Rip To .FLAC

jrwagh333 · 23 Feb 2009 at 17:53

Hi,
Is there a programme I can use for free to rip my CD's to .flac?

Cheers

Django x2 · 23 Feb 2009 at 17:55

Exact Audio Copy (EAC).

But also, CDeX as this rips to WMA which is also lossless.

asim18 · 23 Feb 2009 at 19:16

dBpoweramp is total awesomeness. It managed to rescue my Michael Jackson CD which was scratched near the end and jittered like hell.

You can also use Foobar.

swinnie · 23 Feb 2009 at 19:55

EAC wins by a country mile and a half.

Once setup, pop in the disk, get the FreeDB to tag it and then hit rip, forget about and its done.

jbloggs · 23 Feb 2009 at 19:57

I prefer dBpoweramp to EAC, just think it is a nicer bit of software to use...

Jimmy1983 · 5 Jun 2009 at 23:39

Right could someone give me a guide on how to rip from cd to .flac using dbpoweramp please?

Cant find much on via google.

Greenlizard0 · 6 Jun 2009 at 02:59

I keep trying different versions of EAC and for some reason it won't detect cds inserted into my optical drives on my PC. On another machine they're detected fine with a free little utility called "Freecdmp3ripper" which can convert to *.flac and *.wave files.

Hamster · 6 Jun 2009 at 16:18

Greenlizard0 said:
I keep trying different versions of EAC and for some reason it won't detect cds inserted into my optical drives on my PC. On another machine they're detected fine with a free little utility called "Freecdmp3ripper" which can convert to *.flac and *.wave files.

From memory that sounds like an aspi driver issue.

Seft · 6 Jun 2009 at 16:37

http://blowfish.be/eac/ has detailed instructions on how to make perfect rips using EAC

Greenlizard0 · 6 Jun 2009 at 19:31

JoeMama said:
From memory that sounds like an aspi driver issue.

Fair fella. My optical drives are Samsung generic jobbies (from here I think)..

Spyhop · 6 Jun 2009 at 19:35

Can dBPowerAmp make as good a rip as EAC (down to the picky probably-placebo settings level)? It is a much better designed app.

Calabi · 6 Jun 2009 at 20:01

The full paid for version can I think, but unless your discs are really scratched to pieces then I doubt you would notice the difference even in the free versions.

dBPoweramp is a lot less hassle and it has that auto cd database checking thing.

chaosophy · 6 Jun 2009 at 21:21

EAC also has the 'auto cd database checking thing'

Calabi · 7 Jun 2009 at 16:39

True, but EAC doesnt have all the pretty icons.

IAmATeaf · 7 Jun 2009 at 19:34

Slighty OT, so sorry but what would you use to get a FLAC rip back onto CD?

asim18 · 7 Jun 2009 at 19:49

IAmATeaf said:
Slighty OT, so sorry but what would you use to get a FLAC rip back onto CD?

dBpoweramp CD Writer

Hamster · 7 Jun 2009 at 20:20

IAmATeaf said:
Slighty OT, so sorry but what would you use to get a FLAC rip back onto CD?

Using the cue file created with EAC if you're using it, then EAC itself

IAmATeaf · 7 Jun 2009 at 21:47

JoeMama said:
Using the cue file created with EAC if you're using it, then EAC itself

Can you do anything if you don't have the CUE file?

Hamster · 7 Jun 2009 at 23:57

IAmATeaf said:
Can you do anything if you don't have the CUE file?

Yes, you can burn a CD directly from FLAC files using most software eg burrrn, nero etc but you won't have the correct gaps between the tracks. The only way of getting an identical copy of the cd with correct gaps is with a correctly created cue file.

Greenlizard0 · 11 Jun 2009 at 18:38

JoeMama said:
From memory that sounds like an aspi driver issue.

Does anybody know how to rectify this issue? I'm using Vista 64