Hello everybody,


I have used vorbis for a month and love it. Yes I am a beginner and just wonder whether I am doing everything all right or, else, if I can improve...

I am ripping via dppoweramp while most people in this forum and out seems to use mostly those ufficial utilities oggenc etc. with or without grap interface. Do you think I should avoid sw like dbpoweramp?

Also, which player do you use? I am playing my files with XMPplay, wonderful, I guess the smallest one.

Thank you.

I've never read any analysis of the ripping capabilities of dbPowerAmp, but Exact Audio Copy is well known as one of (if not) the best rippers around. Once setup to create OGGs, it's very easy to use. No DOS windows or anything like that. A quick google search unveils this tutorial for setting it up. It should work for you.

I've been a Winamp (not version 3) user for a long time and have never really tried anything else.

I know Spoon is working on a new ripper, if all is well he reports 100% accuracy
I'm sure he'll be along soon to tell us more.
Personally I use EAC and feel confident in its abilities and does all I want from it.

I had a look to EAC and the tutorial, but ... is it really better than dppoweramp? And where is better? I just wonder if it is really worth going through all that whil dbp is so simple. Of course, sometimes if you want good results you have to ... work harder, it's ok with that, I just do not understand why eac should be regarded as better and would appreciate very much if someone could explain it to me...

Thanks

EAC will probably do a better job than PowerAmp when dealing with scratched or damaged CDs. When the CD is brand new out of the package, there will probably be very little difference. If you're planning on doing a lot of ripping in the future and rip quality is important to you (archiving as opposed to encoding for convenience), I would suggest learning EAC as soon as possible because it's a very powerful program.

I'm not familiar with all the technical details. Suffice to say, EAC is more thorough when analyzing the data on the CD and can better correct errors when ripping from a scratched or damaged CD. Look at this thread here for a comparison between EAC & CDex, another good (open source, unlike EAC) ripper.

This thread seems like it should really be in the CD Hardware/Software forum.

Just to add fuel to the fire...I have run tests on about 500 CDs (in various states) and I have seen EAC report a disc has no errors, when it clearly does (CRC the resulting wave file) - AccurateRip a new feature of dBpowerAMP has given me a 100% error detection ratio so far. Although saying that I expect it will be many months before this new version of dBpowerAMP is released.