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  1. I got something similar. Hi ghanwani, Sharon_Seiden has sent you a message! Read full message — Audiophile Style
  2. Apologies for revisiting an old topic after such a long time. I still haven't started working on this. I've been doing research and I think I know what I want, but I need to find out how to get it. So, here's what I want. I want to make a copy of my CDs in a format that is not going to change anytime soon (i.e. no versioning and the like) and preserve _all_ of the information from the CDs in such a way that I can burn a CD that is an exact replica of that in the future. I had previously (incorrectly) thought that ripping to wav would do this for me. Now when I first came here, some folks pointed out that wav is not the way to go because it doesn't support tagging. I thought tags were always manual, but it looks like when ripping CDs to something that supports tagging, for example, Apple Lossless, then tags are created automatically. In other words, if I rip a CD to a bunch of wavs, I have actually lost some information that was on the CD. It sounds like some rippers can get all of this auxiliary information and place it in a separate text file called a cue sheet. I would assume there would be converters that would read the cue file and the wav files and create any other format that I like with tags (e.g. iTunes store type quality of music). I recently made the switch to a mac, and some folks pointed me to Max (http://sbooth.org/Max/), a free ripper/converter. So now for the questions: - Is my information above correct? - Between the wavs and the cue sheet, would I have all of the information on the CD, or is there something yet that is will have been lost? - If nothing is lost, will I be able to do as I have explained -- rip to wav + cue sheet, and then convert to a tagged format with automatic tagging? - Has anyone here tried Max? Would you recommend it? (I tried to sign up for access to their forums to ask some of these questions, but I didn't get the promised authorization email, so I'm assuming there's something messed up on that website.) One thing that really concerned me was the difference in the wav file size between iTunes and dbpoweramp (done on my old PC). Based on a previous response, it looks like Apple wasn't storing the track name in the wav file. I had always thought that rips to wav would be consistent across different programs (assuming no errors). On the CD, is the track name stored with every track? If so, why would Apple choose to not store the track name in the wav file given that it is permitted? Thanks for any help, Anoop
  3. Jesus, Do you know if it is possible to get DBPowerAmp to store the coverart in a special folder/file just as iTunes? Also, if I rip using DBPowerAmp, can I just point iTunes to that directory and expect it to be able to use those files? Anoop
  4. Thanks to all for the responses. Can anyone tell why the WAV files from dbpoweramp and iTunes are different for a very a good quality CD that I recently ripped? Is there any additional data that dbpoweramp encodes into the WAV files? Or is it just some extra silence...??? Also, am I overdoing it by using dbpoweramp? Can I rip using iTunes to Apple Lossless (since everyone seems to think that a format that supports tagging would be much better)? Is it possible to use dbpoweramp to verify the rips made by iTunes? Thanks, Anoop
  5. Thanks for the response. The article looks like exactly the kind of thing that I am looking for. Will have to print it and spend some quality time reading and digesting it. As to keeping the original CDs -- don't CDs deteriorate with time? Assuming they do (which is my understanding), they are no longer useful in case of a catastrophe. That is actually my primary reason for wanting to create a digital archive that is an exact replica of the CD. Otherwise, just ripping into iTunes in compressed format would have served my purpose. The sleeves look like a good idea except that they probably won't protect the CD from scratches as well as the jewel cases, especially if one is keeping the CDs around for the purpose of recovery from catastrophe. If the primary goal is proof of purchase, then I can value in using the CD sleeves.
  6. I want to create an archive of all my CDs and then discard the CDs. I then want to put all of the music on an iPod. For the archive I want the maintain the original CD quality. I then want to convert to a sampled, lossy version that would use less space on the iPod. I have about 150 CDs tops. For the original CD quality I decided on WAV (rather than FLAC or Apple Lossless) since it seems to be universally used. I figure I'll need about 100 - 120 G of hard disk space, and that shouldn't be a problem. I'll get a couple of USB disks to keep redundant copies. I downloaded iTunes and tried it for a few CDs but some folks on the iTunes forum suggested using dbpoweramp with accuraterip for better results. I bought dbpoweramp and the file sizes for the WAV files of the same songs are indeed different (they are smaller with iTunes). Does this mean that I was losing some information with iTunes, or is there some metadata that dbpoweramp stores within the WAV file that makes it slightly larger? Finally, if anyone has achieve Nirvana with respect to creating a digital archive, I would like to hear to your story so I can get there too. Many thanks. Anoop
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