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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 (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
- Get cover art
- Write corrected tags and cover art to files: %album% - CD%discnumber%.$num(%track%,2) - %title%

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