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Topic: Noob looking for a guide to ripping to FLAC with XLD... (Read 14015 times) previous topic - next topic
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Noob looking for a guide to ripping to FLAC with XLD...

Hey everybody, I'm looking to rip my CD Collection to FLAC (once hopefully). I've got a MacBook Pro and as far as surfing around it seems like FLAC and XLD are the best Codec and Ripping programs out there at the moment for Macs...

Anyway I'm a complete novice at ripping CDs with a sophisticated program and was wondering if anyone knows a website / guide / or thread that can teach me how to make the MOST accurate rips with XLD to FLAC...

Thanks for your help!

Noob looking for a guide to ripping to FLAC with XLD...

Reply #1 –
Quote from: Brian.Audio on
Hey everybody, I'm looking to rip my CD Collection to FLAC (once hopefully). I've got a MacBook Pro and as far as surfing around it seems like FLAC and XLD are the best Codec and Ripping programs out there at the moment for Macs...

Anyway I'm a complete novice at ripping CDs with a sophisticated program and was wondering if anyone knows a website / guide / or thread that can teach me how to make the MOST accurate rips with XLD to FLAC...

Thanks for your help!


Hi Brian.Audio. Not official, but this XLD tutorial might be useful for you: http://jungle.sk/XLD_Tutorial/

Note that the developer (tmkk) is known to release new versions with updates and/or bug fixes almost daily, therefore the content will be a bit old, but very useful.

In any case, the settings in the CD Rip preference are the key to getting a perfect rip with XLD (although the default settings already works). Recommended settings for secure ripping are:


Regards

Noob looking for a guide to ripping to FLAC with XLD...

Reply #2 –
wkmax this is hugely helpful, thanks. I have a couple of questions that are going to sound stupid but that's because my only experience ripping cd's before was iTunes default settings...

What is "Read sample offset correction value" ?

What is "Replay Gain" ?

What is / how does a "Cue Sheet" work ?

Is there somewhere I can read up on the basic terminology of advanced CD ripping ?

Thanks again!

Noob looking for a guide to ripping to FLAC with XLD...

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Is there somewhere I can read up on the basic terminology of advanced CD ripping ?

Try looking for information in the guide linked above or XLD's documentation. If not, try searching: specific to Hydrogenaudio, search past topics or the Knowledgebase; beyond here, see if you can find anything on Google or Wikipedia. I'm not being terse for its own sake, but I suspect that you will be able to learn much by yourself, and in doing so probably understand and retain the new knowledge more effectively than if someone simply spoon-fed it to you.

Noob looking for a guide to ripping to FLAC with XLD...

Reply #4 –
Quote from: Brian.Audio on
wkmax this is hugely helpful, thanks. I have a couple of questions that are going to sound stupid but that's because my only experience ripping cd's before was iTunes default settings...

What is "Read sample offset correction value" ?

What is "Replay Gain" ?

What is / how does a "Cue Sheet" work ?

Is there somewhere I can read up on the basic terminology of advanced CD ripping ?

Thanks again!


No problem, visit the following links:

What is "Read sample offset correction value" ?:
- http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=AccurateRip
- http://www.accuraterip.com/driveoffsets.htm

What is "Replay Gain" ?:
- http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Replay_Gain
- http://www.replaygain.org/
Remember that Scan ReplayGain is optional for secure ripping on XLD.

What is / how does a "Cue Sheet" work ?:
- http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Cue_sheet

Secure Ripping ("advanced CD Ripping" in your terms):
- http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Secure_ripping
- http://dbpoweramp.com/spoons-audio-guide-cd-ripping.htm

Regards

Noob looking for a guide to ripping to FLAC with XLD...

Reply #5 –
thats perfect, can you explain to me what a Log File is / how it works... ?

Noob looking for a guide to ripping to FLAC with XLD...

Reply #7 –
Have you created a log file and looked at it? In general they are fairly simple and self-explanatory.

Failing that, have you taken dv1989's advice and done some basic research? Asking for specific help about something in the log file that you don't understand is fine, but asking other people to spoon-feed you basic research is, frankly, lazy - especially after wkmax did most of the work for you.