what software

[Ivanp]

Hi All
I have just ordered my Ds and now i need to rip my cds to FlAC using my mac
What is the best software to use for this and what setting should i use

Ivan

[Hurricane]

Ivan,

I've happily used Max this last 10 months or so. It seems to work fine except for the cover art which I seem to have to manually change to a file called "Folder.jpg" as opposed to "Folder.jpeg" assigned by Max. ONly then do I get the cover art to display in the control software (my favourite of which is Chorus).

As for the Max preference settings, I most confess ignorance (I don't know how much set up my dealer did). In the Output tab, I have "use a custom format for output file naming" ticked and under the Ripper tab I have "cdparanoia" selected with the "check for C2 errors" and "error correction" boxes ticked, with "Full paranoia" selected from the drop down box under "error correction".

I have also ripped in ALAC from itunes, and FLAC using Songbook, but I think (although it might be my imagination) that Max gives a better result. Max takes a lot longer to rip than either of those, but I perversely (and probably quite wrongly) draw comfort from that.

Peter

[Ivanp]

(2011-01-29 15:09)P Hastings Wrote:  Ivan,

I've happily used Max this last 10 months or so. It seems to work fine except for the cover art which I seem to have to manually change to a file called "Folder.jpg" as opposed to "Folder.jpeg" assigned by Max. ONly then do I get the cover art to display in the control software (my favourite of which is Chorus).

As for the Max preference settings, I most confess ignorance (I don't know how much set up my dealer did). In the Output tab, I have "use a custom format for output file naming" ticked and under the Ripper tab I have "cdparanoia" selected with the "check for C2 errors" and "error correction" boxes ticked, with "Full paranoia" selected from the drop down box under "error correction".

Thanks Peter
I will try Max an the settings you use

I have also ripped in ALAC from itunes, and FLAC using Songbook, but I think (although it might be my imagination) that Max gives a better result. Max takes a lot longer to rip than either of those, but I perversely (and probably quite wrongly) draw comfort from that.

Peter