radish;487051 Wrote: > DBP supports AccurateRip, which I believe MM does not. AccurateRip > doesn't necessarily improve quality, but it does improve confidence - it > compares your rip results with a database of other people's rips - if > you got the same as everyone else then it's probably right. EAC also > supports AccurateRip, and as far as I'm concerned is the most sensible > choice for a ripper other than DBP. > > The other stuff DBP has as advantages are mainly cosmetic/convenience - > the meta data is much better, and things like automated art downloading > are nice (and not included in EAC). It's also very flexible if you want > to start tinkering. I agree with all of that, plus there are three other features of dBp that I have found especially useful. I have no idea if MM also does these, or for that matter, if you need them.
1) The ease of adding additional tags at rip/encoding time. I always add an ARTISTSORT tag so that SBS sorts artists by "lastname, firstname", but displays them using the ARTIST tag, which is "firstname lastname". With EAC I always had to add this tag later via MP3tag. 2) Simultaneous encoding to FLAC and MP3. I keep a parallel copy of my library in MP3, which I use for my portable players and my laptop when traveling. Before switching to dBp I had to do this as a separate step, using flac2mp3.pl or foobar2k. 3) Support for album replaygain tags. EAC only does track RG, so after ripping/encoding with EAC I had to run the tracks through a Perl script (apply_replaygain.pl) or Foobar2000 to add the album RG tags. That said, I think dBp's improved metadata alone is worth the cost. Spend some time editing the metadata that comes from freedb, make a ballpark estimate of what your time is worth, and see what you think. Finally, note that dBp Reference has a 30-day free trial period. Do like I did and time the beginning of your trial period for when you know you will do a lot of ripping, so you can really see if *you* think it's worth it. I think after the 30 days are over you can still freely use the stripped-down free version. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71480 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
