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CDex Equivalent for Mac

post #1 of 23
5/20/07 at 1:04am
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I just switched from PC to Mac, and I'm looking for something to take the place of CDex for my Mac (it doesn't exist for Mac, correct?). Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks a lot!
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post #2 of 23
5/20/07 at 1:32am
Max: http://sbooth.org/Max/
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post #3 of 23
5/20/07 at 2:20am
x2 for Max...
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post #4 of 23
5/20/07 at 9:37am
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Thanks a lot! Does Max have the capability to apply album art to files? If not, what do you use to do this?
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post #5 of 23
5/20/07 at 11:09am
Yes, Max have the capability to apply album art to ripped files.
I personally use iTunes for this task though
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post #6 of 23
5/20/07 at 12:28pm
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Originally Posted by krmathis View Post
Yes, Max have the capability to apply album art to ripped files.
I personally use iTunes for this task though
Same here. Works like a charm.
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post #7 of 23
5/21/07 at 7:43pm
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Awesome, thanks for the help!
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post #8 of 23
5/21/07 at 8:40pm
I'm slow guys. What are the advantages of using Max vs. itunes? I appreciate any time you may take to better educate me.

Thanks!
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post #9 of 23
5/22/07 at 6:06am
I use Max as well. Not so much for the ripping (I did that originally in EAC)
But the thing I love about Max is the transcoder. You can go from pretty much any format and output to multiple other formats in the one pass.

Max has a lot more options as to how the ripped files are output, the directory layout and such, something that just isn't configurable in iTunes. If you know anything about Applescripting you can have a script do some post processing.

The other app I use is Media Rage, which is lots of small apps all in one.
http://www.chaoticsoftware.com/Produ...MediaRage.html

I use a combination of all three (iTunes/Max/MediaRage) to a greater or lesser extent.
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post #10 of 23
5/22/07 at 11:19am
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Cool, thanks!
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post #11 of 23
5/22/07 at 12:01pm
Also check out Tag by the dev of Max. Fairly easy tagging of FLAC files. And to some extent, Cog to play FLAC.

Max utilizes a multi-processor/multi-core machine very well.
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post #12 of 23
5/22/07 at 12:59pm
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Originally Posted by jack963 View Post
Awesome, thanks for the help!
You are welcome!
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post #13 of 23
5/22/07 at 1:06pm
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Originally Posted by jack963 View Post
Awesome, thanks for the help!
You are welcome!

Edit: How did my post appear twice?
I am certain that I did not post twice, with seven minutes apart...
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post #14 of 23
5/22/07 at 2:37pm
PS krmathis, I'd know that duck anywhere! he sat in my dock for probably a year!
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post #15 of 23
5/22/07 at 3:21pm
^ He he
'Adiumy' is a pretty cool fellow...
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