Over 10 years ago, I had someone rip and tag my 400 CDs. As I have some eclectic musical tastes, there were a number of CDs that weren’t identified and tagged and were missing album cover art. As I was a Windows user back then, I used EZCD DA and probably Media Monkey and Tag and Rename to make corrections. Neither program worked well and so I’d like to rip these again and add data/cover art manually if necessary. I’ve changed over to Mac since then. My files are flac and are on an external drive with another backup drive and I stream using Roon. I rip with an Apple SuperDrive.
I’ve downloaded Max and dbpoweramp so far and Max seems a bit more user friendly. When I tried to rip a test CD, both programs wanted to put it into iTunes.
1) My first question is do I have to put the ripped file into iTunes and then somehow export it into the external drive?
2) What are the best and most user friendly ripping/tagging programs for Mac?
3) If I need to locate cover art, does it need to be in a particular format...like jpeg?
4) If I locate the cover art, can I simply drag and drop it into the external drive’s particular flac album folder or is another step necessary?
Another option, and much more expensive, is to buy an Innuos Zen Mini 3 and use their ripping and tagging program. I’ve reviewed some YouTube videos on it and their Quick Start user manual and their software seems so user-friendly and intuitive. I can’t find a detailed user manual though nor access to a forum. I can use the Mini 3 with my current dedicated linear power supply. I currently use an Auralic Mini.
Thanks,
Nick
