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Batch Rip CDs to MP3, WMA, WMA lossless, WAV, or AIFF.
Faster or slower, if he is correct that it is using MP3 as an intermediate step, I'm out. I can't believe they'd do that but maybe so.People make EAC sound like it's a real PITA to set up. It's really not. It does take a little time ONCE. After that, it just runs. It's not a stallion but it makes excellent copies which to me is what it's all about.Bryan
Quote from: bpape on 25 Aug 2007, 03:51 pmFaster or slower, if he is correct that it is using MP3 as an intermediate step, I'm out. I can't believe they'd do that but maybe so.People make EAC sound like it's a real PITA to set up. It's really not. It does take a little time ONCE. After that, it just runs. It's not a stallion but it makes excellent copies which to me is what it's all about.BryanI'm pretty sure that I am accurate. How I discovered it was that after I ripped a disc, I went to my external drive to verify everything was there and correct on the new folder (the contents were the CD that had been ripped.)The files were showing as MP3 files, not as FLAC files as the program indicated they should be. To double check, I opened the files with Foobar, and they played the files as 128K mp3 files. Then I noticed that there was a separate conversion tab in Easy CD Creator, so I tried converting the files (drag and drop) and they showed as FLAC after conversion. When played in Foobar, they showed as 800-900K files. I'll stick with EAC...it may work slower for others, but it is easier, and at least I am sure of what am getting.
I did that, and I expected FLAC files on my hard drive. They showed as MP3 and played back as 128K MP3 files until they were converted with the second tab, which is Audio File Format Converter. If you didn't do the second step, you might want to check your files.
How does one convert a 128k MP3 file and end up with something listenable; where is the extra data coming from? Something is amiss here. Easy CD-DA cannot possibly sell a product that converts to MP3 during the process, yet claims to have lossless FLAC at the other end. It just can't happen.
Quote from: ted_b on 26 Aug 2007, 04:19 amHow does one convert a 128k MP3 file and end up with something listenable; where is the extra data coming from? Something is amiss here. Easy CD-DA cannot possibly sell a product that converts to MP3 during the process, yet claims to have lossless FLAC at the other end. It just can't happen. Precisely! Something is wrong in your settings, Nels. As myself and others have stated, Easy CD allows you to quickly, easily and accurately rip CDs, XRCDs and HDCDs to FLAC in a single step. I know this because I've ripped hundreds of discs with it, and yes, I know the resulting files are FLAC. Obviously it isn't required, but my BS is in computer science and my wife is a network admin. We haven't a problem identifying files or file extensions.I've also done bit-for-bit comparisons between FLAC files produced by EAC and Easy CD, and they were identical to the last bit. Consequently, it should come as no surprise that we could hear no difference between the files. You say you're sticking with EAC and that's probably best. It'll do the job nicely, and you're clearly more comfortable with it. Even so, what you're asserting is incongruous with my experience and that of others here and elsewhere. IME and opinion, it would be a shame for someone else to avoid the program based on your experience. I'd pay $200 for an OSX version. That's how much I think of it.
Agreed as well on the desire for programs for OSX. My wife is a Mac person, and I am getting slowly won over to Mac (I am writing this on her Macbook) but the laxk of programs that I wanted forced me to use my PC for audio.
