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Best audio encoding software

What is the best audio encoding software to check for errors?  Is it EAC?

Best audio encoding software

Reply #1 –
What is this, attack of the non-searchers?

Are you asking for an accurate CD ripper, a program to check your already ripped/encoded audio files for decompression errors, or what? In all cases, you could probably find plenty of information on all of these topics by searching, e.g. past threads on this very forum by using its own search or Google.

Best audio encoding software

Reply #2 –
Quote from: mybarnacles on
What is the best audio encoding software to check for errors?  Is it EAC?
Extracting the audio from a CD is called "Ripping" or "Digital Audo Extraction".    You can get errors during ripping. 

The format used on audio CDs is not as fool-proof as regular data storage formats (i.e. WAV or MP3 files), and the software doesn't always know that there's been an error.  I assume this is so the CD keeps-on playing if there's an error (scratch etc.).  If you're playing a WAV or MP3 file and you get an error, the computer will report an error and playback will stop.

"Encoding" is converting and optionally compressing to a particular format such as FLAC or MP3.  Encoding is normally error-free, although it can be lossy (MP3, AAC) or lossless (FLAC).  Encoding is done after ripping, although it can be done automatically by the ripping program,

EAC is a good ripping program that tries to rip without errors, and it tells you if it detects an error.  EAC (and some other ripping programs) have a feature called Accurate Rip[/u] which allows you to compare your ripped data to a database and confirm a good rip.

CD players (and player software) have "error-hiding", so sometimes a damaged/scratched CD will play fine, but you'll get errors when you rip it and you might hear a defect when you play the ripped file.
 

Best audio encoding software

Reply #3 –
http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/

Here is the link to our Wiki (also found at the top of the forum).  I recommend looking at the following articles first:
Secure Ripping
AccurateRip
Exact Audio Copy
DBPowerAmp