https://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=BetoHydrogenaudio Knowledgebase - User contributions [en]2026-05-03T09:09:12ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.44.2https://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User:Beto/foobar2000&diff=17487User:Beto/foobar20002007-06-28T18:11:45Z<p>Beto: </p>
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I use [[foobar2000]] as my main media player. It is a very powerful and customizable tool, though I do not think I am a customization freak. Most stuff I just rip off from others and tweak to my personal taste. {{smiley|D}}<br />
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Current config to be included in the near future.<br />
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Old contents moved to the [[User:Beto/foobar2000/Archives|archives page]] .</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User:Beto/foobar2000&diff=17486User:Beto/foobar20002007-06-28T18:09:46Z<p>Beto: Replacing page with '__NOTOC__
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I use foobar2000 as my main media player. It is a very powerful and customizable tool, though I do not think I am a customization freak. Most st...'</p>
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I use [[foobar2000]] as my main media player. It is a very powerful and customizable tool, though I do not think I am a customization freak. Most stuff I just rip off from others and tweak to my personal taste. {{smiley|D}}<br />
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Current config to be included in the near future.<br />
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Old contents moved to the archive page.</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User:Beto/foobar2000/Archives&diff=17485User:Beto/foobar2000/Archives2007-06-28T18:09:19Z<p>Beto: New page: You find here older versions of my foobar page. ==foobar2000 current screenshot== My current foobar This is my current foobar. It is based in [http://mus...</p>
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<div>You find here older versions of my foobar page.<br />
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==foobar2000 current screenshot==<br />
[[Image:Foobar1.jpg|thumb|200px|My current foobar]]<br />
This is my current foobar. It is based in [http://music.morbo.org/wiki/columns_ui:manual columnsUI] with [[Foobar2000:0.9_Single_Column_Playlist_%28foo_uie_single_column_playlist%29|single column playlist]]. The single column code is based in mazy's wonderful testcase presented [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=47810&view=findpost&p=426016 here] and tweaked by me.<br />
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There are also three [[Foobar2000:0.9_Track_Info_Panel_Mod_%28foo_uie_trackinfo_mod%29|trackinfo mod panels]] to display details about the current playing song and the progressbar (on top of the screenshot).<br />
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At the right you can find [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:0.9_Album_Art_Panel_%28foo_uie_albumart%29 album art panel] that displays the cover of the CD that is playing.<br />
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Right below the blue [http://wiki.bowron.us/index.php/Foobar2000 foo browser panels] make it easier to navigate through the media library.<br />
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==foobar2000 scripts and codes==<br />
===trackinfo mod panels code===<br />
====top panel====<br />
This code scrolls the title of the music if it is larger that the panel width.<br />
<pre>//lenght of scrolling<br />
$puts(len,70)<br />
<br />
//title<br />
$puts(title,$if2(%title%,No title))<br />
<br />
//core code<br />
$align(right,top)<br />
$font(calibri bold,22,glow-7-123-167 glowexpand-1,255-255-255)<br />
$if(%_isplaying%,<br />
$iflonger($get(title),$get(len),<br />
<br />
//scroll code<br />
$puts(diff,$sub($len($get(title)),$get(len)))<br />
$puts(start,$add(1,$mod(%_time_elapsed_seconds%,$get(diff))))<br />
$puts(start2,$select($add($div($add(1,$mod( %_time_elapsed_seconds%,$mul($get(diff),2))),$add($get(diff),1)),1),$get(start),$sub($add($get(diff),1),$get(start))))<br />
$substr($get(title),$get(start2),$add($get(start2),$get(len)))<br />
<br />
//end of scroll code<br />
,$get(title))$char(10)<br />
$font(candara bold,16,shadow,)<br />
$align(right,bottom)<br />
<br />
//artist<br />
$if($meta(album artist),$meta(album artist)' / '%artist%,<br />
$if($meta(performer),$meta(performer)' / '%artist%,<br />
$if2(%artist%,No artist)))$char(10)<br />
,<br />
'Stopped')<br />
<br />
//overlay image<br />
$imageabs(0,0,images\overlay.png,)</pre><br />
====bottom panel====<br />
<pre>//genre and style lenght<br />
$puts(item_len,$len($if2(%genre%,No genre)' | '$if2(%style%,No style)))<br />
$puts(item_con,$if2(%genre%,No genre)' | '$if2(%style%,No style))<br />
<br />
// Streaming<br />
$if(%_time_total%,,$puts(stream,1))<br />
<br />
// Rating<br />
$puts(rtchar,«)<br />
<br />
// Last played<br />
$puts(last_played_year,$substr(%last_played%,1,4))<br />
$puts(last_played_month,$substr(%last_played%,6,7))<br />
$puts(last_played_day,$substr(%last_played%,9,10))<br />
$puts(last_played_hour,$substr(%last_played%,12,13))<br />
$puts(last_played_min,$substr(%last_played%,15,16))<br />
$puts(last_played_sec,$substr(%last_played%,18,19))<br />
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// Compression ratios<br />
$puts(compr_perc,$muldiv(%__bitrate%,100,1411))<br />
$puts(compr_idx,$div(100,$get(compr_perc))'.'$cut($muldiv($mod(100,$get(compr_perc)),1000,$get(compr_perc)),2))<br />
<br />
//Core code<br />
$align(left,top)<br />
$font(tahoma,8,bold,255-255-255)<br />
$if(%_isplaying%,<br />
$ifgreater($get(item_len),100,<br />
$cut($get(item_con),99)'...',<br />
$get(item_con)<br />
)<br />
$align(right,top)<br />
$if2(%album%,No album)$if(%album subtitle%,': '%album subtitle%)' | '$if2(%date%,No date)' | '$if2(%publisher%,No publisher)$char(10)<br />
$if(%_ispaused%,$font(,,bold,255-0-0)'[Paused] ')$font(tahoma,8,bold,255-255-255)$if(%_isplaying%,'['[%_time_elapsed%]$if(%_time_total%,'/'%_time_total%)']')$if(%_isplaying%,$if($get(stream),' [Streaming]',' ['$muldiv(%_time_elapsed_seconds%,100,%_length_seconds%)'%]'))$char(10)<br />
[%__codec%]' '[%bitrate%Kbps]<br />
$if($stricmp(%__encoding%,lossy),<br />
' ['%__encoding%']'$char(10)$char(10),<br />
' ['$get(compr_perc)'%] ['%__encoding%']'$char(10)$char(10))<br />
<br />
$if(%rating%,$font(wingdings,9,,)<br />
$repeat($get(rtchar),%rating%)$font(,,,18-173-224)$repeat($get(rtchar),$sub(5,%rating%))$font(calibri,8,bold,255-255-255),<br />
$font(tahoma,7,bold,255-255-255)This track has no rating)' | '<br />
$if(%last_played%,<br />
$ifgreater(%play_count%,1,Played %play_count% times,Played %play_count% time),<br />
This song was never played)<br />
$if(%last_played%,' | Last Played '$get(last_played_day)/$get(last_played_month)/$get(last_played_year)' at '$get(last_played_hour):$get(last_played_min))<br />
,<br />
$align(right,top)'Stopped')</pre><br />
====progress bar====<br />
<pre>$padding(0,0)<br />
$drawrect(,,,10,brushcolor-173-231-252 pencolor-18-173-224)<br />
<br />
$puts(progress,$muldiv(%playback_time_seconds%,$sub(%_width%,4),%length_seconds%))<br />
<br />
$ifgreater($get(progress),0,<br />
$padding(2,2)$drawrect(,,$get(progress),6,brushcolor-18-173-224 pencolor-null),)</pre><br />
===single column playlist code===<br />
====group by====<br />
<pre>[%album artist%] %album%</pre><br />
====item display====<br />
<pre>$puts(item_len,$len(%tracknumber%'. '%subalbum%': '$if($meta(album artist),%artist%' - '%title%,%title%)': '%subtitle%))<br />
$puts(item_con,$replace([%tracknumber%'. '][%subalbum%': ']$if($meta(album artist),%artist%' - '%title%,%title%)[': '%subtitle%],'(',$font(calibri bold italic,8,$if(%isplaying%,glow-192-192-192 glowalpha-130,),$if(%_selected%,255-0-0,170-170-170))'('))<br />
$if($strcmp($mod(%_playlist_number%,2),1),<br />
$drawrect(,,,,brushcolor-245-245-245 pencolor-null))<br />
$padding(2,0)<br />
$font(calibri bold,8,$if(%isplaying%,glow-192-192-192 glowalpha-130,),$if(%_selected%,255-0-0,170-170-170))<br />
$ifgreater($get(item_len),182,<br />
$cut($get(item_con),181)'...',<br />
$get(item_con)<br />
)<br />
$alignabs(6,13,%_width%,%_height%,,)<br />
$font(CubicFive10,5,nocleartype,190-190-190)<br />
[%length% | ]<br />
[$info(bitrate) kbps]<br />
$alignabs(0,-1,$sub(%_width%,36),%_height%,right,)<br />
$if($not(%__replaygain_track_gain%),$font(,,,255-0-0)T,)<br />
$if($not(%__replaygain_album_gain%),$font(,,,255-0-0)A,)<br />
$alignabs(0,-1,$sub(%_width%,2),%_height%,right,)<br />
$font(CubicFive10,5,nocleartype,190-190-190)<br />
[%play_count%x]<br />
//$if(%cwb_queueindex%, '['%cwb_queueindexes%/%cwb_queuelength%']')<br />
$alignabs(0,10,$sub(%_width%,2),%_height%,right,)<br />
$font(Wingdings,8,glow-190-190-190 glowexpand-1,250-250-250)<br />
$repeat(«,%rating%)</pre><br />
====group display====<br />
<pre>$puts(ar_w,$calcwidth($longest(%album artist%,%artist%)))<br />
$padding(1,0)<br />
$drawrect(,,,,brushcolor-119-213-249 pencolor-51-191-238)$padding(4,1)<br />
$align(left,top)$font(calibri bold,8,,255-255-255)<br />
$font(,,bold glow-51-191-238,)<br />
%album%[': '%album subtitle%]<br />
$alignabs(0,0,$sub(%_width%,$get(ar_w),14),%_height%,right,)<br />
$font(cubicfive10,5,,18-173-224)<br />
[%encodedby%]<br />
$align(right,top)$font(calibri bold,8,,255-255-255)<br />
$if2(%album artist%,%artist%)<br />
$drawrect($sub(%_width%,$get(ar_w),18),-1,3,%_height%,brushcolor-51-191-238 pencolor-null)<br />
$drawrect($sub(%_width%,$get(ar_w),17),-1,1,%_height%,brushcolor-250-250-250 pencolor-null)<br />
$alignabs(6,15,%_width%,%_height%,,)<br />
$font(CubicFive12,5,nocleartype,18-173-224)<br />
[%date% | ][%genre%][ | %publisher%]<br />
$alignabs(0,14,$sub(%_width%,$get(ar_w),14),%_height%,right,)<br />
$font(cubicfive10,5,,)<br />
[%rippedby%]<br />
$imageabs($sub(%_width%,$get(ar_w),98),0,images\playlist-refl.png,)<br />
$imageabs($sub(%_width%,87),0,images\playlist-refl.png,)</pre></div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Beto&diff=17484User talk:Beto2007-06-28T18:05:00Z<p>Beto: </p>
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== Cooking major changes at the foobar2000 page ===<br />
I am cooking some changes to my foobar2000 page. Recently I made the move to PanelsUI, and I have to say it was not a very easy move. --[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 13:05, 28 June 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Public Key==<br />
I got yours and signed it. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] <small>'''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])'''</small> 10:39, 22 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
:cool. I got yours too.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 10:53, 24 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
<br />
== putting it here so you might see it ==<br />
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sorry but you can't "all rights reserve" images on this wiki... We have to have a free license, of which the GFDL is reccomended. Could you update them? <small>('''[[Special:Contributions/Elliottmobile|sbirtnoc]] | [[User talk:Elliottmobile|klat]]''')</small> [[User:Elliottmobile|elibomttoillE]] 16:38, 18 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
:: Sure I can. The images are mine (I took them with my camera) and are personal. See [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Wikipedia-logo-es.png here]. Even wikipedia has copyrighted media in their GFDL site. Anyway, what is the problem? I hope you are not a FSF/GPL/GFDL zealot.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 16:48, 18 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
::: I'm not a zealot, but, look at WP's upload page: "If you own the copyright to an image, it MUST be released under a free license". This is because the GFDL allows reproduction of pages+images, but your images' all rights license prohibits it. Not a dig at you, I was just saying... <small>('''[[Special:Contributions/Elliottmobile|sbirtnoc]] | [[User talk:Elliottmobile|klat]]''')</small> [[User:Elliottmobile|elibomttoillE]] 17:10, 18 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== miscellaneous ==<br />
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Cool photo, bro! --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 12:46, 30 August 2006 (CDT)<br />
: thanks mate. there's more at [http://www.flickr.com/photos/boneco flickr]. I even geotagged most of them so you can check where they were taken.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] 09:57, 31 August 2006 (CDT)<br />
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I reworded the page and added some pics to it.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 16:30, 18 September 2006 (CDT)</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Beto&diff=17483User talk:Beto2007-06-28T17:55:16Z<p>Beto: </p>
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<div>{{usertalkheader}}<br />
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==Public Key==<br />
I got yours and signed it. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] <small>'''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])'''</small> 10:39, 22 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
:cool. I got yours too.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 10:53, 24 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
<br />
== putting it here so you might see it ==<br />
<br />
sorry but you can't "all rights reserve" images on this wiki... We have to have a free license, of which the GFDL is reccomended. Could you update them? <small>('''[[Special:Contributions/Elliottmobile|sbirtnoc]] | [[User talk:Elliottmobile|klat]]''')</small> [[User:Elliottmobile|elibomttoillE]] 16:38, 18 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
:: Sure I can. The images are mine (I took them with my camera) and are personal. See [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Wikipedia-logo-es.png here]. Even wikipedia has copyrighted media in their GFDL site. Anyway, what is the problem? I hope you are not a FSF/GPL/GFDL zealot.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 16:48, 18 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
::: I'm not a zealot, but, look at WP's upload page: "If you own the copyright to an image, it MUST be released under a free license". This is because the GFDL allows reproduction of pages+images, but your images' all rights license prohibits it. Not a dig at you, I was just saying... <small>('''[[Special:Contributions/Elliottmobile|sbirtnoc]] | [[User talk:Elliottmobile|klat]]''')</small> [[User:Elliottmobile|elibomttoillE]] 17:10, 18 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== miscellaneous ==<br />
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Cool photo, bro! --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 12:46, 30 August 2006 (CDT)<br />
: thanks mate. there's more at [http://www.flickr.com/photos/boneco flickr]. I even geotagged most of them so you can check where they were taken.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] 09:57, 31 August 2006 (CDT)<br />
<br />
I reworded the page and added some pics to it.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 16:30, 18 September 2006 (CDT)</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User:Beto&diff=16709User:Beto2007-03-13T17:47:15Z<p>Beto: </p>
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{{title|[[Image:Kid.gif]] '''Beto'''}}<br />
<br />
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<br />
<br />
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[[Image:149003917 1d5dd4d83f m.jpg|thumb|150px|Me on the hotel pool]]<br />
