Best config for CD ripping

[Dens]

Hello all,

I'm new in ripping to MP3, and I'd like to know which configuration of the MP3 Lane will have less impact on my original CD quality ?

I put VBR, and put the cursor on Highest quality. But is this enough?

A highest MP3 quality is worst than the monkey one ? I'm affraid monkey is not very standard, and cannot be played on any player.

Where can I download some doc explaining the basics ?

I've around 1000. CDs and want to avoid to rip them twice...

Any possiblity also to rip through a bat or command line ?

Thanks

[LtData]

Re: Best config for CD ripping

Here's a link to Spoon's explanation of audio formats:

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/spoons-audio-guide-formats.htm

And yes, mp3 is the standard for portable players, but some newer players, such as the Rio Karma support Ogg Vorbis and FLAC. Monkeys is a good format to use for archiving your CDs and to listen to them on your computer.

And yes, monkey's will sound better than mp3, as mp3 throws away some of the audio that we cannot here (i.e. above 20kHz), but monkey's is lossess, albeit at the expense of larger file sizes.

[Dens]

Re: Best config for CD ripping

Thankx for the link.

Do you know about atrac format ?

It seems that the Sony NetWalkman only reads Atrac. Any mean to workaround this ?

Any mean to launch a batch command to convert a hundred files from Monkey to mp3 or mp4 or Atrac?

[xoas]

Re: Best config for CD ripping

dMC will do batch conversions (and you can access this through a command line interface-see the Developers' forum for more on this) but only Sony offers the software to convert from other formats to Atrac. I cannot say whether their software will do batch conversions. I am not sure about whether NetMD only accepts Atrac. The one review I consulted indicated that the NetMD would handle raw mp3, wav or wma files but in describing the software it appears that these are not saved as wav, mp3 or wma but that they have to be converted to Atrac.

Assuming you have a Walkman you might as well hold on to it but its use of proprietary programming and very strict use of digital rights management features makes it a user unfriendly device. That being said, I'll bet there are lots of people who are very happy with their Walkmen.

What you want to avoid, AT ALL COSTS, is to save Atrac files on your computer as your primary storage means. This is because you will find it difficult to convert these same files to anything else later on (there may be a workabout available, which we can discuss should you have a need to).

Save your files in one of the lossless formats (if you have the disk space) or other format of your choice. Become familiar with the requirements of your NetMD software if you save to a "lossy" format so you can be assured of easy conversion. Convert your saved files to Atrac ONLY to transfer them to your NetMD.

Hope this answers your questions.
Best wishes,
Bill Mikkelsen