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by Grant-4
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>> I'd like to rip my CD collection to FLAC files and be 100% sure I've
>> created perfect bit-for-bit copies. Does musicbrainz and/or picard
>> have any functionality that would help with this? I've read that
>> every FLAC file contains a checksum. Maybe that would help?
>
> The FLAC checksum won't tell you whether the rip was good since it's
> created from the wav file you get after the ripping process, it only tells
> you whether or not the file has become corrupted at some point after that.
>
> What you want is Exact Audio Copy and AccurateRip, [1] is a reasonable
> guide for how to set up EAC for the best ripping, though I'm sure you can
> find some newer ones if you look. The important thing is that you
> configure AccurateRip, just feed it cds until it's happy. After that you
> can rip your collection with Burst mode or whatever else you want. Just
> watch out for any tracks which don't pass AccurateRip, or which aren't in
> the database. In that case you might want to use Secure mode and maybe
>> created perfect bit-for-bit copies. Does musicbrainz and/or picard
>> have any functionality that would help with this? I've read that
>> every FLAC file contains a checksum. Maybe that would help?
>
> The FLAC checksum won't tell you whether the rip was good since it's
> created from the wav file you get after the ripping process, it only tells
> you whether or not the file has become corrupted at some point after that.
>
> What you want is Exact Audio Copy and AccurateRip, [1] is a reasonable
> guide for how to set up EAC for the best ripping, though I'm sure you can
> find some newer ones if you look. The important thing is that you
> configure AccurateRip, just feed it cds until it's happy. After that you
> can rip your collection with Burst mode or whatever else you want. Just
> watch out for any tracks which don't pass AccurateRip, or which aren't in
> the database. In that case you might want to use Secure mode and maybe
Thank you very much for the info. That database sounds interesting.
Is there a way to access it other than from within the software?
Can musicbrainz be used to aid in this process? I'd like to be able
to verify CD rips I didn't make myself as well.
- Grant
> even Test & Copy (copies it twice and compares crcs). For most albums
> burst is fine though since AR already checks the quality of the rip.
>
> [1] http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=30959
>
> - Per (Wizzcat)
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