Set-up cheat sheet for newbies

[Kim K.]

Here is my cheat sheet for dbpoweramp r13 reference. Please comment and/or suggest changes. I will update it with the configuration I end up using. I hope it will be of help to other new users.


I Project
• Rip cds at highest quality and flexibility with minimal tag cleanup
- All discs with no or few light scratches
- ~100 are mobile fidelity and dcc – likely not in accuraterip
• Rip to Wave (uncompressed) for archive, then
- Batch rip to flac (level 5) for stereo; using itunes as the player and library manager
- Batch rip to aac (256k) for ipod
• Drive: no-name, tsst ts-h653n
- C2: yes (according to options>cdrom>technical), but
-- Detect c2 support did not find it (disc was scratched, but I will try again with a worse one)
- Drive read cache: no
- Fua : no, (not a plextor)
- Htoa: no
• Computer: new hp 2.3ghz dual core with vista sp1


II AccurateRip set-up
• Followed instructions after install using popular cds with no scratches or dirt
• My offset: +6


III Options to choose (click on button with yellow & red cables)
• Ripping method: secure – then in secure settings, enable
- Ultra secure ripping
-- Change end after clean passes to 3
- C2 error pointers for error detection
-Write to file
-Add to information log
• Meta Data – in options, enable
- Write ID tags
-- Add remaining tags (from source to profile)
-- Track number without track count
-- Disc number without disk count
• CD rom, enable
- Eject after rip
- Prevent auto-run


IV Profile
• Create profile for each ripping framework
• Rip to: wave (no compression)
• If hidden track one appears, check to include (no meta data)
• Naming scheme


V Questions
1. Are above settings appropriate for discs with no scratches or overkill (change what)?
2. Wave or flac? Or wave, then flac?
3. Use htoa?
4. Use over-reading?
5. Is the default naming the best for use with itunes?
6. Project #2: rip friends’ cds, many with scratches – adjust above settings?
- What is an appropriate drive for ripping damaged discs which is readily available from mainstream online stores (no ebay)? I cannot locate a 230a for < $100.

[LtData]

2. FLAC than WAV, personally, just because a lot of dMC's optional tags aren't supported in WAV (including album art), so you keep them in the FLAC just lose them in the WAVs. (edit: nevermind, if you use r13 it can store all tags)
3. Depends on the drive, but I would if possible, yes.
4. Check it, dMC will tell you if you drive doesn't support it in the secure ripping logs.
5. I change the default naming, but my naming scheme seems normal to me but weird to others

-. I managed to snag a plextor 230a off of ebay for cheap (~$50), but the place I got it from has since ran out of them. Try the shopping search on Google, but make sure you check for reviews of the stores before you buy.

[Spoon]

>just because a lot of dMC's optional tags aren't supported in WAV (including album art),

R13 can store every id3 tag in wave now (it uss an id3v2.3 chunk).