I work for a big international bank as an IT Audit Supervisor in [http://www.brasil.gov.br Brasil]. I am mainly focused in auditing client/server, midrange, network infrastructure, projects and strategy of the bank and related companies in Brasil.<br />
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Audio compression and related technologies are one of my hobbies. That's how I came across [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums hydrogenaudio forums] in early 2003.<br />
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==About==<br />
[[Image:Saopaulo_copan.jpg|thumb|São Paulo downtown skyline]]<br />
[[Image:My_window_view.jpg|thumb|My Amsterdam's apartment view]]<br />
I was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28city%29 São Paulo] in july 1975. I've also lived for some time in a small town in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28state%29 São Paulo state] countryside called [http://www.marilia.sp.gov.br/ Marília] where I went to high school.<br />
<br />
After high school (in 1994) I moved back to São Paulo to continue my studies in electrical engineering (telecommunications) at the local [http://www.poli.usp.br/ university]. During that period my main interests were:<br />
<br />
:*Wired and wireless telecomunication systems<br />
:*Digital coding for wired and wireless systems<br />
:*Analog and digital filters<br />
:*Antennas and signal propagation<br />
:*Discrete and continuous transforms<br />
:*Computers and digital systems<br />
<br />
After some time working in the engineering field I received a proposal to join the internal audit department of a banking company in 1998 as an intern. This decision brought a great shift in my career and I decided to face engineering more as a hobby from that day forth.<br />
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To be more prepared for the new challenge I decided to learn Economics at another local [http://www.fgvsp.br university] and got my post-graduate degree in 2002. During this period my main academic interests were:<br />
<br />
:*Banking<br />
:*Keynesian economics<br />
:*Inflation targeting in emerging market countries<br />
:*Econometrics<br />
:*Value at risk<br />
:*Economic policy and central banks<br />
:*Valuation<br />
<br />
As part of my current work I spent some time in Amsterdam in a short term exchange program from august to november 2005. It was a unique experience and a great opportunity to learn a different culture.<br />
<br />
Now I live in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28city%29 São Paulo] near the domestic airport. You may find a picture of my house's rooftop [http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=s%C3%A3o+paulo&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=-23.622586,-46.651372&spn=0.004414,0.01075&t=k&om=1 here].<br />
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==Educational background and titles==<br />
[[Image:Poli.jpg|thumb|Engineering school]]<br />
*BE in Electrical Engineering from the [http://www.poli.usp.br/ Polythecnic School] at the [http://www.usp.br University of São Paulo]<br />
*Post Graduate degree in Economics, Finance and Banking Administration from [http://www.fgvsp.br Fundação Getúlio Vargas]<br />
*[http://www.isaca.org/Template.cfm?Section=CISA_Certification&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=16&ContentID=4526 CISA] (Certified Information Systems Auditor) certified professional. My [http://www.theiia.org/index.cfm?doc_id=3&bhcp=1 CIA] certification is underway.<br />
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==Other interests==<br />
*Soccer<br />
*Running<br />
*Reading<br />
*Information warfare<br />
*Strategy<br />
*Peer to peer technologies<br />
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==My setup==<br />
*AMD Athlon XP1800+ 512MB 320GB IDE+USB HD<br />
*SY-K7V DRAGON Plus! CMedia 8738 6-channel hardware audio<br />
*64MB Nvidia GeForce4 MX440<br />
*LG Electronics - DVD-RW (GSA-4163)<br />
*HL-DT-ST - CD-RW GCE-8320B<br />
*Rio Karma<br />
*Net-MD NZ505<br />
I know, I know that my setup is getting outdated however it is still serving me well. Hopefully in the future I'll be able to spare some cash for an upgrade.<br />
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==Internal links==<br />
*[[User:Beto/Sandbox|My sandbox]] that I use to test the wiki syntax<br />
*[[User_talk:Beto|Talk page]] to discuss aspects of this page or just chat<br />
*[[User:Beto/foobar2000|My foobar2000 related page]] where you can get some goodies related to my foobar setup<br />
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==External links==<br />
Please, beware that most of the external links in this page are in portuguese. For some of them you may find an english version.<br />
*[http://volutabro.blogspot.com/ My blog] (portuguese with online english translation)<br />
*[http://del.icio.us/boneco My links]<br />
*[http://www.last.fm/user/beto/ LastFM profile]<br />
*[http://www.foosic.org/query_user.php?user=beto Foosic profile]<br />
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/boneco/ Flickr]<br />
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==Contact==<br />
You may reach me by e-mail or gtalk at '''boneco[at]gmail.com''' or drop me a comment in the [[User_talk:Beto|talk page]].<br />
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To send encrypted e-mail use my [http://boneco.googlepages.com/pgp_key.txt PGP key].<br />
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*Key ID: 0x1EDDC36D<br />
*Key fingerprint: AB2F F314 DFBA D4EC 53CA 7A4D FAAE 3FAB 1EDD C36D</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User:Beto&diff=16708User:Beto2007-03-13T17:46:15Z<p>Beto: </p>
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{{title|[[Image:Kid.gif]] '''Beto'''}}<br />
<br />
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<br />
<br />
[[Image:149003917 1d5dd4d83f m.jpg|thumb|150px|Me on the hotel pool]]<br />
I work for a big international bank as an IT Audit Supervisor in [http://www.brasil.gov.br Brasil]. I am mainly focused in auditing client/server, midrange, network infrastructure, projects and strategy of the bank and related companies in Brasil.<br />
<br />
Audio compression and related technologies are one of my hobbies. That's how I came across [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums hydrogenaudio forums] in early 2003.<br />
<br />
<br />
==About==<br />
[[Image:Saopaulo_copan.jpg|thumb|São Paulo downtown skyline]]<br />
[[Image:My_window_view.jpg|thumb|My Amsterdam's apartment view]]<br />
I was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28city%29 São Paulo] in july 1975. I've also lived for some time in a small town in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28state%29 São Paulo state] countryside called [http://www.marilia.sp.gov.br/ Marília] where I went to high school.<br />
<br />
After high school (in 1994) I moved back to São Paulo to continue my studies in electrical engineering (telecommunications) at the local [http://www.poli.usp.br/ university]. During that period my main interests were:<br />
<br />
:*Wired and wireless telecomunication systems<br />
:*Digital coding for wired and wireless systems<br />
:*Analog and digital filters<br />
:*Antennas and signal propagation<br />
:*Discrete and continuous transforms<br />
:*Computers and digital systems<br />
<br />
After some time working in the engineering field I received a proposal to join the internal audit department of a banking company in 1998 as an intern. This decision brought a great shift in my career and I decided to face engineering more as a hobby from that day forth.<br />
<br />
To be more prepared for the new challenge I decided to learn Economics at another local [http://www.fgvsp.br university] and got my post-graduate degree in 2002. During this period my main academic interests were:<br />
<br />
:*Banking<br />
:*Keynesian economics<br />
:*Inflation targeting in emerging market countries<br />
:*Econometrics<br />
:*Value at risk<br />
:*Economic policy and central banks<br />
:*Valuation<br />
<br />
As part of my current work I spent some time in Amsterdam in a short term exchange program from august to november 2005. It was a unique experience and a great opportunity to learn a different culture.<br />
<br />
Now I live in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28city%29 São Paulo] near the domestic airport. You may find a picture of my house's rooftop [http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=s%C3%A3o+paulo&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=-23.622586,-46.651372&spn=0.004414,0.01075&t=k&om=1 here].<br />
<br />
<br />
==Educational background and titles==<br />
[[Image:Poli.jpg|thumb|Engineering school]]<br />
*BE in Electrical Engineering from the [http://www.poli.usp.br/ Polythecnic School] at the [http://www.usp.br University of São Paulo]<br />
*Post Graduate degree in Economics, Finance and Banking Administration from [http://www.fgvsp.br Fundação Getúlio Vargas]<br />
*[http://www.isaca.org/Template.cfm?Section=CISA_Certification&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=16&ContentID=4526 CISA] (Certified Information Systems Auditor) certified professional. My [http://www.theiia.org/index.cfm?doc_id=3&bhcp=1 CIA] certification is underway.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Other interests==<br />
*Soccer<br />
*Running<br />
*Reading<br />
*Information warfare<br />
*Strategy<br />
*Peer to peer technologies<br />
<br />
<br />
==My setup==<br />
*AMD Athlon XP1800+ 512MB 320GB IDE+USB HD<br />
*SY-K7V DRAGON Plus! CMedia 8738 6-channel hardware audio<br />
*64MB Nvidia GeForce4 MX440<br />
*LG Electronics - DVD-RW (GSA-4163)<br />
*HL-DT-ST - CD-RW GCE-8320B<br />
*Rio Karma<br />
*Net-MD NZ505<br />
I know, I know that my setup is getting outdated however it is still serving me well. Hopefully in the future I'll be able to spare some cash for an upgrade.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Internal links==<br />
*[[User:Beto/Sandbox|My sandbox]] that I use to test the wiki syntax<br />
*[[User_talk:Beto|Talk page]] to discuss aspects of this page or just chat<br />
*[[User:Beto/foobar2000|My foobar2000 related page]] where you can get some goodies related to my foobar setup<br />
<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
Please, beware that most of the external links in this page are in portuguese. For some of them you may find an english version.<br />
*[http://volutabro.wordpress.com My blog] (portuguese with online english translation)<br />
*[http://del.icio.us/boneco My links]<br />
*[http://www.last.fm/user/beto/ LastFM profile]<br />
*[http://www.foosic.org/query_user.php?user=beto Foosic profile]<br />
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/boneco/ Flickr]<br />
<br />
<br />
==Contact==<br />
You may reach me by e-mail or gtalk at '''boneco[at]gmail.com''' or drop me a comment in the [[User_talk:Beto|talk page]].<br />
<br />
To send encrypted e-mail use my [http://boneco.googlepages.com/pgp_key.txt PGP key].<br />
<br />
*Key ID: 0x1EDDC36D<br />
*Key fingerprint: AB2F F314 DFBA D4EC 53CA 7A4D FAAE 3FAB 1EDD C36D</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000_Talk:Components&diff=16707Foobar2000 Talk:Components2007-03-13T17:44:00Z<p>Beto: /* Page Discussion */</p>
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<div>{{talkheader}}<br />
<br />
==Page Discussion==<br />
<br />
The formatting of this page rather sucks; shouldn't the first link connect to a wikipage here, then from that wikipage links to the external page?<br />
That would solve the problem of adding non-uniform (more info) links... --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 11:49, 6 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
<br />
I agree. Seemingly you'd want to link primarily to the wiki pages and link to the forums from those pages. --[[User:Wolfsong|Wolfsong]] 16:37, 5 November 2006 (CST)<br />
<br />
There is already a components site available what might render this page useless IMO. There is no new info here, but rather links to external pages only. To me this page is not needed if it is easy enough to search for said components in the official components page.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 13:53, 6 November 2006 (CST)<br />
<br />
What exactly is the difference between Audio Codecs and Other Codecs in the Input section? --[[User:Foosion|foosion]] 07:13, 12 March 2007 (CDT)<br />
:none that I can make sense of... --[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 12:44, 13 March 2007 (CDT)</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Talk:Joint_stereo&diff=15725Talk:Joint stereo2006-12-01T00:47:53Z<p>Beto: /* General Cleanup & Warning Notes */</p>
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==Page discussion==<br />
Beto, if that's a *major* correction, why do you mark it as a minor update? Heh, sorry for nitpicking :-) --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 16:20, 1 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
: been away for some time. I didn't even noticed it was marked as minor update... It sure wasn't :-D --[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 18:46, 30 November 2006 (CST)<br />
<br />
==General Cleanup & Warning Notes==<br />
1. The "Additional Information" section needs cleanup.<br />
<br />
2. The external link "written by user - High Quality Audio guides" -- it still touts MPC as the best-quality encoder, while we all know that it is no longer the case. But the recommendations on tools and procedures are quite on-the-spot. So I suggest putting a warning in the ilk: '''Note: Despite this page's recommendation for MPC, please be aware that in recent listening tests, other encodings are also proven to be at least as good as MPC.'''<br />
<br />
--[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] <small>'''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])'''</small> 14:18, 30 November 2006 (CST)<br />
: we shoudl put a disclaimer for the external link --[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 18:47, 30 November 2006 (CST)</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Talk:Joint_stereo&diff=15724Talk:Joint stereo2006-12-01T00:46:46Z<p>Beto: /* Page discussion */</p>
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<div>{{talkheader}}<br />
<br />
==Page discussion==<br />
Beto, if that's a *major* correction, why do you mark it as a minor update? Heh, sorry for nitpicking :-) --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 16:20, 1 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
: been away for some time. I didn't even noticed it was marked as minor update... It sure wasn't :-D --[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 18:46, 30 November 2006 (CST)<br />
<br />
==General Cleanup & Warning Notes==<br />
1. The "Additional Information" section needs cleanup.<br />
<br />
2. The external link "written by user - High Quality Audio guides" -- it still touts MPC as the best-quality encoder, while we all know that it is no longer the case. But the recommendations on tools and procedures are quite on-the-spot. So I suggest putting a warning in the ilk: '''Note: Despite this page's recommendation for MPC, please be aware that in recent listening tests, other encodings are also proven to be at least as good as MPC.'''<br />
<br />
--[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] <small>'''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])'''</small> 14:18, 30 November 2006 (CST)</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Talk:Joint_stereo&diff=15723Talk:Joint stereo2006-12-01T00:46:32Z<p>Beto: /* Page discussion */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{talkheader}}<br />
