lossless

[admin_exported]

how do i rip my cds to itunes in lossless? thanks

 

[Cofnchtr]

Hi,

There are options within iTunes menus to select which bitrate you want to import CD's at.

Edit/preferences/import settings

Select your choice and save. Above method is for PC - MAC version may differ slightly.

Cheers,

Cofnchtr.

 

[John Duncan]

In iTunes Preferences, go to 'Import Settings' (which on my Mac is on the first page, can't remember if it's there on Windows), and change it to 'Import Using: Apple Lossless Encoder'. I turn Error Correction on, because it doesn't seem to be detrimental to ripping speed on a Mac, though on Windows others have reported a serious slowdown. YMMV.

 

[John Duncan]

(jinx)

 

[Cofnchtr]

Hi,

At least we've covered both editions!!

Cheers,

Cofnchtr.

 

[Tim2010]

I rip them first to wav files with Exact Audio Copy (better error correction > if you choose high error correction in preference settings).

There are different ways to convert them.

Afterwards I import the wav files into iTunes. Fix the tags and then convert them to apple lossless

There's also a way to do it directly in EAC, but never really tried it (apple lossless codec plugin i guess) ...

 

[Tim2010]

1. Click EAC, Compression Options.
2. Click the External Compression tab.

3. Enable the Use external program for compression option.
4. Change Parameter passing scheme to User Defined Encoder.
5. In the Use file extension text box type in .m4a.
6.
In the Program, including path, used for compression text box type in
the location of the ITUNESENCODE.EXE file or click the Browse button to
locate the ITUNESENCODE.EXE file.

download itunesencode.exe: http://www.rarewares.org/aac-encoders.php

 

[Alec]

Tim2010:

I rip them first to wav files with Exact Audio Copy (better error correction > if you choose high error correction in preference settings).

There are different ways to convert them.

Afterwards I import the wav files into iTunes. Fix the tags and then convert them to apple lossless

There's also a way to do it directly in EAC, but never really tried it (apple lossless codec plugin i guess) ...

And WAV files are'nt supposed to be tag-able.

Hmmm...?

 

[Anonymous]

al7478:Tim2010:

I rip them first to wav files with Exact Audio Copy (better error correction > if you choose high error correction in preference settings).

There are different ways to convert them.

Afterwards I import the wav files into iTunes. Fix the tags and then convert them to apple lossless

There's also a way to do it directly in EAC, but never really tried it (apple lossless codec plugin i guess) ...

And WAV files are'nt supposed to be tag-able.

Hmmm...?

They aren't tag-able. The WAV files themselves don't get tagged, iTunes just stores the tag information in its DB (as opposed to be being BOTH in the DB and in the file's tags).

 

[Alec]

Ah ok. So why dont you rip straight to a format that can be tagged?

 

[idc]

Tim2010:

I rip them first to wav files with Exact Audio Copy (better error correction > if you choose high error correction in preference settings)....

I tried EAC on a CD I bought that turned out to be damaged. Itunes did a better job of error correction than EAC did. Just sharing my experience of one CD!

 

[Alec]

idc:Tim2010:

I rip them first to wav files with Exact Audio Copy (better error correction > if you choose high error correction in preference settings)....

I tried EAC on a CD I bought that turned out to be damaged. Itunes did a better job of error correction than EAC did. Just sharing my experience of one CD!

I take it you listened to the damaged file and it sounded damaged? Or did EAC refuse to copy it after a while? Or did it just take so long you gave up?

 

[Anonymous]

al7478:Ah ok. So why dont you rip straight to a format that can be tagged?
Because you can't.The native format of a CD is WAV, thus it must be ripped straight to that format first-off. It can then encoded into anything (this usually done on-the-fly by your ripping program in conjunction with an encoder).

 

[idc]

al7478:
I take it you listened to the damaged file and it sounded damaged? Or did EAC refuse to copy it after a while? Or did it just take so long you gave up?

EAC refused to copy three tracks, itunes copied two out of the three and the third was an attempt that I stopped after about 5 minutes. The two itunes did import sounded jumpy, so were not great.

 

[PJPro]

Beta4Me:al7478:Ah ok. So why dont you rip straight to a format that can be tagged?
Because you can't.The native format of a CD is WAV, thus it must be ripped straight to that format first-off. It can then encoded into anything (this usually done on-the-fly by your ripping program in conjunction with an encoder).

Agreed. EAC rips to .wav and then uses the selected encoder (via commandline) to compress the file.

 

[PJPro]

al7478:
And WAV files are'nt supposed to be tag-able.

Hmmm...?

You can tag .wav files but it breaks the recognised wav standard. But I think the previous poster actually meant that EAC could be used to encode and then tag the resulting file (rather than tag the wav file itself).

 

[Alec]

Beta4Me:(this usually done on-the-fly by your ripping program in conjunction with an encoder).

C'mon, dont be nit-picky with me, the above is exactly what i meant

EDIT I'm not trying to be funny by the way, just to understand.

Let me clarify: You put WAVs into itunes, then "tag" them, before converting them to ALAC? Thing is, ALAC can, AFAIK, be properly tagged (none of that fake tagging where many things can lead to the loss of the "tag", which seems to be what you are describing). So, why not rip so you get on-the-fly ALAC compression (effectively, this is ripping to ALAC) and, therefore, a properly tag-able file?

 

[Alec]

idc:al7478:

I take it you listened to the damaged file and it sounded damaged? Or did EAC refuse to copy it after a while? Or did it just take so long you gave up?

EAC refused to copy three tracks, itunes copied two out of the three and the third was an attempt that I stopped after about 5 minutes. The two itunes did import sounded jumpy, so were not great.

Thanks idc, thats interesting. The worst ive had with eac is it has taken an age to rip a track (about an hour), then reported possible errors. As you probably know it tells you where to listen for them, which i did, and couldnt hear them.