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Ripping CDs using foobar2000

Disclaimer: I probably know a lot less about ripping, encoding and fb2k than you do.

Music Match Jukebox 7.5 was the first software I used to rip CDs. 3 years later it is still the main software I use. I tried EAC, but it took way too long and often produced glitches I did not hear using MMJB.

My method of placing music on to my PC is:

1. rip into *.wav files using MMJB in the following directory/file name structure:
f:\music\The Beatles\Abbey Road\01 - The Beatles - Come Together.wav

2. after ripping about 20 CDs or so I'll create a text file of these file names
dir f:\music\*.wav /s /b > songlist1.txt

3. I open songlist1.txt and paste it into an Excel sheet where I parse each line to create a command line that encodes an *.mp3 file with proper tags:
lame.exe --alt-preset standard --tn "01" --ta "The Beatles" --tl "Abbey Road" --tt "Come Together" "f:\music\The Beatles\Abbey Road\01 - The Beatles - Come Together.wav" "f:\music\The Beatles\Abbey Road\01 - The Beatles - Come Together.mp3"

4. I copy all these command lines and paste them into a *.bat file and run it right before I go to sleep.

5. When I wake up, I look to see if all my *.mp3 files were created properly. They usually are, and so I delete my *.wav files.
del f:\music\*.wav /s


This served me well until two months ago when a couple of new CDs created a file length does not match length from WAVE header error when using burrrn to make a backup.

Ripping using foobar2000 does not give me the above error, however I have no idea how to use fb2K to look up file names (freeDB?)

Knowing nothing about any fb2k plug-ins, except using diskwriter to create *.wav files, can someone tell my how I might create *.wav files, or (better yet) encoded *.mp3 files, using foobar2000 to resemble the ripped file names and directory structure I get from MMJB?
f:\music\The Beatles\Abbey Road\01 - The Beatles - Come Together.wav


Thanks.

Ripping CDs using foobar2000

Reply #1 –
have you tried CDex? it's pretty fast, and is pretty good for quality.
 

Ripping CDs using foobar2000

Reply #2 –
I would not recommend using foobar0.9 for ripping at this stage in a "production" environment. It is still beta.

Use something else (CDex or EAC). You can find profiles pre-configured for EAC in the internet. Just google.