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  1. #11
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    Default Re: Need recommendation for FLAC ripper

    Quote Originally Posted by Mag_Neato View Post
    I wonder if Apple will pull it from the app store?
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    Default Re: Need recommendation for FLAC ripper

    Quote Originally Posted by curtis View Post
    For portable devices, I just rip things to MP3 and keep them on my PC for syncing.

    For the media player hooked up to my main system, I rip to FLAC and store it on my NAS. It would be nice to stream FLAC from the cloud.

    The Apple lossless format is called ALAC, and it is supported by Apple devices, iTunes, and other media players as well.
    What kind of media player do you use for your main system?
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    Default Re: Need recommendation for FLAC ripper

    Quote Originally Posted by kinggimp82 View Post
    What kind of media player do you use for your main system?
    I have been using a Sonos for 3-4 years now. Before that, it was a Squeezebox.

    Sonos has a great user interface, and I like the iPhone/iPad app, but always looking at other solutions.
    -curtis

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    Default Re: Need recommendation for FLAC ripper

    I may very well be wrong, but I believe .mp4's have the option of being lossless.
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    Default Re: Need recommendation for FLAC ripper

    Dave, I think the suggestions above for ripping to FLAC are well supported. Playback then becomes the issue. If you were using a Mac and itunes there's a few software programs that will playback FLAC w/ itunes.....but if you're using itunes for windows it's different. If you used one of the suggestions above to rip to FLAC, maybe you would be better off switching to a different program for playback, possibly something like this.....http://www.jriver.com/index.html
    I'm use a Mac for playback, so I don't have this, BUT it offers a free trial......

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    Default Re: Need recommendation for FLAC ripper

    If you're not totally committed to FLAC, Apple lossless should be just fine. On Windows, it is limited to CD quality, but that is all you need for ripping CDs. If you still want to stick with FLAC, then you need something other than ITunes. JRiver is supposed to be the best, but it costs money. Media Monkey is supposed to be pretty good, and it is free. I imagine there are others as well.

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    Default Re: Need recommendation for FLAC ripper

    I may misunderstand the issue as I don't use MAC or iOS (iTunes), but VLC both rips and plays the media on Windows, MAC and iOS. It is also free.
    Last edited by JustaSheep; 07-15-2012 at 10:46 AM. Reason: Just reworded

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    Default Re: Need recommendation for FLAC ripper

    Last year I ripped several crates of CDs from my brother using dBpoweramp Reference. I think it was more than 500 discs total. I ripped to FLAC, and then later used the converter component of the suite to create ALAC versions for my brother since he uses iTunes exclusively. Everything worked without a hitch! He had a large number of classical discs, and the ability to import ALL the detailed meta-data from various online databases was absolutely priceless. dBpoweramp is very mature and powerful and I have no regrets about the nominal fee.

    For local playback I use Foobar2000 (lean open-source player) and I also keep the files on my WHS server and stream them to my networked receiver.

    BK

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    Default Re: Need recommendation for FLAC ripper

    I'm way late to this party but in case anyone else is looking, there's the free CUETools/CUERipper, http://www.cuetools.net/wiki/CUERipper, in addition to the others mentioned. It supports AccurateRip, etc.

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    Default Re: Need recommendation for FLAC ripper

    I use JRiver (www.jriver.com). It's $50 for the software, but it's a full blown media server software. So no only do I rip all my CD's to FLAC, I've started purchasing 192/24 and 96/24 audio from HDtracks. JRiver also supports high quality audio devices via ASIO. I have an Echo AudioFire 12 and attach it to my media PC via Firewire and send the audio via ASIO. So not only to I get lossless rips, and even higher quality audio when available, it get's processed via a high quality DA device vs. the limited on board sound chip.

    I also use it for watching and recording live TV with dual HD HomeRun Duel's and I purchased AnyDVD HD so now I can watch all the Blu-ray moves on my media center.

    With this setup I went from 4 audio IO devices to just using the media PC with an improvement in sound quality and an improvement in video quality over Windows MC (Win 7).

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