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Author Topic: JRiver- Thanks for the great ripper in MC!!  (Read 1551 times)

RFB

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JRiver- Thanks for the great ripper in MC!!
« on: June 21, 2007, 09:09:18 pm »

I just wanted to express my appreciation for the great quality ripping capabilities in Media Center.  I just recently compared several programs, using the same LAME 3.97 codec, and was surprised that there were very noticeable differences in SQ.

MC came out on top overall, and only EAC matched it in terms of sound to my ears.

Thanks again for a great piece of software.

Rick
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Re: JRiver- Thanks for the great ripper in MC!!
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2007, 09:22:05 pm »

You're welcome, and thanks for saying so.
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Re: JRiver- Thanks for the great ripper in MC!!
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2007, 09:23:44 pm »

Thanks.

And remember that you can enable secure ripping to have MC double-check the rip and give a quality report when finished.  This is nice because it lets you know if the rip is anything less than bit-perfect.
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Re: JRiver- Thanks for the great ripper in MC!!
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2007, 01:03:07 pm »

How do you do this?
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Re: JRiver- Thanks for the great ripper in MC!!
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2007, 01:24:10 pm »

MC > Options > CD & DVD > Advanced Ripping Options... > Copy Mode: Secure
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Re: JRiver- Thanks for the great ripper in MC!!
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2007, 04:43:26 pm »

I just wanted to express my appreciation for the great quality ripping capabilities in Media Center.  I just recently compared several programs, using the same LAME 3.97 codec, and was surprised that there were very noticeable differences in SQ.

MC came out on top overall, and only EAC matched it in terms of sound to my ears.

Actually, all standard rippers should produce identical sound quality if the same compression codec and encoding settings are used and if the ripping program does not apply any DSP like normalizing. MC is not an exception. By default it produces completely unaltered audio data. Perhaps the other rippers used some suboptimal LAME settings.

If a CD is flawless all rippers should produce the same audio quality (at least before encoding the files), but if a CD contains slightly defective sectors MC's secure mode can detect these and try to correct the problem by using its reread & compare system.
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Re: JRiver- Thanks for the great ripper in MC!!
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2007, 04:44:24 pm »

How do you do this?

This thread has some good tips for ripping with MC:

Topic: How can I ensure quality of a ripped music file
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