Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-20 Thread Steve Baumgarten
What button is that? Could you provide some more detailed instructions about how you do this in foobar 2000? I'm assuming that you are coverting into mp3 or ogg. Does it also transfer the metadata from the FLAC file to the other format? I'm not sure about a button, but if you select all the

Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-20 Thread Pat Farrell
On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 08:49 -0700, bjmacdow wrote: The only difficulty that I am having now, is having the dbpowerAMP program travel to the internet and retrieve cd/track/artist information. I use CDex and EAC on Windows boxes, either will get the CDDB/freeDB data where possible. On Linux, I

RE: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-20 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Last time I used dbpowerAMP it did look up the CD data! Is it not working? James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat Farrell Sent: 20 April 2005 17:14 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started... On Wed

Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-19 Thread Todd Fields
--- jth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are going the mp3 route, I highly recommend using one of the LAME encoder's high quality VBR presets. version 3.90.3 with setting --alt-preset standard or I agree. Rip with Exact Audio Copy (EAC) in secure mode and let EAC encode it for you as

Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-19 Thread Steven Spies
Ben, one of the best places I have found for information about compressed audio formats is www.hydrogenaudio.org It contains a vast amount of information but try not to be intimidated. When you have time browse the FAQ section there. Since you are going to be using a Squeezebox2, you should stick

Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-19 Thread Thomas B. Malsbury
CavesOfTQLT wrote: Sorry to jump into this thread but reading those flac comments makes me want to try it out. Can someone point me to a good 'copy that CD into flac' site or just to indicate the steps/instructions I need to do this using EAC or other software. So far all my CDs are encoded in mp3

Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-19 Thread Todd Fields
--- bjmacdow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok...I am a total novice at this. For clarification, does EAC have LAME 3.90.3 embedded into it as an option? Or do you rip through EAC and then compress everything ripped again with LAME 3.90.3? Thanks for You have to download the LAME codec

Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-19 Thread ron thigpen
CavesOfTQLT wrote: Can someone point me to a good 'copy that CD into flac' site or just to indicate the steps/instructions I need to do this using EAC or other software. from the FLAC FAQ: http://flac.sourceforge.net/faq.html#tools__eac_and_flac How do I set up EAC to rip directly to FLAC? See

Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-19 Thread Pat Farrell
On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 12:32 -0700, jmpage2 wrote: I had a buddy with a bunch of music that was not backed up. His motherboard went out and corrupted the hard drive. Now he gets to rip 400 CDs again. Not at all clear to me that ripping to Flac or ACC or WMA or anything else would have any

Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-19 Thread Todd Fields
--- bjmacdow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Out of curiosity...how much time would it take to burn a standard 12 track CD in EAC to Flac and/or LAME? This depends greatly on three things: 1) The speed of your CD drive - Obviously, the faster your drive can extract the audio the quicker the

RE: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-19 Thread Mike Hartley
Cc: Subject: Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started... --- bjmacdow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Out of curiosity...how much time would it take to burn a standard 12 track CD in EAC to Flac and/or LAME

Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-19 Thread Robert Wallace
Rob, Mareo really doesn't like any blank lines in the mareo.ini file. Make sure every line that's not a command line has a semicolon at the beginning. Make sure there's not a blank line at the end of the file -- very easy to overlook. The command must be one line - no breaks. Use an editor

Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-19 Thread Robert Wallace
I did my A/B test with a good pair of headphones. One thing that I noticed immediately -- the soundstage for an MP3 song (in comparison with a non-compressed one) just collapses into practically nothing. A song that immediately comes to mind is Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi. The acoustic