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--- blog:perfectly_rip_audio_cds_to_flac [2010-12-25 09:17] – created brb
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-====== Perfectly Rip Audio CDs to FLAC (works under windows and ubuntu/wine ======
+====== Perfectly Rip Audio CDs to FLAC (works under windows and ubuntu/wine) ======
+What we want:
+  * Perfect quality: EAC is hands-down the best audio ripper, flac is lossless.
+  * Correct tags: get them from freedb and correct errors / inconsistencies by hand (!)
+  * Add cover art
 Programs used:
-  * EAC: Install EAC and configure it using the wizard, then download and configure the flac compressor in eac
+  * EAC:
+    * Install EAC (0.99, i had problems with 1.0beta under ubuntu 10.04)
+    * configure you cd drive using the wizard
+    * download and configure the flac compressor in eac
   * mp3tag: Download and install
+Procedure: Use EAC and mp3tag in parallel
+  * EAC:
+    * Insert CD in drive
+    * ALT-G yes -> Get mp3 tags from freedba
+    * SHIFT-F5 -> Rips and compress to directory incoming
+  * mp3tag
+    * Check tags: ctrl-a and check/correct
+      * CD title (with number for classic cds) (e.g. Weihnachtsoratorium (CD1)
+      * CD Number
+      * Artist (Harnoncour, Schäfer, Fink, Güra, ...), Cover artist (Harnoncourt, Nikolaus), Composer (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
+      * CTRL-S -> Save
+    * ''Tag sources - Cover art - Amazon'' to get cover art
+    * ALT-1: Write corrected tags and cover art to files: ''%album% - CD%discnumber%.$num(%track%,2) - %title%''