Ripping CDs on OSX
Currently, I am converting all my CD collection to digital format because my CD players started failing. A while ago, I tried doing it on Windows and it looked OK with EAC. Unfortunately, my setup now id OSX-based (a mac mini). After investigating a lot, I came up with the following setup:
Hardware:
- Mac Mini (mine is a late 2012)
- Samsung SE-506CB/RSBD
Software:
- OSX Yosemite
- XLD which I use to convert to Apple Lossless (m4a)
XLD has a bit of configuration thing which is not really intuitive, the track/album naming. Here is a table with all known placeholders:
| Shortcut | Description | Used |
|---|---|---|
| %A | Album artist | X |
| %a | Track artist | |
| %c | Composer | |
| %D | Disk number | |
| %f | Encoding format | |
| %g | Genre | |
| %I | Disk ID | |
| %i | International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) | |
| %m | Media Catalog Number (MCN) | |
| %n | Track number | X |
| %T | Album title | X |
| %t | Track title | X |
| %y | Year | X |
My encoding string is: %A - %T - %y/%n - %t
HTH,