CD Ripping ?

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Operandi

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: ncage
In EAC where do you change this q=0 setting?

Actually, I'm not quite sure. In the Compression Options, in the LAME DLL tab, there's a Quality setting. I'm not sure which is better though, High Quality (which might be q=2) or Voice Quality. Your other option is to use the External Compression tab, but that means that you'd have to know the commandline options, accessible by typing lame --longhelp at the commandline. My options: -m s -q 0 -b 160 Sets it to stereo mode, q=0, and a 160kbps bitrate. I use that for my portable CD-MP3 player and my car's CD-MP3 player.

No you don't actually; you simply use the presets, that?s what they are there for.

Sorry, I'm a tweaker. For example, the insane preset - it might use high quality settings, but the bitrate is 320kbps, which is more than I like. If I use another preset at a lower bitrate, it'll also lower the quality setting, which does gives overall quality a double-whammy kind of hit. Lower bitrate and lower encoding quality.
I don't mind letting the computer take its time if it's going to do a good job, so I use q=0 regardless of the bitrate I want. Also, if I set each option individually, I remember what exactly is being done to my files.

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: Operandi

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: ncage
In EAC where do you change this q=0 setting?

Actually, I'm not quite sure. In the Compression Options, in the LAME DLL tab, there's a Quality setting. I'm not sure which is better though, High Quality (which might be q=2) or Voice Quality. Your other option is to use the External Compression tab, but that means that you'd have to know the commandline options, accessible by typing lame --longhelp at the commandline. My options: -m s -q 0 -b 160 Sets it to stereo mode, q=0, and a 160kbps bitrate. I use that for my portable CD-MP3 player and my car's CD-MP3 player.

No you don't actually; you simply use the presets, that?s what they are there for.

Sorry, I'm a tweaker. For example, the insane preset - it might use high quality settings, but the bitrate is 320kbps, which is more than I like. If I use another preset at a lower bitrate, it'll also lower the quality setting, which does gives overall quality a double-whammy kind of hit. Lower bitrate and lower encoding quality.
I don't mind letting the computer take its time if it's going to do a good job, so I use q=0 regardless of the bitrate I want. Also, if I set each option individually, I remember what exactly is being done to my files.

Isn't alt- extreme the highest quality short of insane?

 

[corkyg]

For me it's a simple, practical choice. MP3. WMA files do not play in my car stereo system. I rip CDs to create really long playing CDRs - great for trips - up to 8 hours of continuous music of my choice. Why carry 8 CDs when one will do?

 

[DeathSlayer]

none of those. rip them on .flac

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: DeathSlayer
none of those. rip them on .flac or .wav

Those will not play in my car audio system - and they are not compressed enough to make the ripping worthwhile. Just use the original CDs.

 

[Crescent13]

I personally use 320k ACC CBR.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: corkyg

Originally posted by: DeathSlayer
none of those. rip them on .flac or .wav

Those will not play in my car audio system - and they are not compressed enough to make the ripping worthwhile. Just use the original CDs.

.wav = CD

.flac = sound quality of .wav, but smaller size

Ripping stuff into .flac is essentially making a compressed copy of the CD onto your hard drive, which you can then convert into MP3. This saves time, because ripping a CD takes more time than converting from .flac to .mp3.