Alternative to iTunes for ripping music?
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AudioCatalyst (fushion of XingMP3 encoder and audiograbber). Absolutely and unbelievably costumizable. You set up a file and directory naming convention and it will take care of the rest. If you wanted your files to be named (example of result): "DeeBye's Tunes - 01 - Eat It - Weird Al Yankovic - The Food Album - 1995 - PS Don't forget the track number is_03 - PSS DeeBye is super cool.mp3", you could do it*. Your directories can be by Artist -> Album, or whatever. It will retrieve CDDB information and complete the ID3 tags too. Excelent rip settings up to ~320 VBR encoding (setting you choose is always the minimum bit rate used). Will normalize files between percentage you choose.

It does cost $29.95 for a full license. There is a free version that will never expire. The only difference is the free version will only allow you to rip a random set of half the tracks. Each time you open the program you will get a new set, so you can open it 2+ times until you have had the option to rip every track.

*Poster makes no warranty, express or implied, as to the maximum characters allowed in naming conventions. All information valid through 12/31/04. Poster assumes no responsibilty for inaccurate, outdated, or otherwise inappropriate information. AudioCatalyst is copyright Xing Technologies, Inc. all rights reserved.
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Alternative to iTunes for ripping music? - by the Langolier - 01-10-2006, 06:15 AM

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