<br />
==Page discussion==<br />
Beto, if that's a *major* correction, why do you mark it as a minor update? Heh, sorry for nitpicking :-) --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 16:20, 1 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
: been away for some time. I didn't even noticed it was marked as minor update... It sure wasn't :-D<br />
<br />
==General Cleanup & Warning Notes==<br />
1. The "Additional Information" section needs cleanup.<br />
<br />
2. The external link "written by user - High Quality Audio guides" -- it still touts MPC as the best-quality encoder, while we all know that it is no longer the case. But the recommendations on tools and procedures are quite on-the-spot. So I suggest putting a warning in the ilk: '''Note: Despite this page's recommendation for MPC, please be aware that in recent listening tests, other encodings are also proven to be at least as good as MPC.'''<br />
<br />
--[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] <small>'''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])'''</small> 14:18, 30 November 2006 (CST)</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User:Beto&diff=15387User:Beto2006-11-17T18:56:03Z<p>Beto: </p>
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{{title|[[Image:Kid.gif]] '''Beto'''}}<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Image:149003917 1d5dd4d83f m.jpg|thumb|150px|Me on the hotel pool]]<br />
I work for a big international bank as an IT Audit Supervisor in [http://www.brasil.gov.br Brasil]. I am mainly focused in auditing client/server, midrange, network infrastructure, projects and strategy of the bank and related companies in Brasil.<br />
<br />
Audio compression and related technologies are one of my hobbies. That's how I came across [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums hydrogenaudio forums] in early 2003.<br />
<br />
<br />
==About==<br />
[[Image:Saopaulo_copan.jpg|thumb|São Paulo downtown skyline]]<br />
[[Image:My_window_view.jpg|thumb|My Amsterdam's apartment view]]<br />
I was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28city%29 São Paulo] in july 1975. I've also lived for some time in a small town in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28state%29 São Paulo state] countryside called [http://www.marilia.sp.gov.br/ Marília] where I went to high school.<br />
<br />
After high school (in 1994) I moved back to São Paulo to continue my studies in electrical engineering (telecommunications) at the local [http://www.poli.usp.br/ university]. During that period my main interests were:<br />
<br />
:*Wired and wireless telecomunication systems<br />
:*Digital coding for wired and wireless systems<br />
:*Analog and digital filters<br />
:*Antennas and signal propagation<br />
:*Discrete and continuous transforms<br />
:*Computers and digital systems<br />
<br />
After some time working in the engineering field I received a proposal to join the internal audit department of a banking company in 1998 as an intern. This decision brought a great shift in my career and I decided to face engineering more as a hobby from that day forth.<br />
<br />
To be more prepared for the new challenge I decided to learn Economics at another local [http://www.fgvsp.br university] and got my post-graduate degree in 2002. During this period my main academic interests were:<br />
<br />
:*Banking<br />
:*Keynesian economics<br />
:*Inflation targeting in emerging market countries<br />
:*Econometrics<br />
:*Value at risk<br />
:*Economic policy and central banks<br />
:*Valuation<br />
<br />
As part of my current work I spent some time in Amsterdam in a short term exchange program from august to november 2005. It was a unique experience and a great opportunity to learn a different culture.<br />
<br />
Now I live in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28city%29 São Paulo] near the domestic airport. You may find a picture of my house's rooftop [http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=s%C3%A3o+paulo&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=-23.622586,-46.651372&spn=0.004414,0.01075&t=k&om=1 here].<br />
<br />
<br />
==Educational background and titles==<br />
[[Image:Poli.jpg|thumb|Engineering school]]<br />
*BE in Electrical Engineering from the [http://www.poli.usp.br/ Polythecnic School] at the [http://www.usp.br University of São Paulo]<br />
*Post Graduate degree in Economics, Finance and Banking Administration from [http://www.fgvsp.br Fundação Getúlio Vargas]<br />
*[http://www.isaca.org/Template.cfm?Section=CISA_Certification&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=16&ContentID=4526 CISA] (Certified Information Systems Auditor) certified professional. My [http://www.theiia.org/index.cfm?doc_id=3&bhcp=1 CIA] certification is underway.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Other interests==<br />
*Soccer<br />
*Running<br />
*Reading<br />
*Information warfare<br />
*Strategy<br />
*Peer to peer technologies<br />
<br />
<br />
==My setup==<br />
*AMD Athlon XP1800+ 512MB 320GB IDE+USB HD<br />
*SY-K7V DRAGON Plus! CMedia 8738 6-channel hardware audio<br />
*64MB Nvidia GeForce4 MX440<br />
*LG Electronics - DVD-RW (GSA-4163)<br />
*HL-DT-ST - CD-RW GCE-8320B<br />
*Rio Karma<br />
*Net-MD NZ505<br />
I know, I know that my setup is getting outdated however it is still serving me well. Hopefully in the future I'll be able to spare some cash for an upgrade.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Internal links==<br />
*[[User:Beto/Sandbox|My sandbox]] that I use to test the wiki syntax<br />
*[[User_talk:Beto|Talk page]] to discuss aspects of this page or just chat<br />
*[[User:Beto/foobar2000|My foobar2000 related page]] where you can get some goodies related to my foobar setup<br />
<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
Please, beware that most of the external links in this page are in portuguese. For some of them you may find an english version.<br />
*[http://volutabro.wordpress.com My blog] (portuguese with online english translation)<br />
*[http://del.icio.us/boneco My links]<br />
*[http://www.last.fm/user/beto/ LastFM profile]<br />
*[http://www.foosic.org/query_user.php?user=beto Foosic profile]<br />
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/boneco/ Flickr]<br />
<br />
<br />
==Contact==<br />
You may reach me by e-mail or gtalk at '''boneco[at]gmail.com''' or drop me a comment in the [[User_talk:Beto|talk page]].<br />
<br />
To send encrypted e-mail use my [http://volutabro.wordpress.com/files/2006/10/pgp_key.txt PGP key].<br />
<br />
*Key ID: 0x1EDDC36D<br />
*Key fingerprint: AB2F F314 DFBA D4EC 53CA 7A4D FAAE 3FAB 1EDD C36D</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User:Beto&diff=15386User:Beto2006-11-17T18:55:26Z<p>Beto: </p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
{{title|[[Image:Kid.gif]] '''Beto'''}}<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Image:149003917 1d5dd4d83f m.jpg|thumb|150px|Me on the hotel pool]]<br />
I work for a big international bank as an IT Audit Supervisor in [http://www.brasil.gov.br Brasil]. I am mainly focused in auditing client/server, midrange, network infrastructure, projects and strategy of the bank and related companies in Brasil.<br />
<br />
Audio compression and related technologies are one of my hobbies. That's how I came across [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums hydrogenaudio forums] in early 2003.<br />
<br />
<br />
==About==<br />
[[Image:Saopaulo_copan.jpg|thumb|São Paulo downtown skyline]]<br />
[[Image:My_window_view.jpg|thumb|My Amsterdam's apartment view]]<br />
I was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28city%29 São Paulo] in july 1975. I've also lived for some time in a small town in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28state%29 São Paulo state] countryside called [http://www.marilia.sp.gov.br/ Marília] where I went to high school.<br />
<br />
After high school (in 1994) I moved back to São Paulo to continue my studies in electrical engineering (telecommunications) at the local [http://www.poli.usp.br/ university]. During that period my main interests were:<br />
<br />
:*Wired and wireless telecomunication systems<br />
:*Digital coding for wired and wireless systems<br />
:*Analog and digital filters<br />
:*Antennas and signal propagation<br />
:*Discrete and continuous transforms<br />
:*Computers and digital systems<br />
<br />
After some time working in the engineering field I received a proposal to join the internal audit department of a banking company in 1998 as an intern. This decision brought a great shift in my career and I decided to face engineering more as a hobby from that day forth.<br />
<br />
To be more prepared for the new challenge I decided to learn Economics at another local [http://www.fgvsp.br university] and got my post-graduate degree in 2002. During this period my main academic interests were:<br />
<br />
:*Banking<br />
:*Keynesian economics<br />
:*Inflation targeting in emerging market countries<br />
:*Econometrics<br />
:*Value at risk<br />
:*Economic policy and central banks<br />
:*Valuation<br />
<br />
As part of my current work I spent some time in Amsterdam in a short term exchange program from august to november 2005. It was a unique experience and a great opportunity to learn a different culture.<br />
<br />
Now I live in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28city%29 São Paulo] near the domestic airport. You may find a picture of my house's rooftop [http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=s%C3%A3o+paulo&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=-23.622586,-46.651372&spn=0.004414,0.01075&t=k&om=1 here].<br />
<br />
<br />
==Educational background and titles==<br />
[[Image:Poli.jpg|thumb|Engineering school]]<br />
*BE in Electrical Engineering from the [http://www.poli.usp.br/ Polythecnic School] at the [http://www.usp.br University of São Paulo]<br />
*Post Graduate degree in Economics, Finance and Banking Administration from [http://www.fgvsp.br Fundação Getúlio Vargas]<br />
*[http://www.isaca.org/Template.cfm?Section=CISA_Certification&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=16&ContentID=4526 CISA] (Certified Information Systems Auditor) certified professional. My [http://www.theiia.org/index.cfm?doc_id=3&bhcp=1 CIA] certification is underway.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Other interests==<br />
*Soccer<br />
*Running<br />
*Reading<br />
*Information warfare<br />
*Strategy<br />
*Peer to peer technologies<br />
<br />
<br />
==My setup==<br />
*AMD Athlon XP1800+ 512MB 320GB IDE+USB HD<br />
*SY-K7V DRAGON Plus! CMedia 8738 6-channel hardware audio<br />
*64MB Nvidia GeForce4 MX440<br />
*LG Electronics - DVD-RW (GSA-4163)<br />
*HL-DT-ST - CD-RW GCE-8320B<br />
*Rio Karma<br />
*Net-MD NZ505<br />
I know, I know that my setup is getting outdated however it is still serving me well. Hopefully in the future I'll be able to spare some cash for an upgrade.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Internal links==<br />
*[[User:Beto/Sandbox|My sandbox]] that I use to test the wiki syntax<br />
*[[User_talk:Beto|Talk page]] to discuss aspects of this page or just chat<br />
*[[User:Beto/foobar2000|My foobar2000 related page]] where you can get some goodies related to my foobar setup<br />
<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
Please, beware that most of the external links in this page are in portuguese. For some of them you may find an english version.<br />
*[http://volutabro.wordpress.com My blog] (portuguese with online english translation)<br />
*[http://del.icio.us/boneco My links]<br />
*[http://www.last.fm/user/beto/ LastFM profile]<br />
*[http://www.foosic.org/query_user.php?user=beto Foosic profile]<br />
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/boneco/ Flickr]<br />
<br />
<br />
==Contact==<br />
You may reach me by e-mail or gtalk at '''boneco[at]gmail.com''' or drop me a comment in the [[User_talk:Beto|talk page]].<br />
<br />
To send encrypted e-mail use my [http://volutabro.blogspot.com/2005/12/chave-pgp.html PGP key].<br />
<br />
*Key ID: 0x1EDDC36D<br />
*Key fingerprint: AB2F F314 DFBA D4EC 53CA 7A4D FAAE 3FAB 1EDD C36D</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000_Talk:Components&diff=15197Foobar2000 Talk:Components2006-11-06T19:53:25Z<p>Beto: /* Page Discussion */</p>
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==Page Discussion==<br />
<br />
The formatting of this page rather sucks; shouldn't the first link connect to a wikipage here, then from that wikipage links to the external page?<br />
That would solve the problem of adding non-uniform (more info) links... --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] 11:49, 6 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
<br />
I agree. Seemingly you'd want to link primarily to the wiki pages and link to the forums from those pages. --[[User:Wolfsong|Wolfsong]] 16:37, 5 November 2006 (CST)<br />
<br />
There is already a components site available what might render this page useless IMO. There is no new info here, but rather links to external pages only. To me this page is not needed if it is easy enough to search for said components in the official components page.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 13:53, 6 November 2006 (CST)</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Talk:Lossless_comparison&diff=15048Talk:Lossless comparison2006-10-19T14:24:59Z<p>Beto: </p>
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==Page discussion==<br />
Most of the discussion for this page is being done at the [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=33226 forum]. You may use this talk page to discuss it too.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] 15:50, 5 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
<br />
I updated slightly the formatting of this page and added some standard sections.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] 16:10, 5 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== methinks that ==<br />
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the colours on this page were decided by someone on LSD. {{User:Elliottmobile/sig2}} 12:32, 22 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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==BlaBlaTable==<br />
Table... nicer the lower one, no? --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] <small>'''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])'''</small> 12:55, 22 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
<br />
<br />
:I'll stab whoever messed up my beautiful table in the eyes. {{smiley|)}}<br />
:Why did you get rid of the color templates? Just to make it harder to edit the table?<br />
:What's the point of having to know hex codes by heart to set the call background? The older system was much more intuitive, and less bloated.<br />
: rjamorim - 11:44, 23 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
::Well, it was used in.... this page only, really, and if you used a ''real'' text editor you'd be able to automate it {{smiley|D}} {{User:Elliottmobile/sig2}} 14:46, 24 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
:::It was used in this page because there is no other real comparison table at the wiki, but that doesn't rule out usage in future tables. And as for real text editors: this page is for everyone to edit, not only arrogant people that take pride in using emacs or ultraedit or whatever. ~ rjamorim 15:52, 24 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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::::'''<nowiki>*sigh*</nowiki>''' whatever you say, Roberto {{smiley|)}} But I agree with Elliottmobile that the green is perhaps a bit too green {{smiley|;}}.<br />Anyways, '''a vote:''' Get back to templates or not?<br />
