[plonter]

Hi. i decided to post this here..sorry if it's not the right place, but what is considered to be the best software for apple lossless ripping?
thx!

 

[penartur]

I guess that you should distinguish between ripping and encoding and to use EAC for ripping to .wav and then iTunes to encode .wav-s to apple lossless.

 

[plonter]

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Originally Posted by penartur /img/forum/go_quote.gif I guess that you should distinguish between ripping and encoding and to use EAC for ripping to .wav and then iTunes to encode .wav-s to apple lossless.

i dont understand.. why ripping to wav and after encode to alac? can't i just rip straight to alac?..like with itunes? i just looking for something maybe more accurate than i tunes.

 

[Bittergourd]

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Originally Posted by plonter /img/forum/go_quote.gif i dont understand.. why ripping to wav and after encode to alac? can't i just rip straight to alac?..like with itunes? i just looking for something maybe more accurate than i tunes.

Using EAC to rip to WAV first is exactly what you are looking for since EAC is known to rip more accurately than iTunes under specific settings.

 

[daglesj]

However, chances you'll notice the difference for almost twice the time/effort - Pretty much nil.

 

[nc8000]

The difference is likely to be greater the worse the condition of the cd you rip. For faultless cd's you are unlikely to notice any difference.

 

[smallcaps]

if you are using a mac, then itunes is the easiest and max is the more feature rich.

 

[krmathis]

I highly recommend Max.
...or wait for Rip, which currently are in beta (closed) stage.

 

[smallcaps]

Rip looks pretty interesting. looking forward to the public release.

 

[plonter]

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Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif I highly recommend Max. ...or wait for Rip, which currently are in beta (closed) stage.

thx! i will try it.

 

[krmathis]

^ You're most welcome!
Give it a try, then report back with you impressions (or specific questions if you have some)...

 

[AtomikPi]

For perfect lossless rips I recommend EAC in secure mode. You can convert wav's or flac with the codec of your choice. DbPoweramp has built-in codecs for apple lossless among many others.

EAC Guides


If you're using a mac, I have heard positive reviews of XLD although I can't speak from personal experience.

X Lossless Decoder: Lossless audio decoder for Mac OS X

 

[polska9]

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Originally Posted by AtomikPi /img/forum/go_quote.gif For perfect lossless rips I recommend EAC in secure mode. You can convert wav's or flac with the codec of your choice. DbPoweramp has built-in codecs for apple lossless among many others. EAC Guides If you're using a mac, I have heard positive reviews of XLD although I can't speak from personal experience. X Lossless Decoder: Lossless audio decoder for Mac OS X

i use a mac and i use XLD to convert everything to whatever format i want. its a great program and there are multiple guides available online on how to use it.