[gitarretyp]

Since you're on a mac, i believe you can use some linux software --this may be useful to the linux users on the forum, also. Have you tried cdparanoia with a nice front-end like grip or rubyripper? Rubyripper is the closest thing to EAC on linux --aside from using wine to run EAC. For ripping audio from (or entire) dvds, dvd::rip is a pretty easy to use front-end for transcode.

[Double Ugly]

I might have tried cdparanoia at some point (it sounds awfully familiar...maybe w/ EAC?), but I know I haven't tried any of the rest.  At present I'm using Max on my Mac Pro, and though it isn't the equal of Easy CD-DA Extractor IMO, it has performed sufficiently well enough...for now.  I haven't done any bit tests, but for some reason, rips to .flac with Max sound better than iTunes rips to Apple Lossless.   Just another of those "it makes no sense, but it does" kind of things.

Nevertheless, I will unhesitatingly switch back to Easy CD-DA Extractor if/when it is determined I can do so w/o adding any semblance of a Microsoft product, but I'm not optimistic.

Thanks for the list of alternatives.  Should I find Max isn't as good as it seems now (I've only used it a short while), they'll be on my short list of options.

-Jim

[DSK]

I just had a quick look at the Easy CD DA Creator web page .... does it enable you to easily select tracks from different albums and burn an audio CD? If you are burning an audio CD from a group of tracks with different formats (eg. WAV, FLAC, etc), does it automatically convert the files on the fly?

If you are moving across from EAC/FLAC, does it run a process to populate its database with the CD's you have already ripped (like SlimServer does)?

And finally, is its tag editing as comprehensive as Monkey Media?

[alan m. kafton]

All great questions. How about e-mailing the developer/designer and asking these questions directly? Please let us know what you find.

[Brad]

I might have tried cdparanoia at some point (it sounds awfully familiar...maybe w/ EAC?), but I know I haven't tried any of the rest.  At present I'm using Max on my Mac Pro, and though it isn't the equal of Easy CD-DA Extractor IMO, it has performed sufficiently well enough...for now.  I haven't done any bit tests, but for some reason, rips to .flac with Max sound better than iTunes rips to Apple Lossless.   Just another of those "it makes no sense, but it does" kind of things.

Nevertheless, I will unhesitatingly switch back to Easy CD-DA Extractor if/when it is determined I can do so w/o adding any semblance of a Microsoft product, but I'm not optimistic.

Thanks for the list of alternatives.  Should I find Max isn't as good as it seems now (I've only used it a short while), they'll be on my short list of options.

-Jim

Just downloaded MAX - thanks for the link/tip
I wanted to make a compressed copy of my music library and it looks like just the thing to do the trick.

[Double Ugly]

Just downloaded MAX - thanks for the link/tip
I wanted to make a compressed copy of my music library and it looks like just the thing to do the trick.

You're welcome, Brad.  I look forward to hearing what you think.

[jkelly]

I downloaded the latest Slimserver and firmware to play these (24/48 it will downsample)
on my RWA SB2 (analog) and only get the clicks - can I play these on the modded SB2
without a DAC?

thanks,

Jeff

[smccull]

Jeff, you beat me to the punch. I'm having the same problem with my RWA modified Squeezebox running through a Scott Nixon TubeDac. Is this because these files are 24/96? Is there any way to get them to work? Is there a conversion necessary? I didn't understand the posts about extracting from DVD.

Thanks guys!

Steve

[gitarretyp]

The sb cannot handle 24 bit files --i have no idea is slimserver can downsample pre-stream. If you've had your's modded with the second clock chip removed, you can't play 48khz files either. These or files extracted from dvds must be downsampled to 16/44 to be compatible with some of the modded sb (16/48 will work if you kept both clock chips).

[woodsyi]

The music is phat and tight.    If you can imagine each note being polished to a silky smooth texture and glistening with shimmering glow, that is what you get.  Comparing 24/96 to 16/44 in this application is like comparing regular milk to skim, Guinness to Coors Light, Chateauneuf du Pape to a Cotes du Rhone, a lobster tail to a shrimp, butter to margarine; you get the picture.  The music is so dense and yet so precise, it drips in richness.  16/44 pales in comparison.  Dang it, Steve.  Now I gotta get some more of this stuff.