::::''Additional note:'' Even if we decide to get back to templates, I suggest completely rewriting the color templates... they're waaaaaaaay too complex. What's wrong with a simple <code>style="color:blablabla;"</code>? --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] <small>'''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])'''</small> 11:18, 25 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:::::How come the templates are too complex? You find it hard to use <nowiki>{{ orange }}</nowiki>? And you find it EASIER to use hex color codes? I can't even remember the hex code for orange by heart! ~ rja<br />
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::::::'''''<nowiki>*</nowiki>sigh*''''' Roberto, I wrote "'''the templates are too complex'''", <u>not</u> "'''using templates are too complex'''". In other words, what I'm trying to say (and I hope this gets into your thick skull :lol:j/k: {{smiley|)}}) is that we should simplify the templates. Comprende, RareJim? {{smiley|;}} --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] <small>'''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])'''</small> 12:25, 9 October 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:::::::First: I'll tell you later who is thick skulled.<br />
:::::::Second: Why, pray tell, you want to simplify them? The colors are abstracted into templates precisely so that average editors don't have to worry about them. They are very adequate for table cell colouring, and that's what matters IMO. ~ rja<br />
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::::::::'''''<nowiki>*</nowiki>sigh*''''' I don't want to start another debate here. I'm just saying that, okay, if you want to use templates, we'll revert. But '''the templates themselves''' need to be simplified. Here, let me show you [[Template:Orange]]:<br />
:::::::: <code>&lt;nowiki>&lt;/nowiki> ! align="right" style="background: #FF9900" |</code><br />
::::::::What's the use for the <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki> pair there? And why <code>align="right"</code>? Both of them can go. The first one is useless, the second one can be put in the table's definition. Thus, we can (and should!) simplify [[Template:Orange]] to:<br />
:::::::: <code>! style="background: #FF9900" |</code><br />
::::::::Then again, we can simplify it to:<br />
:::::::: <code>! style="background: orange" |</code><br />
::::::::Then, since most of the colors are now standard HTML colorwords, why not put it directly into the table?<br />
::::::::--[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] <small>'''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])'''</small> 12:09, 11 October 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:::::::::If you don't want to debate, why did you even ask about the new table at the talk page?<br />
:::::::::About the <code>&lt;nowiki>&lt;/nowiki></code> pair: that is a workaround to an issue Jan and I experienced on an earlier version of Mediawiki. If it's gone, all the better.<br />
:::::::::As for html colorwords: I don't trust browsers to stick to standards. I'd rather trust hex. ~ rja<br />
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::::::::::Gee, it seems I must always use the most explicit, non-ambiguous sentences with you, Roberto. Alright, here goes.<br />
::::::::::I don't want to debate about "thick-skulled" or "complex templates" or such. Not like, um, "E" and "H" have been doing lately that is.<br />
::::::::::I just tried to fix the table in a way that cleans up the code, and IMO is cleaner and better than a template-hack.<br />
::::::::::Now about ^that (fixing the table), I want inputs from the wiki maintainers; as it seemed that some (at least, you) object to the removal of color-templates, I ask input whether to revert to template-based table, as previously. But I put in a note, if we do want to revert to the template-based table, the color-templates themselves needs to be cleaned.<br />
::::::::::--[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] <small>'''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])'''</small> 15:59, 13 October 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:To me the second table is more readable than the original one. I agree with roberto that editing should be easy for anyone, however the syntax of tables in this wiki is not simple even if you use templates. Maybe we could create a section/article with some guidance on editing the this article's table?--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 09:24, 19 October 2006 (CDT)</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=LAME&diff=15047LAME2006-10-19T14:20:42Z<p>Beto: moved important information up</p>
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<div>{{Software Infobox<br />
| name = LAME<br />
| screenshot = [[Image:Lamelogo.png|250px|LAME official logo]]<br />
| caption = LAME ain't an MP3 encoder<br />
| maintainer = The LAME project<br />
| stable_release = 3.97<br />
| preview_release = none<br />
| operating_system = All<br />
| use = Audio encoder/decoder<br />
| license = LGPL<br />
| website = [http://lame.sourceforge.net/ LAME website]<br />
}}{{featured}}<br />
'''LAME''' (Lame Ain't an MP3 Encoder) is the [[Hydrogenaudio]] recommended [[MP3]] encoder. It has been developed by the open-source community since 1998, and has become the highest quality [[MP3]] encoder for most purposes.<br />
<br />
Some benefits for using LAME:<br />
* Highly optimised presets<br />
* Fast encoding<br />
* [[CBR]], [[ABR]] and [[VBR]] encoding methods<br />
* [[Gapless]] playback with LAME-header compliant decoders<br />
* [[Exact Audio Copy]] and [[CDex]] support<br />
<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
LAME development began around mid-1998. Mike Cheng started it as a patch against the 8hz-MP3 encoder sources. After some quality concerns raised by others, he decided to start from scratch based on the dist10 sources. That branch (a patch against the reference sources) became LAME 2.0, and only on LAME 3.81 they got rid of all dist10 code, making LAME a completely new program-not a mere patch of an existing encoder.<br />
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The project quickly became a team effort. Mike Cheng eventually left leadership and started working on [http://toolame.sourceforge.net/ tooLAME], an [[MP2]] encoder. Mark Taylor became leader and released version 3.0 featuring gpsycho, a new psychoacoustic model developed by him.<br />
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Nowadays LAME is considered the best MP3 encoder at mid-high bitrates and features the best VBR model among MP3 implementations, mostly thanks to the dedicated work of talented developers like Takehiro Tominaga, Naoki Shibata, Darin Morrison, Gabriel Bouvigne, Robert Hegemann, etc. And development is still going on...<br />
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<br />
==Recommended encoder compiles and source code==<br />
This list will be kept up to date with the current LAME compiles that are recommended for optimal quality and will keep track of any development compiles released on [[Hydrogenaudio]].<br />
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It is suggested that the compiles available here be used with the [[#Recommended encoder settings|recommended encoder settings]].<br />
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<center>'''The currently recommended LAME version is'''</center><br />
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center;color:red;"<br />
|-<br />
! 3.97<br />
|}<br />
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'''Download the latest LAME from these links:'''<br />
* [http://rarewares.org/ RareWares MP3 Page] - Compiles for Win32, Mac OS X universal binary, Solaris, BSD, HP-UX, Linux etc.<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=290&package_id=309 LAME source code on SourceForge]<br />
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<br />
==Recommended encoder settings==<br />
This section describes the [[Hydrogenaudio]] recommended settings to be used with [[LAME]] for highest quality [[MP3]] encoding.<br />
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These settings require '''LAME 3.94''' or later. '''LAME 3.97''' is the recommended version.<br />
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===Quick start (short answer)===<br />
====Best quality: <font style="color:red">"archiving"</font>====<br />
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<code><font style="color:red">-b 320</font></code>. This is the strongest setting for [[MP3]], with the lowest risk of [[artifact]]s.<br />
With the exception of a few situations, quality is rarely better than the highest [[VBR]] profiles described below. However, 'archiving' music using a lossy format like [[MP3]] is never recommended &ndash; no matter how transparent the resulting files might be.<br />
The alternative is to use [[Lossless]] formats like [[WavPack]], [[FLAC]] etc. that allow true archiving bit for bit like on original CD.<br />
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====High quality: <font style="color:green">HiFi, home or quiet listening</font>====<br />
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<code><font style="color:green">-V3 --vbr-new</font></code> (~175 kbps), <code><font style="color:green">-V2 --vbr-new</font></code> (~190 kbps), <code><font style="color:green">-V1 --vbr-new</font></code> (~210 kbps) or <code><font style="color:green">-V0 --vbr-new</font></code> (~230 kbps) are recommended.<br />
These settings will produce [[transparent]] encoding (transparent = most people cannot distinguish the [[MP3]] from the original in an [[ABX]] blind test).<br />
Audible differences between these presets exist, but are extremely rare.<br />
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====Portable: <font style="color:purple">background noise and low bitrate requirement, small sizes</font>====<br />
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<code><font style="color:purple">-V6 --vbr-new</font></code> (~115 kbps), <code><font style="color:purple">-V5 --vbr-new</font></code> (~130 kbps) or <code><font style="color:purple">-V4 --vbr-new</font></code> (~160 kbps) are recommended for this use.<br />
<code><font style="color:purple">-V6 --vbr-new</font></code> produces an acceptable quality, while <code><font style="color:purple">-V4--vbr-new</font></code> should be close to perceptual [[transparency]].<br />
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====Very low bitrate, small sizes: <font style="color:blue">eg. for voice, radio, [[mono]] encoding etc.</font>====<br />
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For very low bitrates, up to 100kbps, [[ABR]] is most often the best solution. <br />
Use <code><font style="color:blue">--abr <bitrate></font></code> (e.g. --abr 80).<br />
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'''--preset voice''' is only available in the command line front-end, and is there for compatibility.<br />
It is currently mapped to '''''--abr 56 -mm''''', so that means that the recommendation would be to encode in mono, and use ABR.<br />
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===Detailed explanation (long answer)===<br />
====VBR (variable bitrate) settings====<br />
'''[[VBR]]:''' ''variable bitrate mode. Use variable bitrate modes when the goal is to achieve a fixed level of quality using the lowest possible bitrate.''<br />
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[[VBR]] is best used to target a specific quality level, instead of a specific bitrate. The final file size of a [[VBR]] encode is less predictable than with [[ABR]], but the quality is usually better.<br />
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'''Usage:''' <code>-V(number)</code> where number is 0-9, 0 being highest quality, 9 being the lowest.<br />
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'''Example:''' <code>-V2</code><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"<br />
|+'''List of recommended settings'''<br />
| '''Switch''' || '''Preset''' || '''Target Kbit/s''' || '''Bitrate range kbit/s'''<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -b 320 || --preset insane || 320 || 320 CBR<br />
|-<br />
| -V 0 --vbr-new || --preset fast extreme || 245 || 220...260<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 0 || --preset extreme || 245 || 220...260<br />
|-<br />
| -V 1 --vbr-new ||&nbsp;|| 225 || 200...250<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 1 ||&nbsp;|| 225 || 200...250<br />
|-<br />
| -V 2 --vbr-new || --preset fast standard || 190 || 170...210<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 2 || --preset standard || 190 || 170...210<br />
|-<br />
| -V 3 --vbr-new ||&nbsp;|| 175 || 155...195<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 3 ||&nbsp;|| 175 || 155...195<br />
|-<br />
| -V 4 --vbr-new || --preset fast medium || 165 || 145...185<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 4 || --preset medium || 165 || 145...185<br />
|-<br />
| -V 5 --vbr-new ||&nbsp;|| 130 || 110...150<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 5 ||&nbsp;|| 130 || 110...150<br />
|-<br />
| -V 6 --vbr-new ||&nbsp;|| 115 || 95...135<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 6 ||&nbsp;|| 115 || 95...135<br />
|-<br />
| -V 7 --vbr-new ||&nbsp;|| 100 || 80...120<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 7 ||&nbsp;|| 100 || 80...120<br />
|-<br />
| -V 8 --vbr-new ||&nbsp;|| 85 || 65...105<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 8 ||&nbsp;|| 85 || 65...105<br />
|-<br />
| -V 9 --vbr-new ||&nbsp;|| 65 || 45...85<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 9 ||&nbsp;|| 65 || 45...85<br />
|}<br />
See also [[#Technical information|Technical details for recommended LAME settings]].<br />
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If you need a predictable bitrate (in a streaming application, for example), use [[ABR]] or [[CBR]] modes, described below.<br />
<br />
====ABR (average bitrate) settings====<br />
'''[[ABR]]:''' ''average bitrate mode. A compromise between [[VBR]] and [[CBR]] modes, [[ABR]] encoding varies bits around a specified target bitrate.''<br />
<br />
Use [[ABR]] when you need to know the final size of the file but still want to allow the encoder some flexibility to decide which passages need more bits.<br />
<br />
'''Usage:''' <code>--preset <bitrate></code> where <bitrate> (desired averaged bitrate in kbit/s) can be any value between 8 - 320 , like eg. 9, 17, 80, 128, 133, 200 etc.<br />
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'''Example:''' <code>--preset 200</code><br />
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'''Important:''' ''[[ABR]] setting is tuned from 320 kbit/s down to 80 kbit/s.''<br />
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====CBR (constant bitrate) settings====<br />
'''[[CBR]]:''' ''constant bitrate mode. [[CBR]] encoding is not efficient. Whereas [[VBR]] and [[ABR]] modes can supply more bits to complex music passages and save bits on simpler ones, [[CBR]] encodes every frame at the same bitrate.''<br />
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[[CBR]] is only recommended for usage in streaming situations where the upper bitrate must be strictly enforced.<br />
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'''Usage:''' <code>-b <bitrate></code> where <bitrate> (bitrate in kbit/s) must be chosen from the following values: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, or 320.<br />
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'''Example:''' <code>-b 192</code><br />
