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Questions about dbpoweramp and accurate rip

What are the best settings for dbpoweramp for lame mp3?

Is accurate rip secure?

Should i use C2 pointers?

Questions about dbpoweramp and accurate rip

Reply #1 –
Quote from: eboyer93 on
What are the best settings for dbpoweramp for lame mp3?

Is accurate rip secure?

Should i use C2 pointers?

Do you mean the LAME quality setting found on this screen?



The lower the -V setting, the bigger the files. Generally -V4 or below is indistinguishible from the source. -V2 is transparent on all but the most problem samples.

I recommend trying -V4 first, if that sounds good, then you'll save a heap of space. But if it isn't good, move the slider to the right one notch.

The bitrates will work out something like this:
-V4 ~165 Kbps
-V3 ~175 Kbps
-V2 ~190 Kbps.

Obviously these are just averages, it all depends on how hard or easy each song is to encode, which is the beauty of VBR. You know you are always using space as efficiently as possible.

AccurateRip means the rip was secure. But also it means that your rip of the CD was compared with an online database of other results obtained by other people ripping the same CD. So if your rip says it ripped with an AccurateRip of say 5, that means 5 other people around the world ripped the same pressing and got the same results, which means your rip must be accurate. There is only a tiny chance that someone else around the world ripped the CD and got exactly the same ERROR as you.

Only use C2 pointers if they are well supported by the drive you are using to rip with. To see if C2 pointers are supported on your drive, run the C2 detection. Find a scratched CD in your collection, click the OPTIONS button at the top, then click SECURE OPTIONS, then scroll down to where it says C2 Error Pointers for Error Detection. Put the scratched CD in your drive, then click DETECT C2 SUPPORT. Then leave the computer alone for a few minutes, and it should figure out if your drive supports C2 properly.

Questions about dbpoweramp and accurate rip

Reply #2 –
i dont want to use variable bit rate so i am going to use cbr at 320kbps.

Questions about dbpoweramp and accurate rip

Reply #3 –
Quote from: eboyer93 on
i dont want to use variable bit rate so i am going to use cbr at 320kbps.

You use what you choose, but there is no audible difference between a 320 cbr mp3 and one with equivalent vbr encoding, except that the vbr mp3 will be very significantly smaller (you asked for the "best settings").

Questions about dbpoweramp and accurate rip

Reply #4 –
is there any problems with accurate rip

Questions about dbpoweramp and accurate rip

Reply #5 –
% wise there is no better way of ripping accurately (than with accuraterip).