couple of quick ripping question

[admin_exported]

I apologise for the number of questions ive asked recently but now about to start ripping my cd collection and as ive done this twice in the past want to make this the last time as i feel ive lost enough of my life sitting by my mac doing this! lol im using itunes and will rip it in apple lossless any other settings i should change? or use a different format?

Just a quick thing i ripped a cd in lossless the other day was amazed how good it sounded when i compared it with my cd8x borrowed a dac for the weekend and so far ive blind tested it with 3 people, 2 preferred the rip the other couldnt tell any difference and thats with my cd8x using chord chameleon silver plus and the rip using a much cheaper qed cable when i switched them over today it improved even more, i even borrowed a stereo amp and it brought it out even more very impressed!

 

[VoodooDoctor]

I think there is an option to turn on Error Correction in iTunes. You should have that selected to ensure that you have the best quality rips.

 

[John Duncan]

Agreed, Error Correction on, Apple Lossless and that's it.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks very much ccna revision and cd ripping it is!

 

[John Duncan]

Know who to come to for networking questions then.....

 

[Anonymous]

Ha yeahÿ

 

[Anonymous]

You don't have a Windows PC around, because nothing beats EAC with Secure Rip (or dbpoweramp with it's equivalent--it's not free though; EAC is).

 

[Anonymous]

Well i run bootcamp on my mac so i have leopard and xp pro so i can run either windows programmes or mac for ripping just want the best possible rip i can get!

 

[John Duncan]

flairdj:Well i run bootcamp on my mac so i have leopard and xp pro so i can run either windows programmes or mac for ripping just want the best possible rip i can get!

EAC guarantees an exact copy, but seems a palaver compared to apple lossless via iTunes....

 

[Anonymous]

why is it a palaver compared with itunes? which i know is designed for simplicity but just curious. Thanks

 

[Anonymous]

Only thing now is that ive already got my entire cd collection in itunes in aac so dont want it to be ripped in to my library just on to my nas drive maybe have to do it in windows instead of leopard as no music in itunes on there!

 

[Anonymous]

Is your AAC library in Finder > Music > iTunes?

Sounds like you need to start a new library on your NAS, import all the lossless files into that library. Then when you start up iTunes hold down alt and you can then choose which library you want to open.ÿ

 

[VoodooDoctor]

If you're going to do it in Windows then get dBPoweramp.

 

[professorhat]

flairdj:Only thing now is that ive already got my entire cd collection in itunes in aac so dont want it to be ripped in to my library just on to my nas drive maybe have to do it in windows instead of leopard as no music in itunes on there!

I'm actually doing exactly the same as you now (decided it was about time I got everything in lossless). As Octopo says, hold down the Alt key, then open iTunes. You can then create a new Library and choose for that to be on your NAS drive. You can then start importing into the new library on your NAS using Apple Lossless. If you need access to your old AAC library, again just hold down Alt and open iTunes and you can select it (will probably be under the Music folder on your home drive if you didn't change it from default).ÿ

 

[Anonymous]

Ahhh thanks for that i do already have a couple of libraries but didnt think of that ill set that up now!

 

[Anonymous]

That is debatable. It is a personal choice. I have used EAC and been perfectly happy, moreso than with dBPoweramp (which isn't free).

 

[Anonymous]

Just been quickly setting the drive up but when i go to create new library and select my nas drive as the location its not listed on there my other external drive is but not that one which is only listed in shared any ideas. Thanks

 

[Anonymous]

What do you mean, the NAS isn't listed in the finder? You just need to choose a location, iTunes will then build all the related files it needs.

 

[Anonymous]

Am i having a stupid moment when itunes asks where i want to create the new library (the nas drive) there is no way to select it but i can access the nas drive by going to my mac hd and shared and just copy files across sorry if im not explaining myself very well!

 

[Anonymous]

You should be able to select it on the network?

 

[Anonymous]

Hi got there in the end for some reason when i went to create new library itunes didnt come up with the nas drive which is on the desktop so i ended up creating a new library just on a new folder then when in itunes changed the itunes folder location just didnt know why it wouldnt let me select it in the first place.

 

[John Duncan]

Beta4Me:That is debatable. It is a personal choice. I have used EAC and been perfectly happy, moreso than with dBPoweramp (which isn't free).

Indeed, hence my use of the word "seems" (the "to me" being silent). Plenty of people on here are perfectly happy with the combination, I'm just saying my own investigations of those products made me think it was more trouble than it was worth (to me

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One day when I have lots of time on my hands (like, not now, unemployment has made me busier it seems) I'll get an apple lossless file, convert it to FLAC, and compare it with AccurateRip on my Windows machine (if that's even possible).