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pjd031:
I've been a MC user for some time now since MC26. CD ripping on my 2014-spec MAC mini has always been a bit flaky (not recognising that a CD is inserted into a drive and available to rip mainly). At times I have had to revert to using Apple Music to rip and then import to MC and use it to convert from ALAC to FLAC.

However since upgrading to MC30 today it definitely seems worse. Does anyone else have similar problems (on any version)? My operating system is up to date (Monterey 12.6).

Thanks.

JimH:
Did you try the Wiki?

pjd031:
I have now (thanks). The only issue that I saw with my setup was with the iTunesHelper process and that was that it doesn't seem to exist for Music any more. The only way I can get it to work is to click on "Drives and devices">"[CD name]" first. Even then, if I navigate away to another page and then come back the page is blank again. After much fiddling I can get a rip to happen but I haven't worked out a route to 100% success.

Sorry to be so vague but it just seems a lot flakier than before.

blgentry:
I've just tested with MC30.  I see some odd behavior also. 

After inserting a CD, MC doesn't indicate anything.  Even when System Preferences > CD & DVD > Music CD is set to use MC30, still nothing happens.

But you can go to drives and devices and see the disk right there.  Clicking on that disk gets weird quickly.  On first click, unnamed tracks appear.  Then, in a second or two, they disappear and stay gone.  The empty pane says "no disk double click to refresh".  Double clicking might do something or it might not.  My last trial I had to double click 3 times to get the tracks to appear. 

Now I have a list of unnamed tracks.  If I click "update from online database", I get a dialog with a selection of possible matches.  When I accept one of these, the metadata is applied.

Next, I click the RIP tracks button up top and .... nothing happens.  That's because MC has now opened a tiny new dialog at the lower left with "details", "Options", and "RIP".

Finally, pressing the Rip button on this new dialog, the rip happens.  When it's over, the disc ejects (as per the options that were set) and the media is automatically imported into MC.

This experience isn't nearly as smooth as what I'm used to with ripping.  I would probably use MC's ripping tool if it didn't require as much effort on my part and seemed more consistent.  Particularly the fumbling with the disc contents appearing,  disappearing, and appearing again after several cycles of double clicks.

It's not the MC's ripping isn't technically good.  It's not that MC's ripping isn't well integrated.  It's both technically good AND well integrated.  The issue with MC ripping is that it is awkward and requires a lot more user action than other tools I am used to.

Brian.

Mans:
Hi all,
The exact same experience here, on Windows,
I've been using and paying for MC since version 24:

Sometimes an inserted CD would not show up. Even not under MC's explorer/drives.
A restart of MC or a reboot of the complete machine is what it would take to show the inserted CD and making it available for ripping.

In more as 50% of the cases a second or additional CD would never be 'seen'. Even not when manually refreshing the drive.

No other soft or AV programmas are installed on this machine.

I'm guessing ripping of optical media is still of some importance, at least i'm still ripping some 10 discs a week.

Thanks for your help and to have a look into the ripping process.

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