Use iTunes or Windows Media (depending on your OS), they are less fussy for ripping defective sectors.
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Use iTunes or Windows Media (depending on your OS), they are less fussy for ripping defective sectors.
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You might try that other Mount Everest of ripping software; dbPoweramp
Is paid but a 21 day free trial
Probably gives you better meta data.
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Thanks chaps - itunes works on these (I already ripped my collection once to AAC...) so itunes to WAV, and then convert could be the answer.
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Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Thanks chaps - itunes works on these (I already ripped my collection once to AAC...) so itunes to WAV, and then convert could be the answer.
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I've also had a couple of PMs regarding sources if I can't get these tracks ripped - many thanks, and I'm probably sorted so thanks again AoS.
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Welcome to the world of file based audio Alex
First thing is to go to your doctors and get a tranq script
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In my experience laptop drives are rubbish! You can get an internal PC drive and a cradle for it and plug it into the USB port of the laptop. This will give you better quality reads and writes in my opinion.
What I do is use EAC for creating my Flacs. If this fails I use a product called Audiograbber, which usually works OK, to create a WAV of the missing songs and then convert them to Flac after that.
http://www.audiograbber.org/download.html
I also use MP3Tag for artwork/tags and if this fails I use Album Art Downloader, which finds artwork from multiple sites.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/
Hope this is helpful Alex. Works for me.
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What he said
Single spur balanced Mains. Self built music server with 3 seperate linear PSU, Intel i5, 16 GB RAM no hard drive (various Linux OS). Benchmark Dac2 HGC, single ended XLR interconnects/Belkin cable. Exposure 21RC Pre, Super 18 Power (recap & modified). Modded World Audio HD83 HP amp. Hand built Monitors with external crossovers , Volt 250 bass & ABR, Scanspeak 13M8621 Mid & Scanspeak D2905/9300 Hi. HD595 & Beyer 880 (600 ohm) cans.
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Thanks chaps!
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