Post by: MarkS on May 07, 2002, 04:29:58 pm
Post by: JimH on May 07, 2002, 04:48:57 pm
1. Rip to Ape. Convert to MP3 overnight.
2. Faster CD drive. Cheap now.
Post by: KingSparta on May 07, 2002, 04:49:39 pm
>> Ideas:
>> 1. Rip to Ape. Convert to MP3 overnight.
thats what I do and works real good.
Post by: sekim on May 07, 2002, 04:52:53 pm
Post by: nila on May 08, 2002, 01:47:05 am
And MachineHead - VBR encoding isn't faster, it's slower but a better use of space as you correctly mentioned.
I'm just curious as to the other posts - why are you guys suggesting to rip to APE? What advantage does that have over ripping to .wav? I presume you mean the space saving if you want to rip a few albums but because it has to encode it to APE it'd mean it'd be slower so why not encode to mp3? I'm genuinely curious, not trying to question your opinions
Post by: Darwyn on May 08, 2002, 02:38:14 am
Post by: mphorton on May 08, 2002, 08:09:08 am
I don't follow this proceedure, but perhaps it has to do with ID3 tags. If you rip to wav, will you have full ID3 tags? You do with ape, and converting maintains the tags. Plus, if you convert and save the original, you can archive the ape files.
Post by: nila on May 08, 2002, 08:14:45 am
If size is a concern and you want a good trade off between size and quality then VBR is pretty much the best solution with mp3's. And LAME's latest VBR mp3's are pretty good. Alot, if not most people say they're now better than standard cbr mp3.
Post by: UdoS on May 08, 2002, 10:13:39 am
So, just try, to rip in normal mode and compare the difference. I ripped more than 250 CDs is normal mode and never had any problem with this.
Udo
Post by: Cotten-Eyed|PLS|Loo on May 08, 2002, 12:29:09 pm
Now maybe you really are stalled on your compression scheme and not the reader/rereader/rerereader. I rip APE only and in normal mode only (4000 tracks from my 400 CD collection). Fortunately the compression and ripping happen simultaneously and end reasonably close to each other - with plenty of variation by album [meaning if I waited for compression to finish after the reading finished, or, if the compressor kept up with the reader..track by track].
BTW if hard drive space and transfer bandwidth is not a concern - forget mp3, forget VBR, forget ogg - use Monkey's Audio APE format. The thing about ape is that while it is a compression scheme, it is a non lossy compression scheme [zip is also a non lossy compression scheme]. When you play some.ape file you end up playing the bit for bit identical file as if you were listening to the CD.
And now for something completely different.... listening to an APE file made from a bit-for-bit copied CD results in BETTER playback quality than playing the CD in your stereo. I'm sure some of you are already certain I'm wrong - crack the mind open a sliver and read on.... it turns out that a CD reader in a stereo system does not do a perfect job of reading data, it misses a bit here or there and cludges it to make it sound right; my computer has enough time to read and decompress the audio data stream dozens of times until it gets a read from hard drive with no data errors - and sends the stream to my pre-amp (digital input over RG6). Don't believe me? That's ok!
Have fun!