Re. using EAC: I find that when all goes well, I can rip a CD in about 4 minutes (in Secure mode). If I'm lucky, the disc will be in the AccurateRip library and each track will have a reasonable confidence level, and that's that. If it's not in the library, or if my rip doesn't agree, then I'll run a Test on the uncertain tracks. If the checksums disagree then I'll either test or copy those tracks again until they agree. My experience is that more often than not, the CD won't be in the AccurateRip DB, so I have to Test all tracks; it seems quite rare for the CRCs to disagree; and very rare to hit real problems (perhaps a couple of times in the past few months, and one of those was the CD that I was carrying when I fell downstairs and broke my arm!)
To be honest, if I'm ripping a CD whilst doing something elsewhere in the house, I know by the time I remember to check I might as well do a Copy-and-Test rip. CDs that I've ripped get put into slim polythene sleeves (unless this means trashing the artwork, e.g. Digipak sleeves). So far, I've ripped about 1/3 of my collection. Space is no longer an issue, and I'm in no great hurry to rip the remainder. I've already ripped lots of stuff that I've yet to play. Most ripping I do nowadays is new acquisitions, the gradual replacement of old lossy rips by lossless ones, and the occasional mad whim to suddenly add something just because I've not heard it in ages. Which brings me to... Re. the CDs you know you won't want to hear again: be sure that's the case. A few years ago I had a clearout where I got rid of about 10% of my collection, just to save space. At the time, I was pretty sure I'd never miss them; but every now and again I have a hankering to listen to one of them again! (Though so far, not enough to buy another copy!) -- Brian -- Brian Ritchie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Ritchie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2319 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38688 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
