CD-Ripper improvements

[VX]

1. I miss an option to submit new data to MusicBrainz and FreeDB.

Music Bee uses both online databases to update tags, but doesn't allow to submit data from ripped Audio-CDs to the services to make it better and more accurate.


2. Easier access to CD-Ripper Preferences (located in File Converter Preferences).

A significant usability improvement would be if the File Converter settings were accessible from the chosen profile in CD Rip Settings not only from the separate section in MB preferences. IMHO, the way it is designed today is a little bit inconsistent and could be confusing, especially for newcomers.

[Steven]

I have had a couple of people comment before that they couldnt find the encoding settings for the CD ripper. The encoding settings are also used by the File Converter so thats why it has its own preferences tab. But i will look to make an improvement

[greenday1987]

Use EAC for ripping and http://blowfish.be/eac/ guide

[VX]

Use EAC for ripping and http://blowfish.be/eac/ guide

I was using EAC until I've found MucicBee, which is all-in-one-but-not-bloated-solution that meets (almost) all my needs when it comes to Audio files Playing and Management. Thanks, Steven  btw

IMHO, MuiscBee CD-Ripper is not worse than EAC or Easy CD-DA Audio Extractor or Foobar CD ripping tool, but it needs more polish in order new users could discover its strengths. That's why I suggested to redesign the CD-Ripper Preferences - make it easy accessible (not via File Converter Preferences only) and more informative.

If you like extensive EAC Ripping guide, why don't create similar for MusicBee 
What MB really lacks is self-explanatory help file and/or informative Wiki page. But I believe it could change in the near feature. There are a few simple steps to achieve this. Any help with this would be appreciated :-)

I guess some resources used in the linked guide could be useful for MusicBee CD-Ripper as well.

[greenday1987]

MB is epic and I love that I found it on another forum. But only EAC tests+copies & rips bit-for-bit. Therefore EAC is the only ripping tool I use.
CD>'Proper' FLAC (with EAC for archiving)>V0 (Usually with dBpoweramp out of habit for listening to on PC and MP3 player)

[Steven]

just to correct what you said, not trying to convince you to use MB - but thats not true about EAC being the only one testing bit-by-bit.
In MB, the setting is referred to as "Secure rip with error recovery". It rips/ re-reads such that any caching is defeated and tests bit-by-bit, retrying until it gets an exact match or reports a failure after too many retries. However anyone reading this, if your CD is in good condition it really shouldnt be necessary to use this mode and at least doubles the time it takes to rip - you could just use the accurate rip validation which is faster