Exact Audio Copy VS X Lossless Decoder

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Exact Audio Copy mentions (6)

• Program to automatically identify music file, download album art and lyrics? Ripping tons of CDs to my iPod lately. Recently got Cochlear Implant and training my brain to recognize sounds and musics now.

  Mac or PC? X Lossless Decoder and Exact Audio Copy both have native metadata support. Source: 11 months ago

• Multidisk CD player

  Are you sure you want to do this. Put them on a Network Attached Storage NAS. It may sound daunting buts its easy if you have a computer and free software like EAC. It finds all the data like song titles and artwork. https://exactaudiocopy.de/. If only 50 CDs you can use a thumb drive. Source: about 1 year ago

• Question from a newbie: what's the most quality-preserving way to rip CDs

  Until now I've downloaded all my music from streaming services but I want to rip the few CDs that I have at home. I've searched online for a good way to rip them with as little quality loss as possible and I've found this dBpoweramp and Exact Audio Copy to be the gold standard but I can't quite decide on what's best or even if there's an even better option. I should also note that I'm quite technical and not... Source: over 1 year ago

• …still a lot of “holes”…but I’m getting there

  If you're interested in helping out, I suggest using Exact Audio Copy and configuring it according to this guide here, though I totally understand if you don't want to do this. Source: almost 2 years ago

• …still a lot of “holes”…but I’m getting there

  If that sounds like something you're OK with doing, I suggest using https://exactaudiocopy.de and configuring it accordingly to https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b1JJsuZj2TdiXs--XDvuKdhFUdKCdB_1qrmOMGkyveg/. Source: almost 2 years ago

X Lossless Decoder mentions (39)

• Bandcamp support is faltering – maybe you should download your music now

  It supports ALAC. There’s a handy app called XLD (X Lossless Decoder) that will convert from FLAC to ALAC (and probably back) in a couple clicks if you need it. Lossless means I don’t really need to care whether my music is in an equivalent format, but I will admit it’s a bit silly. https://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Audio encoding question

  I would be surprised if XLD cannot do what you want. Source: 9 months ago

• This error keeps showing up when I try to import a CD. Any reason for that or any advice?

  Please ignore the misinformation in this thread about CDs being too old to be ripped, and download XLD and follow this guide. Source: 10 months ago

• What is your favorite mac app that you just discover in first half of 2023?

  I don't have any OPUS files, but personally, I'm fine with MP3s, so typically, I just run songs through XLD. Source: 10 months ago

• Moving CDs to ext. HD on Studio

  Take a look at XLD, it supports lossless formats (flac, alac, wav, aiff) as well as standard compressed formats. It also checks online services for metadata and album art. I ripped a ton of CDs with it. Source: 10 months ago