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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: EAC/Lame THE ANSWER !!!Re: EAC/Lame THE ANSWER !!!
From: Johan Vromans <jvromans_at_squirrel.nl>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 12:10:33 +0100 "Fred Maxwell" <rockbox_at_anti-spam.org> writes: > Stop with the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt). EAC is distributed > free of charge and has no hidden spyware, etc. [...] EAC has been > widely used for years and it doesn't call home, store undocumented > data, etc. You want me to believe this on _your_ word? > The guy who distributes it is one of the nicest, most decent people > you'll meet. What's keeping him from open sourcing it? The 'nice guy' even forbids trying to disassemble/decompile the program. > It simply works better than anything else. It does not work for me, since I don't run Windows. > There are no comparable open source tools of which I am aware. EAC > is the only ripper I have found which actually goes to great lengths > to assure that the rip is error-free before passing it on to the > encoder. Tools like cdparanoia[1] are well-known for the extreme amount of effort they put in trying to get an errof-free rip. I wouldn't be surprised if EAC used a cdparanoia derivate. Of course, there's no way to find out. > It doesn't automatically invoke the MP3 encoder. It does not do > Freedb title lookups. Although all this is undisputably an advantage, it is minor. E.g., this is how I do it (from the Linux command prompt): % rip This invokes the ripper, then the encoder, and then tags the files with ID3 info. All free, open source, platform independent tools. -- Johan [1] http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/index.html Received on 2003-12-20 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |