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I recently repaved my laptop which meant a new install of CD Ripper and I can't believe how much worse the new software is compared to the previous version. I rip my CDs to both FLAC and MP3 and store my own scans of covers (since many aren't avalable from the usual sources, being DJ subscription issues). Here are just a few of the huge drops in productivity I've noticed in a couple of hours of use
1. The softrware no longer remembers the previously used folder for each type of action. Previously when I went to load a cover it remembered where the last folder was for the images, when I ripped to MP3 it remembered the last folder used for MP3 rips. When I ripped to FLAC it remembered the last used FLAC folder. Now the last used folder applies to ALL operations so I'm continually having to go hunting up and down library trees whenever I switch to "Load file" or a different rip format. This is a huge step backwards in terms of productivity.
2. The software no longer remembers the previous rip titles and artist names. So I've manually entered all the details and rip to FLAC. Then the PC comes out of hibernate having been left overnight and is sat there with completely blank details. I have to manually enter them all over again to get the MP3 rip.
3. The tabbing order of fields has changed and is a constant nightmare. You enter the Title of the track and hit Tab to go to the Artist field and it just sits there pinging at you endlessly. You have to hit ENTER instead of tab to tab across to the artist field in the inline editing form. But if you accidentally hit the more natural Tab key first then the Enter key won't work.
4. Changing images is harder than it used to be. There used to be simple plus and minus buttons. Now there's just three dots and if you want to replace an auto-downloaded image it's a real faff deleting it ready to load up your own image.
Thankfully Pioneer have just added ripping to their Rekordbox software which gives me a way out of using CD Ripper, but I have to ask why the developers insist on changing things that were working perfectly "just for the sake of change" and in the process have taken away functionality and made it a lot less usable.
1. The softrware no longer remembers the previously used folder for each type of action. Previously when I went to load a cover it remembered where the last folder was for the images, when I ripped to MP3 it remembered the last folder used for MP3 rips. When I ripped to FLAC it remembered the last used FLAC folder. Now the last used folder applies to ALL operations so I'm continually having to go hunting up and down library trees whenever I switch to "Load file" or a different rip format. This is a huge step backwards in terms of productivity.
2. The software no longer remembers the previous rip titles and artist names. So I've manually entered all the details and rip to FLAC. Then the PC comes out of hibernate having been left overnight and is sat there with completely blank details. I have to manually enter them all over again to get the MP3 rip.
3. The tabbing order of fields has changed and is a constant nightmare. You enter the Title of the track and hit Tab to go to the Artist field and it just sits there pinging at you endlessly. You have to hit ENTER instead of tab to tab across to the artist field in the inline editing form. But if you accidentally hit the more natural Tab key first then the Enter key won't work.
4. Changing images is harder than it used to be. There used to be simple plus and minus buttons. Now there's just three dots and if you want to replace an auto-downloaded image it's a real faff deleting it ready to load up your own image.
Thankfully Pioneer have just added ripping to their Rekordbox software which gives me a way out of using CD Ripper, but I have to ask why the developers insist on changing things that were working perfectly "just for the sake of change" and in the process have taken away functionality and made it a lot less usable.
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