Quick EAC/FLAC Ripping Question

[xenithon]

Hi All. Haven't ripped/encoded lossless for a while now and need to get re-acquainted. The two guides I am thinking of following are:
- guide 1 (Carltonbale)
- guide 2 (the ESSNTIAL ripping guide)

The main difference is that the 1st one uses the AccurateRip plugin; the second does not. Anyone tried either of these guides? Which one would you guys suggest? Is AccurateRip required/preferred?

Cheers,
X

 

[pheonix991]

Here, I use it, works great.
Ripping a CD Head-fi style

 

[xenithon]

Hi and thanks for the quick response. Doesn't seem to be a definitive guide there though, each one has their own method

Do you use AccurateRip?

Cheers,
X

 

[pheonix991]

Actually, I could not tell you. Somehow all my settings have gone back to default!!!! Ugh, this sucks big time!!!

 

[xenithon]

No worries....bump to anyone else who rips and encodes with lossless. What method/guide do you use? Do you use AccurateRip?

Cheers,
X

 

[Poboy]

i use eac & follow this guide

http://www.teqnilogik.com/tutorials/eac.htm

 

[xenithon]

Hi guys. After reading up various guides and threads I think I got it up and running now but there is something a little worrying I wanted to check.

- I do a complete test and copy, and each and every time, at the end, it says "there were errors"
- I check the status and error message window and the majority of tracks have a track quality of 100%, though a few have a quality of 99.9% (only 1 or 2 tracks actually).
- When I click on "Possible Errors" the window comes up and lists all the tracks on the album, and with each one, the "Actual Position" is 0:00:00:00. The "play", "stop", and "glitch removal" buttons are all disabled.
- when I finish that and check the main EAC window, the "CRC" column has OK on every track.

Any ideas about that "there were error"? Anything to be worried about? Does the fact that the CRC is ok mean that it is ripped 100%?

Cheers,
X

 

[xenithon]

And one more question....I am coming across threads on the net talking about encoding FLAC files at 24-bit. Currently they are being made at 16-bit (as reported by foobar). I have not, however, found any info on HOW to encode/compress the tracks at 24-bit. Anyone know how?

 

[HFat]

It should be easy but it would be wasteful and pointless (CDs contain 16bit audio). It wouldn't be called lossless if you could improve on it!

 

[xenithon]

Point taken. Guess curiosity is getting the better of me

I don't mind having as perfect a rip/encode FLAC file as possible and let foobar upsample if and where required (rather than tamper with the file itself).

 

[HFat]

Especially since it's not really upsampling... upsampling eats CPU if done in software so there would be a rationale for keeping upsampled files around if upsampling actually provided some benefits. 16->24 doesn't consume much (if any) processing power so it wouldn't make any sense to keep 24/44 files containing 16/44 data around.

 

[xenithon]

Ok, understood

What about the other question perhaps (regarding the fact that after ripping it says "there were errors" but the CRCs check out fine etc.)? Anyone have any idea? I am thinking that with every track since it occurs at 0:00:00:00 it could be because I am using AccurateRip and it thus implements offset correction.

Cheers,
X

 

[xenithon]

Oh and one more question (last one, promise

):

Do you all suggest ripping and encoding albums as individual tracks, or as one massive FLAC file with a CUE sheet?

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[riffer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by xenithon /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ok, understood What about the other question perhaps (regarding the fact that after ripping it says "there were errors" but the CRCs check out fine etc.)? Anyone have any idea? I am thinking that with every track since it occurs at 0:00:00:00 it could be because I am using AccurateRip and it thus implements offset correction. Cheers, X

Try unchecking "overread into lead-in and lead-out" if you have it checked. (in Drive Options>Offset/Speed)

 

[xenithon]

It is unchecked already but thanks for the suggestion.

And also, how long does it take you guys to rip/encode your CD's? Most CDs I have done take a good 20-30 minutes. Some average around 5-6X speed, but some are as low as 2.5X - that usual?

X