First of all, with respect, it's best to get the name of the program right. <GRIN> It's Easy CD-DA Extractor, from www.poikosoft.com.
As for a portable player that plays FLAC, the Victor Reader Stream will do so. I'm sure there are others. Bruce On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:45:22 -0600, "Robert doc Wright" <[email protected]> said: > In an earlier post I mentioned Ez cd extractor. this program will allow > you to rip to your hard drive and create cd's if you need to. you can rip > to mp3 up to 320 bit it will also do flac Which I've heard a lot of > people rave about but I don't use it because none of my portable players > is compatible with it. If someone knows of a portable player that plays > flac let me know. > > -- > > Let a smile be your lantern of joy > -- > robert Doc Wright > http://www.wrightplaceinc.net > msn > [email protected] > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Pam Drake > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 8:10 PM > Subject: RE: Some Questions About Ripping And Tagging Files > > > I definitely want a quality recording. Is there a way to avoid having > to burn a cd? What integer numbers could they be asking for in both > programs as I am attempting to number the tracks? > > The people who will be using these recordings want MP3 recordings. If I > burned with FLAC would that not be too large a recording for their > purposes? > > Pam > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Scholes > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 5:34 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Some Questions About Ripping And Tagging Files > > I don't rip a lot of CD's, but when I do, I use Exact Audio Copy, with > the FLAC encoder, with tons of configuration changes, command line > arguments, etc. My point here is that EAC is very advanced. It is used > by both legal and non-legal music release groups to rip music, as its > quality cannot be beaton. The focus is not, therefore, always on > userbility, but on functionality. CDex is the oppositte. Its not very > widely regarded as being very good at ripping, however this is slightly > untrue. CDex is no way as good as EAC, but its acceptable. In short, if > you are ripping a CD, and you know exactly what quality settings, what > drive settings to use, and other such advanced settings, then go for > EAC. Setup your compression, select all the tracks on the CD, then use > the copy selected trakcs>compressed option. You can tag them later on. > If you aren't concerned with fantastic output, and getting the absolute > most out of your rip, go with CDex. The upside to CDex is that you can > pretty much put a CD in the drive, run it and rip. > > On Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:44 AM, Pam Drake said: > > Hello All! > > > > I am attempting to rip and tag files for air play on a couple of > > Internet radio stations. I have permission from the producers of this > > local , which will be marketed through ITunes and Amazon.com, > and is > > also available on a website with so-so accessibility to the cd store. > > > > I am running a Fujitsu C1410 laptop computer with Windows Service Pack > > > Three. I have tried both Exact Audio Copy and a beta of CDEx, and I > > have a few questions. They have me stymied at the moment but I am > > sure with a little clarification I will be able to rip my first cd and > > > send the files legally to the stations I have in mind. > > > > Now, my questions: > > First, with regard to Exact Audio Copy: is it necessary to copy and > > burn files to a cd? I really would prefer to have them on my hard > > drive, as I already own a legal copy of the cd in question. > > > > Second, in both programs as I attempt to label the files with the > > correct audio tags I am asked to enter numbers or integers. I am not > > sure what numbers or where. I Do not have the ISRT numbers available > > to me, and as these files are going to be aired on not-for-profit > > streams where nothing is sold it is my understanding that this > > information isn't needed. The producers are going to be selling this > > album on ITunes and Amazon so they have the correct information. Do I > > > need this? What do they want, and how can I edit the title and track > > information such that it no longer reads only track number and file > > information? I have all the titles, and this cd is not yet available > > in any of the databases, having been released less than three weeks > ago, June 11th, to be exact. > > > > > > I am also wondering whether I have the correct Beta version, CDEX 1.70 > > > Beta Two which has a release date of January 4, 2009. > > > > In the documentation for CDEX 1.70 Beta Two there is information > > regarding the possible need to install additional drivers. Is it > > possible that I need to install these? > > > > Finally, I have Window-Eyes 7.0, JAWS 10.0, and System Access. Is > > there any one of these apps that might give more accessibility? > > > > I will keep working on this but would appreciate any information on > > the program, especially these issues that don't seem to be easy to > > find in the help, at least not for this person who gets more out of > > verbal explanation.<sigh> > > > > Thanks very much in advance. > > > > Pam > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [email protected] > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4186 (20090624) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected]
