Draconian Guppy Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 So a question for the neowin head-fiers. Say I bought a random CD. If I decide to rip it and convert it to mp3s @ VBR V0. Does the middle point matter. eg. I would be ripping it from my samsung dvd burner on my computer make a difference? In the end it's just information being transferred from a physical media into digital media, Do I need a fancy converter in order to get decent mp3s or FLAC? I currently buy all my mp3s digitally in the highest format available, 320kbps or VBR V0 if available. In the end, the only way I can find out I guess is buying a CD and trying, But I really don't care for having a physical copy if only to make hi-fi digital copies of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted April 9, 2011 Author Share Posted April 9, 2011 UMP de Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmeunit Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 I use Exact Audio Copy with LAME. There is an option to use some recommended settings in there. That's what I use for MP3. FLAC might be your best option. I believe that's the closest you can get to the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted April 9, 2011 Author Share Posted April 9, 2011 I don't mean what software, I mean teh hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmeunit Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Hardware doesn't matter for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 ^^ that's what I wanted to hear :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Hardware does matter insofar as getting a good extraction from the disk. Both EAC and dBpoweramp provide verbose EC with online CRC checks. The problem with audio CD's vs data is that they are ony too happy to interpolate the data when it encounters a scratch etc. I like the 3/4 method so I capture an image of the disk first then encode locally like I do for video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 3/4 method? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmeunit Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 You might ask over at http://www.myce.com/. That used to be a site called CDFreaks. Anything you want to know about optical media or hardware, that is the place to ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 3/4 refers to the number of copies you maintain for archival purposes - physical, bit for bit image, working rip, and optional edited rip (for level equalization etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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