What is the Best Cd Ripper?
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Yes if U want perfection EAC but for quick Audio ripping Audiograbber (using Lame encoder) gives good results) but as Scarecrow says EAC is IT
There are many open source CD-ripping utilities (which i recommend you try) available at http://sourceforge.net .
Fun fun.
Fun fun.
I would also say EAC is tops and as The-poacher mentioned, Audiograbber with Lame encoder is also simpe with very good results.
Don't forget though, it is not just the software that does the work... you also need hardware that is upto the job *ahem* CDRW/DVD drives.
Don't forget though, it is not just the software that does the work... you also need hardware that is upto the job *ahem* CDRW/DVD drives.
I will disagree about Audiograbber.
1. It does only rip individual tracks, and not whole CD images, so at certain types of disks where the gap length is an issue it does not pass the mark.
2. Moreover, it can certainly do with protected stuff with the right hardware (but then EAC, Feurio and Plextools can do the same in a better way), but the only usable mode is burst... the other ripping methods simply report errors without trying to correct them. Moreover, it uses lame.dll which is much faster than the commandline exetuable, but has limitations (although latest lame .dll versions do support --alt-preset vbr settings, which is a good thing.
Still if you want absolute Q EAC+ lame.exe build 3.90.3 (by Dibrom, can be found at www.hydrogenaudio.org ) is the best combo- and have in mind that EAC can also compress in ANY existing audio format.
Secondchoice would be CDex which has a great error correction library (CDparanoia), but that one too has limitations in making complete CD images, and can use just the .dll versions of Lame encoder.
1. It does only rip individual tracks, and not whole CD images, so at certain types of disks where the gap length is an issue it does not pass the mark.
2. Moreover, it can certainly do with protected stuff with the right hardware (but then EAC, Feurio and Plextools can do the same in a better way), but the only usable mode is burst... the other ripping methods simply report errors without trying to correct them. Moreover, it uses lame.dll which is much faster than the commandline exetuable, but has limitations (although latest lame .dll versions do support --alt-preset vbr settings, which is a good thing.
Still if you want absolute Q EAC+ lame.exe build 3.90.3 (by Dibrom, can be found at www.hydrogenaudio.org ) is the best combo- and have in mind that EAC can also compress in ANY existing audio format.
Secondchoice would be CDex which has a great error correction library (CDparanoia), but that one too has limitations in making complete CD images, and can use just the .dll versions of Lame encoder.
I'm using Easy CD-Extractor (6). Although I have EAC and Audiograbber I find myself using Easy CD-Extractor. Nice interface and gives good results. I don't know if it's the BEST program but so far it has ripped all the cds I wanted to rip in combination of my Toshiba DVD-Rom.
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Opinions on dBpowerAMP Music Converter?
I am using dBpowerAMP Music Converter and it all seems pretty convenient and effective. Any opinions on that program?
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I am using dBpowerAMP Music Converter and it all seems pretty convenient and effective. Any opinions on that program?
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Personally I like cdex best. It's considerably faster than EAC and its quality, in my experience (though this is not so for others) is just as good.
Whilst I know that EAC is supposed to produce better results with damaged cds, my experience has been that every time cdex has failed to produce an acceptable rip of a cd EAC has done no better.
Anyway, since they're both free (cdex is open source whilst EAC is cardware), try them both and go with whichever one you prefer.
[Discjuggler is also very good but, of course, isn't free and I wouldn't recommend paying for it solely for audio rips. If you've got it anyway for its pre-mastering capabilities then by all means use it for audio rips as it does a great job.]
Whilst I know that EAC is supposed to produce better results with damaged cds, my experience has been that every time cdex has failed to produce an acceptable rip of a cd EAC has done no better.
Anyway, since they're both free (cdex is open source whilst EAC is cardware), try them both and go with whichever one you prefer.
[Discjuggler is also very good but, of course, isn't free and I wouldn't recommend paying for it solely for audio rips. If you've got it anyway for its pre-mastering capabilities then by all means use it for audio rips as it does a great job.]
All the above are true, of course... just my two cents:stone_burner said:
Th Discjuggler demo has no time limitations, the only ones are regarding the device burning speeds, which are limited to the lowest available.
All other program features are available for as long as you like.
So I use a DJ demo, and I burn all my CD's on my Lite-On 24102b burner (lowest available speed 8X!) and my Sony DRU-500 burner at 1X.
I think those speeds are fine to esimate the program potential... and actually I might have bout Juggler if I had not RecordNowDX gratis with my burner.