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by BILLY&#045;THE&#045;FISH@3 August 2004 - 15:40
<!--QuoteBegin-CrumbCat

@20 February 2004 - 16:41
3. All tracks should say Track quality 100.0% (or near 100.0%) in the Status Report when ripping has completed.
- All tracks should say Copy OK as well and "No errors occurred" should be at the bottom of the report.
- If any tracks weren&#39;t up to par quality-wise, try ripping those tracks again.
- If you can&#39;t rip them perfect, don&#39;t rip them at all.

So, that&#39;s it, take it for what it&#39;s worth. My hope in sharing this information is that from this point forward, everybody&#39;s rips will be 100% accurate, as well as consistent - nobody wants to spend time downloading a full album, only to then hear glitches in the tracks&#33;

Enjoy,

CC

Crumbcat could you possibly tell me why nearly all my rips using your mentioned EAC+ Lame end up with a Log that says "Errors Occured" at the bottom, but the music sounds fine and there arn&#39;t any sound errors I can hear?

I have no idea....but I can give you this site/tutorial, which is very helpful:

EAC & LAME Quickstart Manual - Get EAC and LAME up &#39;n running in 10 minutes

Hope that helps.

CC [/b][/quote]
Thanks for help&#33;

[BILLY-THE-FISH]

Originally posted by Sparsely@3 August 2004 - 23:21
could you post one of your log files?

I have posted a log in main music room&#33;
sorry I seemed to have asked the same question in 2 threads

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