Hi Sarah Neither of these are dedicated rippers though, so I don’t class them as alternatives. XLD is a dedicated file converter and ripper, designed for audio and only audio. What I personally am looking for is something which has a more XLD-like interface, a more XLD-like functionality specification but a more intuitive interface. This is one of those sorry occasions where I curse myself for letting my programming skills slide. I got lazy when the GUI came along and ever since then I have regretted it. If only, if only, I’d continued when I started to study C and C+ all those years ago, I’d have been a master programmer by now and I would have been able to achieve my dream, of having a Mac Access dedicated suite of utilities to fit the bill.
In any event, the search goes on as far as I am concerned. I would also add that I have been using Virtual CDRW from Burningthumb until recently but, for reasons which I cannot as yet discuss, it no longer works for me. So I’m on the hunt for something else which might. I tried Disk-Soft Demon Light, but OS X won’t even allow me to install the drivers. Kind regards <--- Gordon Smith ---> <[email protected]> Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 Or: +44 1642 941776 United States Of America And Canada: +1 646 9151493 Or: +1 209 436 9443 Australasia: +61 38 8205930 Or: +61 39 0284505 Fax: +44 1642 365123 Follow Us On Twitter: <http://twitter.com/maciosaccess> Skype: <skype:mac-access-dot-net?call> ------------------------------ On 12 Oct 2013, at 19:45, Sarah k Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: > I know simply burns does rip, but it does not work in the way one would want. > I think it only rips an image of the media not the actual stuff.. amadeus 2 I > think also rips but I have not upgraded yet so cannot verify this. > > Take care. > On Oct 12, 2013, at 11:25 AM, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> hi >> This is something which I too would value for much the same reasons. XLD >> certainly has its merrets, and I too avoid iTunes as far as ripping CDS >> goes. This is despite the fact that my CD material is always virtual. I >> only use real CD media as a very last resort. Even with virtual media, >> however, XLD is painfully slow nowadays and the only indication of a >> successful rip is to enable 1logging mode, then you can at least verify that >> the job went error-free by examining the output log. For reasons I cannot >> discuss here, I'm not currently even able to do this. I can only hope for a >> quick fix as things develoeap. >> >> Kind regards >> Gordon >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Dónal Fitzpatrick <[email protected] >> To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility <[email protected] >> Date sent: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 09:48:58 +0100 >> Subject: good alternative to iTunes for ripping CDs >> >> Morning folks, >> >> At present I use XLD to rip my CDs as I avoid iTunes like the plague. >> However one thing that irritates me about XLD is that you can't see the >> progress and consequently cannot be certain the CD is ripping correctly. So >> are there any good alternatives? 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