[Saturn94]

I'm actually trying out dBpoweramp now having used only EAC before.

I'm ripping to wav files and don't need album art etc., just the basic info. EAC gives you the choice of having album art, but in dBpoweramp album art is selected by default and I can't see how to disengage it. A minor irritant. dBpoweramp selects from a range of metadata providers whilst EAC only uses the free one, but I've found no problem with that.

Both can be configured to use AccurateRip.

As far as speed and accuracy are concerned there doesn't seem to be any difference. After ripping, the log from dBpoweramp is more detailed, but also therefore more complicated.

The layout whilst ripping is clearer with dBpoweramp as it uses the original page whilst EAC uses a smaller window.

Generally, dBpoweramp works just that bit more pleasantly but for my purposes EAC is good enough.

Thank you for sharing your experience with both.  When I'm ready to start I'm planning on giving dbpoweramp a try.

[Saturn94]

UPDATE...

I'm finally reading to start ripping my CD collection again, this time to FLAC lossless.  Based on feedback here I decided to try dbpoweramp and downloaded it today.

It seems easy enough to use.  So far I've made it through 1 shelf of CDs (10 more shelves to go!) and haven't had any issues.  I added the directory where my new rips are going to LMS, which scanned it without issues.  Spent some time this evening listening to some of the tracks and it sounds great!

Thanks for the feedback.  I'll post again as this project progresses.

[studiotech]

I ripped about 700 CDs a few weekends ago.  12 computers networked to a drive array, so it wasn't too bad.  Still took about 8 hours until all was said and done.  Anyway, I did not check here first and just used WMP to rip full waves.  What's my best bet(hint, free is good) other than Itunes to convert a portion of these to MP3 for mobile use?  I really only want 150-200 albums out of the full 700 for portable purposes.

Thanks.

Greg

[Vincent Kars]

Long time ago I used WMP
A simple one is the Sync option in WMP
Make a playlist and sync to a device
It will convert to MP3 on the fly.

[studiotech]

Long time ago I used WMP
A simple one is the Sync option in WMP
Make a playlist and sync to a device
It will convert to MP3 on the fly.

Got any other suggestions?  I just tried the SYNC function and it doesn't seem to be able to keep songs and albums in folders.  I just crammed everything I dropped into the SYNC folder as one, long playlist.  Maybe I did something wrong?  I mean, the transfer and conversion worked fine, but now I've got 100's of songs just in a big long list on the SD card in my phone.

Greg

[Vincent Kars]

If you want to have one of the best, have a look at dbPoweramp.
It has an excellent format converter. http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
If it must be freeware, try SOX http://sox.sourceforge.net/

[adydula]

Did some testing a few yrs back with EAC and DB Power amp....A/B comparisons sonically and bit comparions both identical...but the ease of use for me with DB Power amp was the winner here even though it wasn't free...

Also use JRiver for player, tried ripping and it works as well, but too used to DbPower Amp to switch.

Alex

[geowak]

Good luck with the ripping. Seems like you've made some sound decisions (no pun intended). Since I am a Mac guy I have been using AIFF lossless files and a Macbook Pro. This may be frowned upon by the PC world but it has worked for me. Just picked up two external HDs since the files are big for each CD I rip and I need the space. I usually buy a CD and rip it to keep a duplicate. I think I have about 450 cds in my library now. My library of favorites in MOG online is actually bigger than that now!

[studiotech]

If you want to have one of the best, have a look at dbPoweramp.
It has an excellent format converter. http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
If it must be freeware, try SOX http://sox.sourceforge.net/

Thanks again! I think I'll try out the DBPoweramp.   Do you know if it will be able to analyze the rips I've already got to find the names and artwork?  WMP did an OK job with the names, but missed some.

Also, on nearly ever rip, it got the artist and song titles for every track EXCEPT the first track.  This happened pretty much ever disc.  Weird, right?  I'll add a screen capture so you can see what I mean.

Greg




Sorry, the pict came out maybe too small to read.  It got the name of the song, Strange Fruit, but it says Unknown artist and Unknown Album.

[Vincent Kars]

Looks like a bug in WMP
As far as I know dbPoweramp verifies the rip and does the internet database lookup only at rip time.
You might have a look at an elegant lightweight media player like MusicBee or if it is about tagging: MP3Tag

[totoro]

Looks like a bug in WMP
As far as I know dbPoweramp verifies the rip and does the internet database lookup only at rip time.
You might have a look at an elegant lightweight media player like MusicBee or if it is about tagging: MP3Tag

It will copy the tags and artwork over. I use dbPoweramp both for ripping to flac and doing bulk conversions to mp3.

I like dbpoweramp so much that I bought a copy of windows 7 to run in a vm just for using it (my main os is xubuntu).

[Saturn94]

UPDATE...

I'm finally reading to start ripping my CD collection again, this time to FLAC lossless.  Based on feedback here I decided to try dbpoweramp and downloaded it today.

It seems easy enough to use.  So far I've made it through 1 shelf of CDs (10 more shelves to go!) and haven't had any issues.  I added the directory where my new rips are going to LMS, which scanned it without issues.  Spent some time this evening listening to some of the tracks and it sounds great!

Thanks for the feedback.  I'll post again as this project progresses.

Ugh....still working on reripping my CD collection.  Remind me again why I'm doing this....lol.

[charmerci]

Ugh....still working on reripping my CD collection.  Remind me again why I'm doing this....lol.

Because once it's done, you'll completely forget how "hard" it was to do. 

[Saturn94]

Because once it's done, you'll completely forget how "hard" it was to do. 

Thanks for the encouragement. 

I'm halfway there.....

[Haoleb]

I had been used Cdex for years to rip my cd's to hard disk, but recently wanted to re- rip everything in FLAC format. I purchased dbpoweramp and have been very happy. Always seems to put my files in folders the way I want them and has many options for creating lossless files. Great Buy!