EAC V0.95 prebeta 5
Reply #39 – 2004-03-11 15:46:11
Ok, here is what I did to get the AccurateRip feature working 1. Went to AccurateRip.com 2. Downloaded and ran dMC AccurateRip Function. 3. Downloaded and ran AccurateRip Database 4. Copied accuraterip.dll from C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpowerAMP to EAC Directory 5. Viewed the AccurateRip Key Disc database 6. Found 5-10 discs that I owned. 7. Inserted a disc into Drive 8. Launched EAC 9. EAC Recognized drive and disc and diplayed offsets. 10. Went to EAC Drive Options Menu -> Offsets, Offsets are greyed out indicating that AccurateRip has determined the offsets for my system. It took a while to figure all of this out, but we'll see as I go forward. Later, That's EXACTLY how it works. EAC + AccurateRip use the database of already checked key CDs to determine the offset. I downloaded the new version of EAC, installed it; downloaded AccurateRip and copied the .dll to the EAC directory; downladed and installed the AccurateRip dbase to the EAC directory. Fired up EAC, popped in my Disturbed - Believe CD (it's on the checked key list) and wham, it set my offset for me. Done. That took maybe 4 minutes total from start to finish. Have you ever used EAC to create an Offset CD? When you create that CD it's used for (duh) detecting the offset of a drive. When you use a checked key CD the apparent offset is already known so it's basically a snap to test your drive for it. That's the beauty of EAC + AccurateRip. The concept is simply awesome, but again as I often do, I begin to wonder: Just how much trouble should we really go through to get CD quality encodings if we already own the CD? There has to be a point of diminishing returns and effort just to have some music to go, doesn't there? I mean really, how good does the ripping and encoding have to be? When is *good enough* really *good enough*? br0adband