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'''Important:''' ''[[CBR]] setting is tuned from 320 kbit/s down to 80 kbit/s.''<br />
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===Remarks===<br />
* The rule of thumb when considering encoding options: at a given bitrate, [[VBR]] is higher quality than [[ABR]], which is higher quality than [[CBR]] ([[VBR]] > [[ABR]] > [[CBR]] in terms of quality). The exception to this is when you choose the highest possible [[CBR]] bitrate, which is 320 kbps (-b 320 = --alt-preset insane), but this produces very large filesizes for very little audible benefit.<br />
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* All modes and settings mentioned in this topic belong to the specifications of the [[MP3]] standard, and the resulting MP3s should be playable by every [[MP3]] decoder that conforms with the standard. If your decoder or device does not play MP3s produced by LAME, blame the manufacturer or developer, and not LAME.<br />
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* Avoid using alpha (a) versions of LAME. More often than not those are exclusively for testing purposes. Use them only if you want to help developers with feedback. History of [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=28125/ Lame versions & compiles].<br />
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* The <code>--vbr-new</code> switch enables the new [[VBR]] mode. Lame will encode much faster than the old/default [[VBR]] mode. In terms of quality, <code>--vbr-new</code> appears to be better than the old model, but reports of artifacts when using the new model do exist. Despite these possible issues, <code>--vbr-new</code> is currently recommended over the default [[VBR]] mode due to both the speed and quality increases afforded by the new algorithm.<br />
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* '''-mm''' : the sound will be encoded in '''mono'''. Eg. useful for low bitrates & when stereo is less important.<br />
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[[Image:lame-chart-2.png|frame|center|Here a trial to get a view, how the <font style="color:red">perceived listening quality</font> improves with settings/<font style="color:blue">averaged filesize</font>]]<br />
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<br />
====Hey! What happened to "--alt-preset"?====<br />
<br />
The revolutionary <code>--alt-preset</code> system was introduced in LAME 3.90; it was replaced by the <code>--preset</code> flags in later versions. Starting with version 3.94, the <code>-Vx</code> quality system was introduced, which allows finer control over the desired bitrate; the <code>--preset</code> switches were made into aliases to the corresponding <code>-V</code> flags for the sake of backwards compatibility. '''There is no difference between the output you get if you use <code>-V2</code> or <code>--alt-preset standard</code>.''' (Although adding <code>--vbr-new</code> is recommended for now, see above for details.)<br />
<br />
More encoding options are available under the new system, such as <code>-V1</code>, which provides a level of quality between the old "standard" and "extreme" presets, or <code>-V3</code>, which is between the old "medium" and "standard" presets.<br />
<br />
LAME 3.97 features more streamlined command line options, and it's recommended to stick to one of the values described in the text or shown in the tables above. <font style="color:blue">You don't need to worry</font> anymore about quality, settings, arcane combinations of switches, or presets.<br />
<br />
For example, the following command lines will all produce the same output:<br />
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<code>--alt-preset insane</code> = <code>--preset insane</code> = <code>-b 320</code> = <code>--preset 320</code> = <code>--preset cbr 320</code><br />
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(<code>--preset cbr 320</code> is the exact same thing as <code>--alt-preset insane</code>, etc.)<br />
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<br />
==Technical information==<br />
The table below contains technical details about the recommended settings.<br />
<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"<br />
|+'''Technical details of the recommended settings'''<br />
| '''Switch''' || '''Preset''' || '''Target Kbps''' || '''Y Switch''' || '''-b''' || '''Lowpass''' || '''Resample'''<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 0 || --preset extreme || ~240 || || 128 || 19383 Hz - 19916 Hz ||<br />
|-<br />
| -V 0 --vbr-new || --preset fast extreme || ~240 || || || 19383 Hz - 19916 Hz ||<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 1 || || ~210 || || 128 || 18671 Hz - 19205 Hz ||<br />
|-<br />
| -V 1 --vbr-new || || ~210 || || || 18671 Hz - 19205 Hz ||<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 2 || --preset standard || ~190 || || 128 || 18671 Hz - 19205 Hz ||<br />
|-<br />
| -V 2 --vbr-new || --preset fast standard || ~190 || || || 18671 Hz - 19205 Hz ||<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 3 || || ~175 || Y || || 17960 Hz - 18494 Hz ||<br />
|-<br />
| -V 3 --vbr-new || || ~175 || Y || || 17960 Hz - 18494 Hz ||<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 4 || --preset medium || ~165 || Y || || 17960 Hz - 18494 Hz ||<br />
|-<br />
| -V 4 --vbr-new || --preset fast medium || ~165 || Y || || 17960 Hz - 18494 Hz ||<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 5 || || ~130 || Y || || 16538 Hz - 17071 Hz ||<br />
|-<br />
| -V 5 --vbr-new || || ~130 || Y || || 16538 Hz - 17071 Hz ||<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 6 || || ~115 || Y || || 15826 Hz - 16360 Hz ||<br />
|-<br />
| -V 6 --vbr-new || || ~115 || Y || || 15826 Hz - 16360 Hz ||<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 7 || || ~100 || Y || || 14581 Hz - 14968 Hz || 32000 Hz<br />
|-<br />
| -V 7 --vbr-new || || ~100 || Y || || 14581 Hz - 14968 Hz || 32000 Hz<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 8 || || ~85 || Y || || 12516 Hz - 12903 Hz || 32000 Hz<br />
|-<br />
| -V 8 --vbr-new || || ~85 || Y || || 12516 Hz - 12903 Hz || 32000 Hz<br />
|- style="background:white;"<br />
| -V 9 || || ~65 || Y || || 9774 Hz - 10065 Hz || 24000 Hz<br />
|-<br />
| -V 9 --vbr-new || || ~65 || Y || || 9774 Hz - 10065 Hz || 24000 Hz<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[MP3]]<br />
* [[Exact_Audio_Copy|Exact Audio Copy]]<br />
* [[EAC_and_Lame | Configuring EAC and LAME]]<br />
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<br />
==Notes and references==<br />
<br />
'''People who took part in suggesting the different settings:'''<br />
<br />
Dibrom, r3mix, ff123, Hans Heijden, kjempen, Benjamin Lebsanft, GeSomeone, Wombat & GuruBoolez for his immense testing.<br />
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'''Creation of the alt preset system and related special code level quality enhancements:'''<br />
<br />
Dibrom, with technical assistance from Robert Hegemann and Naoki Shibata, Gabriel and extensive tuning help and quality verification via listening tests from JohnV and also initial help (--dm-preset era) from Hans Heijden, ff123, Wombat, and others. Test clips, bitrate information, and further listening tests provided by TheBashar, zbutsam, Pio2001, BadDuDeX, r3mix, h, TarX, Hans Heijden, ff123, Wombat, Filburt, Volcano, Garf, MrDrew, TrNSZ, nyaochi, Amadeus93, in no particular order, and many, many others we (Dibrom, user) probably forgot to mention.<br />
<br />
'''Idea (also exposing the need for a unified preset system), Original post and list of original settings collected by:''' user<br />
<br />
'''Layout and additional work by:''' dev0, CiTay, SNYder, Dibrom.<br />
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And finally...<br />
<br />
Thank you ALL in the community for making it what it is, providing interest and discussion and helping to work towards the most concise, well tuned, and most thought out MP3 quality "paradigm" seen yet! -- Dibrom<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*[[CBR]]<br />
*[[ABR]]<br />
*[[VBR]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://lame.sourceforge.net LAME official homepage]<br />
*[http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/lame.html Historical versions of LAME] at ReallyRareWares<br />
*[http://www.rjamorim.com/test/ Several multiformat listening tests] featuring LAME and other encoders.<br />
*[http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.html RareWares MP3 page]<br />
*[http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=478&st=0 Discussion of recommended Lame compiles in the Hydrogenaudio forum]<br />
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=16&t=32288 Forum discussion of the recommended settings]<br />
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=15&t=203 Forum discussion of the recommended settings (older)]<br />
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=32288&view=findpost&p=327262 Previous recommendations (outdated)]<br />
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[[Category:Software]]<br />
[[Category:Encoder/Decoder]]</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Exact_Audio_Copy&diff=15023Exact Audio Copy2006-10-17T01:32:40Z<p>Beto: added screenshot</p>
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<div>{{featured}}<br />
{{Software Infobox<br />
| name = Exact Audio Copy<br />
| screenshot = [[Image:EAC_screenshot.png|250px|EAC screenshot]]<br />
| caption = popular secure ripper with C2 error correction <br />
| maintainer = Andre Wiethoff<br />
| stable_release = 0.95b4<br />
| preview_release = <br />
| operating_system = Windows<br />
| use = Digital Audio Extraction <br />
| license = Free, Cardware<br />
| website = [http://www.exactaudiocopy.org EAC website]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Exact Audio Copy''' (EAC for short) is a free software that can be used to extract tracks from an Audio CD to your computer's hard disk. What makes EAC special compared to other rippers is the fact that it is capable of reading audio CDs almost perfectly.<br />
EAC uses various methods for extracting audio data. EAC can also invoke externally installed encoders, thereby making it possible to simultaneously rip and encode audio data to the format of your choice.<br />
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<br />
==Features of Exact Audio Copy==<br />
* Usage of the Windows 95 and Windows NT ASPI Interface, so both SCSI and ATAPI CD-ROM drives are supported<br />
* Hidden sector synchronization (jitter correction)<br />
* Secure, fast and burst extraction methods selectable. Fast extraction should run at the same speed as other grabbers, but is probably not exact anymore. Burst mode just grabs the audio data without any synchronization.<br />
* Read error and complete loss of sync detection and correction in secure modes, as far as possible<br />
* Output of time positions of all non-exact corrections and listen to these positions<br />
* Copy of ranges of music data, not only tracks<br />
* Automatic Speed reduction on errors and fallback afterwards<br />
* Normalization of extracted audio<br />
* Usage of the Windows Audio Compression Manager (ACM Codecs) for direct compression e.g. to MP3 waves<br />
* Support for the BladeEnc DLL that is usable like an ACM Codec for online MP3 compression<br />
* Support of external MP3, VQF, RA and AAC encoders for automatic compression after extraction<br />
* Batch compression and decompression of/to WAV files<br />
* Compression offset support for exact compression/decompression<br />
* Detection of pre-track gaps<br />
* Detection of silence in pre-track gaps<br />
* Automatic creation of CUE sheets for CDRWin, including all gaps, indicies, track attributes, UPC and ISRC<br />
* CD player functionality and prelistening to selected ranges<br />
* Automatic detection of drive features, whether a drive has an accurate stream and/or does caching<br />
* Sample Offsets for drives with no accurate streams, including the option of filling up missing samples with silence<br />
* Option for synchronizing tracks for non-accurate stream drives<br />
* Filename editing with local and remote CDDB database and cdplayer.ini support and more features like ID3 tagging<br />
* Browse and edit local database<br />
* Local CDDB support<br />
* Record and Loop Record functions for recording from LP, radio, etc.<br />
* Automatic rename of MP3 files according to their ID3 tag<br />
* Catalog extraction function<br />
* Multisession (CD-Extra) support<br />
* CD-Text support<br />
* CD-Write support for some drives<br />
* ID3 Tag editor with drag and drop possibility from track listing and database<br />
* Glitch removal after extraction<br />
* Small WAV editor with the following functionality: delete, trim, normalize, pad, glitch removal, pop detection, interpolation of ranges, noise reduction, fade in/out, undo (and more)<br />
* Program is Cardware, so feel free to copy<br />
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==How it works==<br />
===Extraction technology===<br />
In secure mode, this program reads every audio sector at least twice. That is one reason why the program is so slow. But by using this technique non-identical sectors are detected. If an error occurs (read or sync error), the program keeps on reading this sector, until eight of 16 retries are identical, but at maximum one, three or five times (according to the error recovery quality) these 16 retries are read. So, in the worst case, bad sectors are read up to 82 times! But this will help the program to obtain best result by comparing all of the retries. If it is not sure that the stream is correct (at least it can be said at approx. 99.5%) the program will tell the user where the (possible) read error occurred. The program also tries to adjust the jitter artefacts that occur on the first block of a track, so that each extraction should be exactly the same. On drives found to have the ''accurate stream'' feature, this is guaranteed. Of course, this is a little bit more complex, especially with some CD drives which have caching. When these drives cache audio data, every sector read will be read from cache and is identical. I initially implemented two ways of dealing with the caching problem. First there is an extra option for resetting the cache for use the the old secure mode (the one being kept for compatibility reasons). In the current beta version, the cache will still be reset by resetting the drive completely. You might imagine that this would slow down the reading process very badly.<br />
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That is why it was implemented three new read modes in version 0.85beta. One really fast mode (up to half of maximum speed) is only for non-caching, accurate stream CD-ROM drives. The second one could be used for caching, accurate stream drives and the last one will work with drives that don't have accurate streams, or do caching. The last two will be much slower, when no read errors occur it will usually something around a third to a fourth of the drives maximum speed.<br />
For testing, it was used a Plextor 14/32 drive that does no caching and a Teac R56S-600 drive that does caching. Furthermore the Plextor 14/32 supports the ''accurate stream'' feature, so it produces no jitter artifacts on any stream.<br />
