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Hi guys I've recently had all of my FLAC files bulk encoded to MP3 for use on my iPOD (MP3 non-shared on my computer and FLAC on my NAS). Like a few people on here I want two library's and will continue to buy CD's for ripping. Ideally I'd like to rip once and make two copies-i'd consider using a another loss less format as i don't believe it matters if there's a mixture. I understand DB Power amp would do the job, however the small snag is i'm on a MAC.
So I'm wondering if anyone else has found a neat way of doing it? I'd also like to find away of using an iTunes playlist created for MP3's to reference the FLAC tracks on my NAS for play through the Sonos. Again it seems there are some fixes for PC, but i can't see what's there for MAC Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks Symon.
Smilemonkey wrote: Ideally I'd like to rip once and make two copies-i'd consider using a another loss less format as i don't believe it matters if there's a mixture. I have been happily using (which is the closest equivalent to EAC for Mac) for secure ripping as well as format conversion. You can easily rip to multiple formats at the same time including FLAC, mp3, Apple Lossless, AAC (m4a), etc. Another excellent option is the currently 'in-beta' for ripping and its sister applications and for conversion and tagging respectively. I haven't used XLD myself, but as Nikhil mentions above it's very highly regarded. I personally chose Max (only reason I didn't go with XLD was I tried Max first and stuck with it).
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I spent most of last year ripping several thousand CDs and didn't have any problems. Only annoying thing is that it doesn't use the same CD database as iTunes and most other rippers - so I spent a lot of time filling in the blanks and dodgy tags to match my OCD standards!
I only had problems ripping approx 25 discs out of 4000, and most of these were ones suffering from the infamous 'cd bronzing' of early 90's discs. Recommend giving both Max and XLD a try to see which one works best for you - it looks like they'll both the job you want perfectly.