malsbury Wrote: > CavesOfTQLT wrote: > > >Sorry to jump into this thread but reading those flac comments makes > me > >want to try it out. Can someone point me to a good 'copy that CD into > >flac' site or just to indicate the steps/instructions I need to do > this > >using EAC or other software. So far all my CDs are encoded in mp3 and > >Ogg (mainly because my personal DP reads these formats), but I'd like > >to start using flac for all my new CDs, in readiness for my SB2 > system. > >Any help/pointers appreciated. > > > > > This was discussed a little over a year ago in a previous thread, you > can see my response there: > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=12002&postcount=2 > > But in a quick summary here is what I did. > > I used EAC to encode directly to FLAC. It is identical to setting up > EAC > to encode to LAME. > You just select "Other Codec" in the settings and point to where the > FLAC.exe file is located. > > You can get the codec at http://flac.sourceforge.net/ plus links to > other software that supports FLAC. > > Settings for using alternative codecs in EAC can be found at > http://www.saunalahti.fi/cse/EAC/. > > dbPowerAmp, can also rip from CD to FLAC. It worked well in a few > trials > that I did. If you are not > willing to wait for EAC I think it is a good substitute. Even with its > > AccurateRip feature turned on , > which I would recommend, it was about twice as fast as EAC. > > If you have any questions feel free to ask. > > Tom
Thanks Tom, I'll give it a try tomorrow and get back to you if I have any problems. Rob -- CavesOfTQLT _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