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This program is really damn slow in secure mode in comparison with other grabbers, but the program checks every sector over and over to get the correct data with high certainty. If you don't like this feature of EAC and prefer fast copies instead of secure copies, you should use the fast or burst extraction option in the options menu. But of course in fast mode, the program will no longer be able to find read errors. Only if a read error occurs in a sector synchronization area, will a sync error will still be displayed. Fast mode is sector synchronized with 2 blocks of 23 as synchronization blocks. Burst copy is even worse, no synchronization is done, enabling extraction at maximum speed of the drive. No error checking of any kind can be performed. If the stream ever breaks, it will tell the user in the status report by showing up suspicous positions. Of course this is only heuristic; there needn't be any errors on that positions; moreover there could be errors that are not found at all. <br />
A new option for selecting the error recovery quality will determine how often these blocks of 16 reads will be done before giving up and working with the results obtained so far. For bad CDs, low error recovery quality will be fastest, but high recover quality should give best results.<br />
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===Gap technology===<br />
In the new versions of EAC it is possible to detect pre-track gaps. These are the pauses between two tracks. Usually they are two seconds long and a CD player will display a negative time during this pause. By enabling the option ''Detect Pre-Track Gaps'' it will be possible to detect all gap-lengths by reading the sub-channel information. Because this information is not stored on the CD directly retrievable, EAC has to search for the position a track ends. This search is quite fast, but it still takes on average a second per track. That's why I made it possible to disable it in the options. Besides that option you can choose to add the gaps to the previous track nevertheless. Otherwise you can choose either to append the gap to the correct track or to leave it out . A benefit of performing the detection and getting the gap times is the selection of a range to copy. There the correct times will be displayed. One last word on this topic: Because these pre-track gaps are found by testing positions, it is possible that it will not be 100% exact. But in most cases it will be correct.<br />
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===Automatic feature detection technology===<br />
From version 0.8 beta on it is possible to autodetect CD-ROM drive features. For each drive the program builds a separate drive options page. On this option page this function can be called.<br />
There are two different features that will be checked by EAC: First if the stream is accurate and second, if the drive caches audio data. Even if the drive has a cache (drive specifications), it does not automatically mean that the drive uses the cache for audio extractions.<br />
The test for the accurate stream feature should be always correct, but testing for cache will give some problems with drives that extract audio very slowly (under 4X speed). If results are uncertain (given e.g. two different results on different tests), you should assume that the drive does caching. The new secure mode for non-accurate and/or caching drives should work for all drives. The other new read modes are only a bit faster. If testing for accurate stream only sometimes gives a negative result, then you could nevertheless try to use the accurate secure mode. From version 0.8 beta on it is possible to autodetect CD-ROM drive features. For each drive the program builds a separate drive options page. On this option page this function can be called.<br />
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===Track synchronization technology===<br />
Usually CD audio extraction programs will extract one track after another. This could cause some problems on CD-ROM drives which are not accurate, when using a CD which has no gaps. When this option is enabled in the EAC options, EAC will synchronize a track with a preceeding track if there is no silence at the track junction, so track transitions will be free from jitter artifacts (e.g. on live recordings).<br />
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===Offset technology===<br />
''Sample Offset'' is another new feature of EAC, it will help to always get the same WAVs compared to a different reader and to prevent generation losses. Nearly all drives can not position the head correctly. That means if the program tells the drive to read block 10000 it will probably read data somewhere in block 9998 instead. But this is not visible to the reading program, it won't know if it is really the data it wanted. Usually the head will be set always to a fixed offset before or after the correct read position. So it is possible to detect this offset once and use it for all CDs coming afterwards. To find out the offset of any drive the offset has to be calculated relative to an absolute offset (reference offset).<br />
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To implement this detection for all drives some bytes from common CDs (reference CDs) are used. These are the reference each CD-ROM drive has to compare with. Of course it was implemented only a limited selection of CDs that can be used to detect this offset. Sometimes there are different versions (releases) of the same CD, but only the same press like the one that was used will work. Furthermore, drives that have jitter are unable to position their heads correctly. So you should activate the secure or fast extraction method and moreover if your drive does caching, activate no-caching emulation. The ''Searching Track Start'' algorithm tries to find the correct start position even if jitter occurs. But this is not always possible, mainly if the drive jitters too much. But it can be shown that nearly 80% of the reads will get the same results. A drive's characteristic offset can be found automatically from the CD from on the list of reference CDs. Because of the mentioned jitter error the value given back is also not 100% sure. You should start the test several times and remember to activate emulate no-caching if necessary. Then you should get one value that occurs more often than other values. YOU SHOULD USE THIS TEST ON TWO DIFFERENT CDS AT LEAST! BOTH TESTS SHOULD GIVE BACK THE SAME VALUE!<br />
As different models of common CD-R writer usually do not add the same offset on writing, it seems that also big CD manufactures also do not always press the same offset on their CDs. So it was determined the most common offset of pressed CDs and integrated it into the offset detection routines.<br />
Please help us measure more reference CDs. If you have a Plextor 14/32 32x CD-ROM drive, we know the offset. So all you have to do is run some popular disks from your own collection through it with a utility you could download here and send us the output.<br />
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==Exact Audio Copy guides==<br />
You can begin configuring EAC by starting with the Drive Configuration followed by the Gap Settings and finally, the Encoder Options. Remember to use only an original, factory-pressed Audio CD for configuring EAC. Please do not use, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, bootlegs or any such discs. Also use a non copy-protected disc which carries the familiar "Compact Disc-Digital Audio" logo.<br />
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===General guides===<br />
* [[EAC Drive Configuration]]<br />
* [[Gap settings | EAC Gap settings]]<br />
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===Compression guides===<br />
* [[EAC and Lame]]<br />
* [[EAC and Musepack]]<br />
* [[EAC and Ogg Vorbis]]<br />
* [[EAC and WavPack]]<br />
* [[EAC and Flac]]<br />
* [[EAC and Monkeys Audio]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[EAC CUE Sheets]] ASCII formats explained<br />
* [[EAC_Vs_CDex_SecureMode | EAC secure mode versus CDex full paranoia]] (by Pio2001)<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/eac.html Historical versions of EAC] at ReallyRareWares<br />
* [http://users.pandora.be/satcp/tutorials.htm EAC tutorials]<br />
* [http://www.digital-inn.de/forum14/ EAC forum]<br />
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[[Category:CD Rippers]]</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=File:EAC_screenshot.png&diff=15022File:EAC screenshot.png2006-10-17T01:31:18Z<p>Beto: EAC screenshot.</p>
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<div>EAC screenshot.</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Hydrogenaudio_Knowledgebase_talk:Wiki_Policy&diff=15021Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase talk:Wiki Policy2006-10-17T01:22:32Z<p>Beto: /* Content (proposed) */</p>
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<div>{{talkheader}}<br />
<b><big>[[/archive|Old talk]]</big></b><br />
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==Wiki policy discussion==<br />
The new wiki policy discussion. I outlined a proposal based in wikipedia.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 12:39, 21 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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*'''Behavioral''': standards for behavior.<br />
*'''Content''': which topics are welcome.<br />
*'''Enforcement''': what action authorised users can take to enforce other policies.<br />
*'''Deletion''': deleting articles that are considered undesirable.<br />
*'''Legal and copyright''': firm rules about what material may be used here, and remedies for misuse.<br />
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All have to be aligned with [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3974 HA TOS]. A good starting point for this discussion would be categorizing each TOS to a policy category.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 12:43, 21 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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==Behavioral (proposed)==<br />
reviewed. i think we are probably done with this section. admins could take a look and see if nothing is missing.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 20:21, 16 October 2006 (CDT)<br />
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==Content (proposed)==<br />
I added a language policy aligned to HA TOS.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 18:37, 26 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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also mostly done.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 20:22, 16 October 2006 (CDT)<br />
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==Deletion (proposed)==<br />
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== Legal and copyright (proposed) ==<br />
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: Do we have to be this restrictive? Where did you take that everything uploaded must comply with GFDL or CC licenses? I'm curious...--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 21:24, 21 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
::it's all the GFDL allows... it's crappy, yeah, but it's what this wiki is licensed under. {{User:Elliottmobile/sig2}} 16:19, 26 September 2006 (CDT)</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Hydrogenaudio_Knowledgebase_talk:Wiki_Policy&diff=15020Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase talk:Wiki Policy2006-10-17T01:22:19Z<p>Beto: /* Content (proposed) */</p>
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<div>{{talkheader}}<br />
<b><big>[[/archive|Old talk]]</big></b><br />
<br />
==Wiki policy discussion==<br />
The new wiki policy discussion. I outlined a proposal based in wikipedia.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 12:39, 21 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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*'''Behavioral''': standards for behavior.<br />
*'''Content''': which topics are welcome.<br />
*'''Enforcement''': what action authorised users can take to enforce other policies.<br />
*'''Deletion''': deleting articles that are considered undesirable.<br />
*'''Legal and copyright''': firm rules about what material may be used here, and remedies for misuse.<br />
<br />
All have to be aligned with [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3974 HA TOS]. A good starting point for this discussion would be categorizing each TOS to a policy category.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 12:43, 21 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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==Behavioral (proposed)==<br />
reviewed. i think we are probably done with this section. admins could take a look and see if nothing is missing.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 20:21, 16 October 2006 (CDT)<br />
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==Content (proposed)==<br />
I added a language policy aligned to HA TOS.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 18:37, 26 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
also mostly done.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 20:22, 16 October 2006 (CDT)<br />
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==Enforcement (proposed)==<br />
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==Deletion (proposed)==<br />
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== Legal and copyright (proposed) ==<br />
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==== Articles ====<br />
If you see a source or website that mimicks an article without referencing us, our page ''may'' copy theirs. In case, replace the page with (DO NOT add to the header, replace it for legal issues):<br />
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If you own an image, you must upload it with a free license, e.g. GFDL or Creative Commons. '''You cannot use your own work as fair use.'''<br />
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If you copy an image from elsewhere, state where and which license it is, or your fair use rationale.<br />
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: Do we have to be this restrictive? Where did you take that everything uploaded must comply with GFDL or CC licenses? I'm curious...--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 21:24, 21 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
::it's all the GFDL allows... it's crappy, yeah, but it's what this wiki is licensed under. {{User:Elliottmobile/sig2}} 16:19, 26 September 2006 (CDT)</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Hydrogenaudio_Knowledgebase_talk:Wiki_Policy&diff=15019Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase talk:Wiki Policy2006-10-17T01:21:52Z<p>Beto: /* Behavioral (proposed) */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{talkheader}}<br />
<b><big>[[/archive|Old talk]]</big></b><br />
<br />
==Wiki policy discussion==<br />
The new wiki policy discussion. I outlined a proposal based in wikipedia.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 12:39, 21 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
<br />
*'''Behavioral''': standards for behavior.<br />
*'''Content''': which topics are welcome.<br />
*'''Enforcement''': what action authorised users can take to enforce other policies.<br />
*'''Deletion''': deleting articles that are considered undesirable.<br />
*'''Legal and copyright''': firm rules about what material may be used here, and remedies for misuse.<br />
<br />
All have to be aligned with [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3974 HA TOS]. A good starting point for this discussion would be categorizing each TOS to a policy category.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 12:43, 21 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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==Behavioral (proposed)==<br />
reviewed. i think we are probably done with this section. admins could take a look and see if nothing is missing.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 20:21, 16 October 2006 (CDT)<br />
