Hi Gordon

I've been doing some of that, but just said I'd throw a mail out there to see 
if a list existed.

If I get the chance over the weekend I'll use the CLI version with a script to 
see if I can devise a comprehensive list.  Once I have it will post back here.

Dónal
On 14 Sep 2012, at 11:00, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Donal and Esther
> 
> OK, if I remember correctly, there is a distinction between upper and lower 
> case letters here.  For instance, "%a" = Album, whilst "%A" = Artist.  I 
> can't remember all of the variables but if you experiment I'm sure you'll 
> find the ones you need.
> 
> On 13 Sep 2012, at 23:13, Esther <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Dónal,
> 
> I did think you had probably checked the web page, but just consider this in 
> the long tradition of terse unix documentation man pages.  (Sorry, I wish 
> there were a more descriptive source for how best to use this.  Sometimes I 
> find such descriptions in reviews, so I may hunt around for these or for blog 
> postings.)  Maybe Gordon can make some suggestions, since he and Lynne have 
> been using this software.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Esther
> 
> On Sep 13, 2012, at 12:05, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote:
> 
>> Hi Esther,
>> 
>> *smile* I'd looked at the webpage.  I guess I was looking for something a 
>> bit more comprehensive.  For example, and this is purely illustrative, 
>> there's a portion in the "preferences" dialog where one can specify the name 
>> of the decoded (output) track.  There are "%n" etc. used.   Now I can decode 
>> the default one easily enough, but what other options are there? 
>> 
>> 
>> The Macworld articles I had not seen so will take a look at those.
>> 
>> Cheers.
>> 
>> DónalOn 13 Sep 2012, at 22:58, Esther <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Dónal,
>>> 
>>> There's always the web page for XLD (English version):
>>> http://tmkk.pv.land.to/xld/index_e.html
>>> You can check the section under the heading "How to use".  It's also 
>>> discussed (briefly) in a number of MacWorld articles such as the May 2011 
>>> article by Kirk McElhearn, "How to convert audio to other formats":
>>> http://www.macworld.com/article/1159773/convert_audio_to_other_formats.html
>>> and gets a mention in the June 2011 article, "How to find and play 
>>> high-resolution audio on the Mac":
>>> http://www.macworld.com/article/1160651/how_to_find_and_play_high_resolution_audio_on_the_mac.html
>>> There's also some more detailed discussion in his February 2011 article, 
>>> "Four reasons to rip CDs without iTunes":
>>> http://www.macworld.com/article/1158059/four_reasons_rip_cds_without_itunes.html
>>> 
>>> Hope these links don't wrap, but you can find most of them on MacWorld's 
>>> page that I pulled up in a web search:
>>> http://www.macworld.com/product/802661/tmkk_x_lossless_decoder_xld.html
>>> Navigate to the heading, "Macworld's X Lossless Decoder (XLD) Coverage" and 
>>> look through the links to some of the listed articles.  In a pinch, you 
>>> should also be able to run down the articles with a Google search, since I 
>>> give title, author, and source.
>>> 
>>> HTH.  Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Esther
>>> 
>>> On Sep 13, 2012, at 11:41 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> After months of procrastination I'm finally getting around to playing more 
>>>> with XLD cd ripper.  It looks excellent.
>>>> 
>>>> However documentation is pretty sparse.  Actually: that isn't true, it 
>>>> seems to be non-existent.  Does anyone have a user manual for this thing?
>>>> 
>>>> Dónal
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