Mark Lanctot;184624 Wrote: > Someone suggested "Max" as a Mac ripper program supporting FLAC. I'm > not a Mac person myself so I have no idea if it'll meet your needs. > > http://sbooth.org/Max/
bobschneider;184632 Wrote: > I've used Max to rip close to 500 CDs (and counting) to FLAC on my > MacBook Pro. It's a little slow, but does a very good job. It also > will download album titles and track names from an online database. I > believe the current version is native on both Power PC and Intel Macs, > but check the website to be sure. > > Best of all, Max is freeware! I experimented with Max for 1) Ripping a CD as FLAC, 2) ripping a CD as ALAC and 2) transcoding FLAC to ALAC. ALAC format resulted in a file that, while readable by iTunes, was unable to be decoded by SB3. The file was available in SS with tags and info available, but SB3 would only display the title - not play it. FLAC gave me a file I could use on SB3 but no access via iTunes. Running the final file through iTunes "Convert Selection to Apple Lossless" generated a file that maintained its tags and was playable on iTunes as well as SB3. Doesn't look like Max is the best option for my setup. I think I've settled on using iTunes to encode as ALAC. It requires very little intervention and, while not as universally renowned as FLAC it will allow me to generate high quality files. -- kphinney SB3 -> TOS -> H/K AVR 144 -> B&W DM602's ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kphinney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33182 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