<br />
==Content (proposed)==<br />
I added a language policy aligned to HA TOS.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 18:37, 26 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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==Enforcement (proposed)==<br />
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==Deletion (proposed)==<br />
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== Legal and copyright (proposed) ==<br />
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==== Articles ====<br />
If you see a source or website that mimicks an article without referencing us, our page ''may'' copy theirs. In case, replace the page with (DO NOT add to the header, replace it for legal issues):<br />
<br />
<nowiki>{{copyvio|Justification (e.g. url, book source...)}}</nowiki><br />
<br />
'''To admins:''' if you see a copyvio article, e.g. in [[:Category:Articles marked as copyright violations]], check it, verify it, and if it is a violation, DELETE IT without notice.<br />
<br />
==== Images ====<br />
Do not upload images from search engines or websites here. They are likely copyrighted.<br />
<br />
Fair use images are allowed to a degree. (Please expand this section.)<br />
<br />
If you own an image, you must upload it with a free license, e.g. GFDL or Creative Commons. '''You cannot use your own work as fair use.'''<br />
<br />
If you copy an image from elsewhere, state where and which license it is, or your fair use rationale.<br />
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<small>('''[[Special:Contributions/Elliottmobile|sbirtnoc]] | [[User talk:Elliottmobile|klat]]''')</small> [[User:Elliottmobile|elibomttoillE]] 15:46, 21 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
<br />
: Do we have to be this restrictive? Where did you take that everything uploaded must comply with GFDL or CC licenses? I'm curious...--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 21:24, 21 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
::it's all the GFDL allows... it's crappy, yeah, but it's what this wiki is licensed under. {{User:Elliottmobile/sig2}} 16:19, 26 September 2006 (CDT)</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Hydrogenaudio_Knowledgebase:Wiki_Policy&diff=15018Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase:Wiki Policy2006-10-16T21:44:43Z<p>Beto: review and new sections</p>
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<div>To be included the wiki policy, much aligned to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies wikipedia's policies] but not the same.<br />
Also aligned with the [[Hydrogenaudio_Knowledgebase:Terms_of_Service|terms of service]].<br />
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==Wiki policy proposal==<br />
Discuss it [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=48596 here] or in the [[Hydrogenaudio_Knowledgebase_talk:Wiki_Policy|talk page]].<br />
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==Policy categories (draft)==<br />
#'''Behavioral''': standards for behavior.<br />
#'''Content''': which topics are welcome.<br />
#'''Enforcement''': what action authorised users can take to enforce other policies.<br />
#'''Deletion''': deleting articles that are considered undesirable.<br />
#'''Legal and copyright''': firm rules about what material may be used here, and remedies for misuse.<br />
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==Policies (draft)==<br />
===Behavioral (reviewed)===<br />
: '''Assume good faith'''<br />
: Assume that most people who work on the HA Knowledgebase Project are trying to help it, not hurt it.<br />
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: '''Bots'''<br />
: Programs that update pages automatically in a useful and harmless way may be welcome, if their owners seek approval first and go to great lengths to stop them from running amok or being a drain on resources.<br />
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: '''Civility'''<br />
: Being rude, insensitive or petty makes people upset and stops Hydrogenaudio from working well. Try to discourage others from being uncivil, and be careful to avoid offending people unintentionally. Mediation is available if needed.<br />
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: '''Editing policy'''<br />
: Improve pages wherever you can, and don't worry about leaving them imperfect. Avoid deleting information wherever possible.<br />
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: '''No legal threats'''<br />
: Use dispute resolution rather than legal threats, for everyone's sake. We respond quickly to complaints of defamation or copyright infringement. If you do take legal action, please refrain from editing until it is resolved.<br />
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: '''No personal attacks'''<br />
: Do not make personal attacks. Comment on content, not on the contributor. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Nobody likes abuse.<br />
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: '''Ownership of articles'''<br />
: You agreed to allow others to modify your work. So let them.<br />
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: '''Sock puppetry'''<br />
: Do not use multiple accounts to create the illusion of greater support for an issue, to mislead others, or to circumvent a block; nor ask your friends to create accounts to support you or anyone.<br />
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: '''Three-revert rule'''<br />
: Do not revert any single page in whole or in part more than three times in 24 hours. (Or else an administrator may block your account).<br />
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: '''Username'''<br />
: Choose a neutral username that you'll be happy with. You can usually change your name if you need to by asking, but you can't delete it.<br />
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: '''User pages'''<br />
: The content a user's user page is theirs to decide. Feel welcome to add related content or fix issues, but do not be offended if the user objects or reverts your changes. Their decision should be respected unless it clearly breaks policy.<br />
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: '''Vandalism'''<br />
: Vandalism is any addition, deletion, or change to content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. It is, and needs to be, removed from the encyclopedia.<br />
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===Content (reviewed)===<br />
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: '''Naming conventions'''<br />
: Generally, article naming should give priority to what the majority of English speakers worldwide would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity, while at the same time making linking to those articles easy and second nature.<br />
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: '''Article content'''<br />
: This is a technical wiki. Articles should be written from a technical perspective, however they should be understandable by average people. Do not abuse technical talk and terms.<br />
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: '''Verifiability'''<br />
: We cannot check the accuracy of claims, but we can check whether the claims have been published by a reputable publication. Articles should therefore cite sources whenever possible. Any unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br />
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: '''Neutral point of view'''<br />
: Articles, including reader-facing templates, categories and portals, should be written from a Neutral Point of View.<br />
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: '''No original research'''<br />
: Articles may not contain any unpublished theories, data, statements, concepts, arguments, or ideas; or any new interpretation, analysis, or synthesis of published data, statements, concepts, arguments, or ideas that would amount to a "novel narrative or historical interpretation."<br />
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: '''Language'''<br />
: All articles must be written in the English language.<br />
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===Enforcement (to be reviewed)===<br />
Arbitration Committee<br />
The Arbitration Committee exists to impose binding solutions to Wikipedia disputes. It is a last resort to be turned to when all else has failed.<br />
Arbitration policy<br />
Rules for how Arbitrators decide cases.<br />
Banning policy<br />
Extremely disruptive users may be banned from Wikipedia. Please respect these bans, don't bait banned users and don't help them out. Bans can be appealed to Jimbo Wales or the Arbitration Committee, depending on the nature of the ban.<br />
Blocking policy<br />
Disruptive users can be blocked from editing for short or long amounts of time.<br />
Consensus can change<br />
All decisions, including poll results, can be reversed later as Wikipedia develops.<br />
No open proxies<br />
All public proxy servers which could be used by anyone to hide their true IP address are not allowed to edit Wikipedia, and will be permanently blocked from editing upon discovery. (There are no restrictions on reading Wikipedia from public proxy servers).<br />
Protection policy<br />
Pages can be protected against vandals or during fierce content disputes. Protected pages can, but in general shouldn't, be edited by administrators.<br />
Resolving disputes<br />
The first step to resolving any dispute is to talk to those who disagree with you. If that fails, there are more structured forms of discussion available.<br />
Semi-protection policy<br />
Pages undergoing frequent vandalism can be semi-protected to block edits by very new or unregistered users. <br />
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<div>{{Codec Infobox<br />
| name = FLAC<br />
| logo = [[Image:FLAC logo.gif]]<br />
| type = lossless<br />
| purpose = Popular open source patent free lossless compression scheme.<br />
| maintainer = Josh Coalson, Xiph Community <br />
| recommended_encoder = FLAC encoder<br />
| recommended_text = FLAC v1.1.2<br />
| website = http://flac.sourceforge.net/<br />
}}<br />
'''FLAC''' stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified, FLAC is similar to [[MP3]], but [[lossless]], meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed FLAC files in your favorite player (or your car or home stereo, if supported) just like you would an MP3 file.<br />
<br />
==General aspects of the format==<br />
FLAC is freely available and supported on most operating systems, including Windows, UNIX (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, OS X, IRIX), BeOS, OS/2, and Amiga. There are build systems for autotools, MSVC, Watcom C, and Project Builder.<br />
<br />
The FLAC project consists of:<br />
* the stream format<br />
* reference encoders and decoders in library form<br />
* flac, a command-line program to encode and decode FLAC files<br />
* metaflac, a command-line metadata editor for FLAC files<br />
* input plugins for various music players<br />
<br />
When we say that FLAC is ''free'' it means more than just that it is available at no cost. It means that the specification of the format is fully open to the public to be used for any purpose (the FLAC project reserves the right to set the FLAC specification and certify compliance), and that neither the FLAC format nor any of the implemented encoding/decoding methods are covered by any known patent. It also means that all the source code is available under open-source licenses. It is the first truly open and free lossless audio format.<br />
<br />
Some claim FLAC is the most widely used lossless compression format on UNIX systems (though it seems more likely that shn retains that honor on all OS platforms).<br />
FLAC files also can be placed inside an Ogg container using libOggFLAC and libOggFLAC++. <br />
<br />
==Features==<br />
* '''Lossless:''' The encoding of audio (PCM) data incurs no loss of information, and the decoded audio is bit-for-bit identical to what went into the encoder. Each frame contains a 16-bit CRC of the frame data for detecting transmission errors. The integrity of the audio data is further insured by storing an MD5 signature of the original unencoded audio data in the file header, which can be compared against later during decoding or testing.<br />
* '''Fast:''' FLAC is asymmetric in favor of decode speed. Decoding requires only integer arithmetic, and is much less compute-intensive than for most perceptual codecs. Real-time decode performance is easily achievable on even modest hardware.<br />
* '''Hardware support:''' Because of FLAC's free reference implementation and low decoding complexity, FLAC is currently the only lossless codec that has any kind of hardware support.<br />
* '''Streamable:''' Each FLAC frame contains enough data to decode that frame. FLAC does not even rely on previous or following frames. FLAC uses sync codes and CRCs (similar to MPEG and other formats), which, along with framing, allow decoders to pick up in the middle of a stream with a minimum of delay.<br />
* '''Seekable:''' FLAC supports fast sample-accurate seeking. Not only is this useful for playback, it makes FLAC files suitable for use in editing applications.<br />
* '''Flexible metadata:''' New metadata blocks can be defined and implemented in future versions of FLAC without breaking older streams or decoders. Currently there are metadata types for tags, cue sheets, and seek tables. Applications can write their own APPLICATION metadata once they register an ID.<br />
* '''Suitable for archiving:''' FLAC is an open format, and there is no generation loss if you need to convert your data to another format in the future. In addition to the frame CRCs and MD5 signature, flac has a verify option that decodes the encoded stream in parallel with the encoding process and compares the result to the original, aborting with an error if there is a mismatch.<br />
* '''Convenient CD archiving:''' FLAC has a ''cue sheet'' metadata block for storing a CD table of contents and all track and index points. For instance, you can rip a CD to a single file, then import the CD's extracted cue sheet while encoding to yield a single file representation of the entire CD. If your original CD is damaged, the cue sheet can be exported later in order to burn an exact copy.<br />
* '''Error resistant:''' Because of FLAC's framing, stream errors limit the damage to the frame in which the error occurred, typically a small fraction of a second worth of data. Contrast this with some other lossless codecs, in which a single error destroys the remainder of the stream.<br />
<br />
==Pros==<br />
* Portable to many systems<br />
* Source open and freely licenced<br />
* Hardware support (PhatBox, Kenwood MusicKeg, Rio Karma, etc. See below)<br />
* Streaming support<br />
* Extremely fast decoding<br />
* Supports multichannel and high resolution streams<br />
* Supports [[ReplayGain]]<br />
* Supports cue-sheet (with some limitations)<br />
* Gaining wide use as successor to [[Shorten]]<br />
<br />
==Cons==<br />
* Compresses less efficiently than other popular modern compressors ([[Monkey's Audio]], [[OptimFROG]])<br />
* Higher compression modes slow, for little gain over the default setting.<br />
<br />
==Hardware and software that support FLAC==<br />
For a more comprehensive list see the [http://flac.sourceforge.net/links.html FLAC links page].<br />
<br />
===Hardware===<br />
====Home stereo====<br />
* [http://www.request.com/us/ AudioReQuest] music servers<br />
* [http://www.avegasystems.com/ Avega Systems]' wireless [http://www.avegasystems.com/_documents/Oyster_Specifications.pdf Oyster] loudspeakers<br />
