Looking for a little advice here as I've not done any ripping for... well... years.
My first MP3 player was an Archos Jukebox Recorder 20 onto which I ripped a fair amount of CDs with their recording software. I seem to remember a lot of them sounded a bit pap.
I now own an iPod and having recently purchase 1TB worth of NAS storage I'm seriously considering re-ripping my entire CD collection as storage space is not an issue.
However it's no longer a case of ripping an mp3 and choosing a bitrate from what I understand - there's all these new fangled formats to choose from!
What I am asking I guess, is what format should I be using that will get me good CD quality rips that are compatible firstly with my iPod, but hopefully with any other devices I may get in the future.
FLAC? AAC? It's all gibberish to me!
Thanks for any help.
My first MP3 player was an Archos Jukebox Recorder 20 onto which I ripped a fair amount of CDs with their recording software. I seem to remember a lot of them sounded a bit pap.
I now own an iPod and having recently purchase 1TB worth of NAS storage I'm seriously considering re-ripping my entire CD collection as storage space is not an issue.
However it's no longer a case of ripping an mp3 and choosing a bitrate from what I understand - there's all these new fangled formats to choose from!
What I am asking I guess, is what format should I be using that will get me good CD quality rips that are compatible firstly with my iPod, but hopefully with any other devices I may get in the future.
FLAC? AAC? It's all gibberish to me!
Thanks for any help.