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Exact Audio Copy 0.99 Pre-Beta 5
Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP / Freeware / 45,697 downloads
Exact Audio Copy allows you to get audio tracks off a CD and save them to your hard drive. It uses the Windows ASPI Interface, so both SCSI and ATAPI CD-ROM drives are supported. It supports hidden sector synchronization and has a secure, fast and burst extraction method selectable. Fast extraction should get the same speed as other grabbers, but is probably not exact anymore. Burst mode just grabs the audio data without any synchronization. It allows you to output of time positions of all non-exact corrections and listen to these positions. You can also copy of ranges of music data, not only tracks. Automatic Speed reduction on errors and fallback afterwards ensures that your music will still sound decent. It uses the Windows Audio Compression Manager for direct compression to MP3 or WAV. It also supports external MP3, VQF, RA and AAC encoders for automatic compression after extraction. Filename editing is easy with local and remote CDDB database and CDPLAYER.INI support and more features like ID3 tagging.
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ivaReviewing 0.99 Pre-Beta 5 (Jul 3, 2009)
Using this program seems to be a useful program but after ripping cd's to your hard drive in accurate rip is fine but what is needed is this program needs a cd burning capabilty so that it will burn these same files to cd. If this program had this it would rate highly but sadly it doesn't.
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Fafner76
Reviewing 0.99 Pre-Beta 5 (May 10, 2009)
Used it a lot in the past, never used it in my new PC till today. Don't know what's wrong, but extraction speed is unbelievably slow for me although I'm using the very same settings I always used, doesn't even go past 2x where Easy CD-DA Extractor goes around 25x.
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zollnerReviewing 0.99 Pre-Beta 5 (May 10, 2009)
Simply the best quality at any price.
A tiny bug: the extraction option "Create .m3u playlist on extraction" appears to be broken. -
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DudeBoyzReviewing 0.99 prebeta 4 (Sep 3, 2008)
UPDATE 10-29-08: I had occassion to use this application in depth on a set of audio book cd's that were pretty scuffed up.
Bonk Encoder 1.0.9 does not have the type of error correction that EAC does, and though it was able to rip the CD, I noticed that there were actually small errors at the times where I saw the program pausing during the rip.
Used EAC and though it took about 4 times longer, the result was 100% error free when listening to the rip.
I'm glad this app is free, and I'm glad this app is out there.
It's one of those special use applications that you are really grateful to have available, even if the need for it is infrequent.
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
Basically, this particular app offers Better Error Correction Functions than the average ripper. It simply tries harder to ensure a top-quality rip. It doesn't take anything for granted or make assumptions, it just get's all up in the face of your hardware and says "Hey, you WILL do that extra work, so suck it up and get it done - the right way!"
Is it overhyped? Meh. Maybe.
Is the development too slow? Errr... Yeah.
Is it worth moving up from the ever-awesome AudioGrabber program? Mmmm... Ya Betcha!
Is it still worth using when you have an awesome solution like Bonk Encoder out there?
Well, that's a bit of a different situation there. But I do think using both will get you the best of two worlds.
Makes dbPoweramp look like a chew-toy, don't it? :)
Especially since it's totally FREE.
With EAC and Bonk available for no cost, why would anybody even want to consider paying coin for anything else? Throw in Audacity and MP3 Gain and you got yourself an unbeatable package of audio awesomeness, without spending a single hard-earned penny.
Save your money, blow on by those inferior apps (dbPoweramp is soooo "1980's Hair Band Fluffish...) and snag yourself a copy of EAC. It really is Just That Good.
To quote one of the greatest minds of our generation:
"Thank you, drive through."
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