Posted by Moo on 12/04/05 20:13

"Moo" <rodneylowe@roonster.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:dmvhgh$4a1$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...
> I'm transferring my CD collection onto my PC using CDex v 1.51 and as far
> as I can tell everything works well.
>
> Since there doesn't appear to be any specifics on the volume that the
> final MP3 will be at within CDex (with the exception of normalize, which I
> don't want) I decided to see what volumes they were at using MP3Gain (I
> assumed the final volume was relative to whatever the original CD is at).
>
> I was suprised to see that it listed many of the tracks as 'clipping',
> which seems to be a bad thing.
>
> Listening to the tracks, I cannot hear any problems so is it something I
> should be concerned about?
>
> Is CDex a good CD ripper, it appears functional and does everything I need
> it to although it could do tags a bit better as it doesn't seem to always
> add the artists name, is there another ripping program I should use?
>
> I'm about 1/2 way through my CD collection so if CDex is buggering things
> up I'd rather know now than get all the way through!
>
> I am encoding using the Lame MP3 encoder 1.30 engine 3.92, MPEG 1, very
> high quality at 320 kbps.
>
> Thanks for any replies!
>
> Moo
>

Also should I be using --alt-preset insane as opposed to Very High Quality
(q=0)?

I know that 320Kbps is quite high but since HD space isn't really an issue
these days I thought I would go for the best available...

Should I be using VBR? If so what settings?

[Back to original message]