sptw
08-13-2002, 07:29 PM
So, if you have a new Portable MP3 player and a lot of Original Cds, then i think the EAC ( Exact Audio Copy) program is for you.The method for extracting music digitally from CD is Called "Digital Audio Extraction" or DAE.What make this EAC program different from others like Musicmatch Jukebox or AudioGrabber is that EAC reads the audio data one sector at a time, then reads it again, compares the 2 reads, and if they match, moves to the next one. If the 2 reads of a sector don't match, EAC reads it again and again until 2 reads match - and if that doesn't happen it flags an error for you so you know the rip wasn't perfect. NO other program does this.the price for this is that EAC is slooowww at reading a disc compared to those other programs. Most of the time you won't see rip speeds higher than about 4x using EAC, while the others might report 12x or more.The difference is the other programs just rip the data, don't check it, and don't let you know if there was a problem.For those that it doesn't matter, no problem, because there's a fast option too.EAC has a lot of features beside that above, but i think the main is that.
Take the Exact Audio Copy (EAC) program here (http://www1.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=107).It has a nice interface, works like a charm, and the best it's Free, yes Free.
Take the Exact Audio Copy (EAC) program here (http://www1.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=107).It has a nice interface, works like a charm, and the best it's Free, yes Free.