What I'm having to get used to is the sheer number of features that MB has and how to make use of them.Ĭoncerning iTunes (and to take this post back to the topic), I've used iTunes in the past when I had an iPod Classic but didn't care for the program but I had to use it due to my iPod Classic. I don't listen to music on my computer but it seems that MB is about the same as MM. One thing I like about the syncing process is that it tells you what it is doing during the sync, and it does it a logical order (delete unwanted items, copy wanted items that are not on the player, and load/update playlists). Even when loading an entire 128gb memory card it only takes about an hour, which is much faster than with MM. MB was a massive improvement over MM when it comes to syncing my player. I checked around the Internet and found only good comments about the program, so I downloaded and installed it. In the quest for something that might work better I decided to give MusicBee a try. Basically, it took far too long (as in several hours) to sync my player with MM and it would sometimes lock up. I liked the cue+flac format.Click to expand.I just started using MusicBee (MB) due to an issue with my Sony Walkman NW-A45 and MediaMonkey (MM). I had experiences where ripping with all of the secure features slowed the thing to a crawl, but still ended up producing a file with the same data errors.
#MUSICBEE SWINSIAN FREE#
That is much, much, much better than the crappy free library that you are stuck with in EAC, which sometimes can't find the disc and usually retrieves tags loaded by some idiot who doesn't know how to format them correctly.Īs I think I mentioned somewhere above, I am switching form Windows to Mac (last windows computer died) and used to use EAC. When I tell XLD to subsequently load the disc it somehow finds the tags the iTunes retrieved. I put the disc in and iTunes recognizes it and retrieves tags from the real tag library.
I think it uses the same accuread system for checking read accuracy. I use it because it also can produce cue+flac rips on Mac.Īside from the brain-damaged buffer overflow when reading the volume label, it works flawlessly.
#MUSICBEE SWINSIAN PC#
When the PC died, I realized it does rips too. I started using it to convert my cue+flac rips to apple lossless so they could be played in iTunes.
I think you said the symptom was XLD freezing during pre-gap detection and then crashed? If I may speculate, that sounds like a classic "buffer overflow" type of programming defect in XLD where, the cause (max vol length that XLD can handle is too small) leads to an error manifested in something seemingly unrelated (freezing at pre-gap detection and then crashed).Ĭlick to expand.As I think I mentioned somewhere above, I am switching form Windows to Mac (last windows computer died) and used to use EAC. But if you're not interested in ripping on Windows, then it may not be meaningful to you. Learning curve is steep, but once set up, it is accurate and robust. It's a free tool (but no ads), offers a comprehensive set of settings for controlling the rip and dealing with read errors, but it does require a lot of effort to set it up for the most accurate rip, and also needs to be calibrated using good and bad CDs according to your drive's characteristics. Just wondering how iTune would compare to XLD in terms of accuracy/robustness. iTune was, um, not very good at ripping in the early days, but no doubt it has come a long way since then.
but just wondering, apart from this issue, which you can work around, does XLD work well for you? I saw you mentioned iTune. I have no idea about other CD rippers on Mac OS. Click to expand.I think you said the symptom was XLD freezing during pre-gap detection and then crashed? If I may speculate, that sounds like a classic "buffer overflow" type of programming defect in XLD where, the cause (max vol length that XLD can handle is too small) leads to an error manifested in something seemingly unrelated (freezing at pre-gap detection and then crashed).
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