* Digital Techniques' "iStereo" [http://www.digitaltechniques.com/M300A_Overview.html M300A Digital Music Player]<br />
* Escient's [http://www.escient.com/ FireBall servers (E2-40/160/300, DVDM-300)]<br />
* [http://www.hermstedt.com/english/hifidelio/hifidelio.html Hifidelio]<br />
* [http://www.imuse.us/ iMuse] audio/video media servers<br />
* Meda Systems' [http://www.medainc.com/ Bravo servers]<br />
* The [http://www.cesweb.org/attendees/show_floor/product_locator/product_details.asp?prodid=5181 MS300 Music Server] by McIntosh Laboratory<br />
* Olive's [http://www.olive.us/ Symphony] wireless digital music center<br />
* [http://www.phatnoise.com/products/homeplayer/index.php PhatNoise Home Digital Media Player]<br />
* [http://www.numark.com/ Numark]'s DJ equipment (HDX and CDX turntables, HDMIX mixer)<br />
* [http://www.mock.com/receiver/ Rio Reciever] and Dell Digital Audio Receiver<br />
* [http://www.rokulabs.com/products/photobridge/features.php Roku PhotoBridge HD] (with [http://homepage.ntlworld.ie/p.mc.quillan/FLAC_V0.7.zip plugin])<br />
* [http://www.skipjam.com/ SkipJam]'s networked audio/video devices<br />
* [http://www.sonos.com/ Sonos Digital Music System]<br />
* Slim Devices' [http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_transporter.html Transporter] and [http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html Squeezebox] networked audi players<br />
* [http://www.z500series.com/ Zensonic Z500 Networked DVD Media Player]<br />
* Ziova's [http://www.ziova.com/cs510.php CS510] and [http://www.ziova.com/cs505.php CS505] network media players<br />
<br />
====Car stereo====<br />
* [http://www.phatnoise.com/products/digitalmediaplayers/kenwood_music_keg.php Kenwood Music Keg]<br />
* [http://www.phatnoise.com/products/digitalmediaplayers/index.php PhatBox]<br />
<br />
====Portable====<br />
* [[Apple iPod]] with [[Rockbox]] firmware<br />
* Bluedot's [http://www.digitalworldtokyo.com/2006/07/bluedot_pmp_runs_linux_loves.php BMP-1430]<br />
* Green Apple's portable media player: [http://www.apod.com.cn/show_products.asp?photoID=437 AP3000]<br />
* [[iAudio M3]] and X5<br />
* [[iRiver]] iHP-120/iHP-140 with [[Rockbox]] firmware<br />
* [[Iwod G10]]<br />
* [[Rio Karma]]<br />
* TrekStor's [http://www.trekstor.de/en/products/detail_mp3.php?pid=66 Vibez]<br />
<br />
===Software===<br />
====Players====<br />
* [http://koti.welho.com/hylinen/apollo/ Apollo]<br />
* [http://cogosx.sourceforge.net Cog] — for Mac OS X<br />
* [[foobar2000]]<br />
* [[JRiver Media Center]]<br />
* [http://fondriest.frederic.free.fr/realisations/lamip/ LAMIP]<br />
* [[MediaMonkey]]<br />
* [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ MPlayer]<br />
* [http://www.mythtv.org/ MythTV]<br />
* [http://www.quinnware.com/ QCD] ([http://www.quinnware.com/list_plugins.php?type=input plugin])<br />
* [http://www.videolan.org/ VLC]<br />
* [http://www.vuplayer.com/vuplayer.htm VUPlayer]<br />
* [[Winamp]]<br />
* [[Windows Media Player]] and other directshow-based players (MPC, TCMP, RadLight) (with [http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/ Illiminable's directshow filters] or [http://corecodec.org/projects/coreflac CoreFLAC])<br />
* [http://xine.sourceforge.net/ Xine]<br />
* [[XMMS]]<br />
* [http://www.un4seen.com/ XMplay]<br />
<br />
====Frontends (Windows)====<br />
* [http://www.uninformative.com/flacattack/ Flacattack]<br />
* Custom [http://members.home.nl/w.speek/flac.htm Windows Frontend] (by Speek)<br />
* [http://www.unifront.boereck.de/ UniversalFront] by Böreck<br />
* [http://home.vxu.se/mdati00/frontah/ Frontah] by Madah<br />
* [http://www.webearce.com.ar/ MAREO] by Kwambis<br />
<br />
====Frontends (Mac)====<br />
* [http://www.danrules.com/macflac/ MacFLAC]<br />
* [http://www.sbooth.org/Max/ Max]<br />
* [http://members.rogers.com/beamsplitter/ RipBeak]<br />
* [http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21952 xACT]<br />
<br />
====Converters====<br />
* [http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ dBpowerAMP] Music Converter / Audio Player / CD Writer<br />
* [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ MediaMonkey] Music Manager / Audio Player / CD Writer<br />
* [http://www.germanixsoft.de/ GX:Transcoder] Music converter<br />
<br />
====Editors====<br />
* [[Adobe Audition]]<br />
<br />
====CD writers/rippers====<br />
* [http://www.ahead.de Ahead Nero Burning Rom]<br />
* [http://arson.sourceforge.net/ Arson]<br />
* [http://www.burnatonce.com/ burnatonce]<br />
* [http://www.burrrn.net Burrrn] Audio CD burner<br />
* [[Exact Audio Copy]] CD Ripper<br />
* [http://cdexos.sourceforge.net CDex] CD ripper<br />
* [http://www.cdwave.com/ CD Wave]<br />
<br />
====Taggers====<br />
* [http://www.saunalahti.fi/cse/files/Tag.zip Case's Tag] command line tagger<br />
* [http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/ The GodFather] Tagger / Music manager<br />
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/index.html Mp3tag] Universal Tag Editor<br />
* [http://sbooth.org/Tag/ Tag] — for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)<br />
* [http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation.html#metaflac metaflac] - for general metadata (including Vorbis comments) maintenance<br />
<br />
====Other tools====<br />
* [http://www.burrrn.net/mrq/ Mr. QuestionMan]<br />
* [http://www.bitattack.ro/ai/ Audio Identifier]<br />
* [http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/ mkvtoolnix] - tool to multiplex FLAC streams inside the Matroska container<br />
* [http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation.html#metaflac metaflac] - for general metadata (including Vorbis comments) maintenance, also to calculate [[replaygain]] values for FLAC files lacking such<br />
<br />
<br />
...and many more; see the [http://flac.sourceforge.net/links.html#software FLAC software section] and [http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html#extras download section] for a more comprehensive list.<br />
<br />
==Frequently asked questions==<br />
''Question:'' Does the compression level affect decompression speed?<br />
<br />
''Short Answer'': No.<br />
<br />
''Long Answer'': In truth, the compression level does affect the decompression speed, but the difference between the various compress levels can barely be measured and is too small to be noticed, even on low-end machines.<br />
<br />
<br />
''Question:'' What is the best compression level for encoding my music?<br />
<br />
''Short Answer'': The default setting, 5.<br />
<br />
''Long Answer'': Encoding at the default setting will give the best balance between compression and encoding speed. Encoding at 8 can more than quadruple the encoding time, while having an insignificant effect on compression.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Lossless]]<br />
* [[Lossless Comparison]]<br />
<br />
==Externals links==<br />
* [http://flac.sourceforge.net FLAC website]<br />
* [http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html FLAC download]<br />
* [http://flac.sourceforge.net/format.html Detailed description of the FLAC format]<br />
* [http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation.html FLAC documentation]<br />
* [http://flac.sourceforge.net/faq.html FLAC FAQ]<br />
* [http://people.ucsc.edu/~rswilson/flactest Omion's FLAC "File Size vs. Decoding Speed" test] - a very thorough test on [[FLAC#Frequently_Asked_Questions|the influence of the chosen encoding level on the decoding speed of FLAC]]; the only one so far to have covered FLAC's --super-secret-totally-impractical-compression-level to this extent as well.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Lossless]]</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Free_Lossless_Audio_Codec&diff=15016Free Lossless Audio Codec2006-10-16T19:59:52Z<p>Beto: reworked the page</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Codec Infobox<br />
| name = FLAC<br />
| logo = [[Image:FLAC logo.gif]]<br />
| type = lossless<br />
| purpose = Popular open source patent free lossless compression scheme.<br />
| maintainer = Josh Coalson, Xiph Community <br />
| recommended_encoder = FLAC encoder<br />
| recommended_text = FLAC v1.1.2<br />
| website = http://flac.sourceforge.net/<br />
}}<br />
'''FLAC''' stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified, FLAC is similar to [[MP3]], but [[lossless]], meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed FLAC files in your favorite player (or your car or home stereo, if supported) just like you would an MP3 file.<br />
<br />
==General aspects of the format==<br />
FLAC is freely available and supported on most operating systems, including Windows, UNIX (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, OS X, IRIX), BeOS, OS/2, and Amiga. There are build systems for autotools, MSVC, Watcom C, and Project Builder.<br />
<br />
The FLAC project consists of:<br />
* the stream format<br />
* reference encoders and decoders in library form<br />
* flac, a command-line program to encode and decode FLAC files<br />
* metaflac, a command-line metadata editor for FLAC files<br />
* input plugins for various music players<br />
<br />
When we say that FLAC is ''free'' it means more than just that it is available at no cost. It means that the specification of the format is fully open to the public to be used for any purpose (the FLAC project reserves the right to set the FLAC specification and certify compliance), and that neither the FLAC format nor any of the implemented encoding/decoding methods are covered by any known patent. It also means that all the source code is available under open-source licenses. It is the first truly open and free lossless audio format.<br />
<br />
Some claim FLAC is the most widely used lossless compression format on UNIX systems (though it seems more likely that shn retains that honor on all OS platforms).<br />
FLAC files also can be placed inside an Ogg container using libOggFLAC and libOggFLAC++. <br />
<br />
==Features==<br />
* '''Lossless:''' The encoding of audio (PCM) data incurs no loss of information, and the decoded audio is bit-for-bit identical to what went into the encoder. Each frame contains a 16-bit CRC of the frame data for detecting transmission errors. The integrity of the audio data is further insured by storing an MD5 signature of the original unencoded audio data in the file header, which can be compared against later during decoding or testing.<br />
* '''Fast:''' FLAC is asymmetric in favor of decode speed. Decoding requires only integer arithmetic, and is much less compute-intensive than for most perceptual codecs. Real-time decode performance is easily achievable on even modest hardware.<br />
* '''Hardware support:''' Because of FLAC's free reference implementation and low decoding complexity, FLAC is currently the only lossless codec that has any kind of hardware support.<br />
* '''Streamable:''' Each FLAC frame contains enough data to decode that frame. FLAC does not even rely on previous or following frames. FLAC uses sync codes and CRCs (similar to MPEG and other formats), which, along with framing, allow decoders to pick up in the middle of a stream with a minimum of delay.<br />
* '''Seekable:''' FLAC supports fast sample-accurate seeking. Not only is this useful for playback, it makes FLAC files suitable for use in editing applications.<br />
* '''Flexible metadata:''' New metadata blocks can be defined and implemented in future versions of FLAC without breaking older streams or decoders. Currently there are metadata types for tags, cue sheets, and seek tables. Applications can write their own APPLICATION metadata once they register an ID.<br />
* '''Suitable for archiving:''' FLAC is an open format, and there is no generation loss if you need to convert your data to another format in the future. In addition to the frame CRCs and MD5 signature, flac has a verify option that decodes the encoded stream in parallel with the encoding process and compares the result to the original, aborting with an error if there is a mismatch.<br />
* '''Convenient CD archiving:''' FLAC has a ''cue sheet'' metadata block for storing a CD table of contents and all track and index points. For instance, you can rip a CD to a single file, then import the CD's extracted cue sheet while encoding to yield a single file representation of the entire CD. If your original CD is damaged, the cue sheet can be exported later in order to burn an exact copy.<br />
* '''Error resistant:''' Because of FLAC's framing, stream errors limit the damage to the frame in which the error occurred, typically a small fraction of a second worth of data. Contrast this with some other lossless codecs, in which a single error destroys the remainder of the stream.<br />
<br />
==Pros==<br />
* Portable to many systems<br />
* Source open and freely licenced<br />
* Hardware support (PhatBox, Kenwood MusicKeg, Rio Karma, etc. See below)<br />
* Streaming support<br />
* Extremely fast decoding<br />
* Supports multichannel and high resolution streams<br />
* Supports [[ReplayGain]]<br />
* Supports cue-sheet (with some limitations)<br />
* Gaining wide use as successor to [[Shorten]]<br />
<br />
==Cons==<br />
* Compresses less efficiently than other popular modern compressors ([[Monkey's Audio]], [[OptimFROG]])<br />
* Higher compression modes slow, for little gain over the default setting.<br />
<br />
==Hardware and software that support FLAC==<br />
For a more comprehensive list see the [http://flac.sourceforge.net/links.html FLAC links page].<br />
<br />
===Hardware===<br />
====Home stereo====<br />
* [http://www.request.com/us/ AudioReQuest] music servers<br />
* [http://www.avegasystems.com/ Avega Systems]' wireless [http://www.avegasystems.com/_documents/Oyster_Specifications.pdf Oyster] loudspeakers<br />
* Digital Techniques' "iStereo" [http://www.digitaltechniques.com/M300A_Overview.html M300A Digital Music Player]<br />
* Escient's [http://www.escient.com/ FireBall servers (E2-40/160/300, DVDM-300)]<br />
* [http://www.hermstedt.com/english/hifidelio/hifidelio.html Hifidelio]<br />
* [http://www.imuse.us/ iMuse] audio/video media servers<br />
* Meda Systems' [http://www.medainc.com/ Bravo servers]<br />
* The [http://www.cesweb.org/attendees/show_floor/product_locator/product_details.asp?prodid=5181 MS300 Music Server] by McIntosh Laboratory<br />
* Olive's [http://www.olive.us/ Symphony] wireless digital music center<br />
* [http://www.phatnoise.com/products/homeplayer/index.php PhatNoise Home Digital Media Player]<br />
* [http://www.numark.com/ Numark]'s DJ equipment (HDX and CDX turntables, HDMIX mixer)<br />
* [http://www.mock.com/receiver/ Rio Reciever] and Dell Digital Audio Receiver<br />
* [http://www.rokulabs.com/products/photobridge/features.php Roku PhotoBridge HD] (with [http://homepage.ntlworld.ie/p.mc.quillan/FLAC_V0.7.zip plugin])<br />
* [http://www.skipjam.com/ SkipJam]'s networked audio/video devices<br />
* [http://www.sonos.com/ Sonos Digital Music System]<br />
* Slim Devices' [http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_transporter.html Transporter] and [http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html Squeezebox] networked audi players<br />
* [http://www.z500series.com/ Zensonic Z500 Networked DVD Media Player]<br />
* Ziova's [http://www.ziova.com/cs510.php CS510] and [http://www.ziova.com/cs505.php CS505] network media players<br />
<br />
====Car stereo====<br />
* [http://www.phatnoise.com/products/digitalmediaplayers/kenwood_music_keg.php Kenwood Music Keg]<br />
* [http://www.phatnoise.com/products/digitalmediaplayers/index.php PhatBox]<br />
<br />
====Portable====<br />
* [[Apple iPod]] with [[Rockbox]] firmware<br />
* Bluedot's [http://www.digitalworldtokyo.com/2006/07/bluedot_pmp_runs_linux_loves.php BMP-1430]<br />
* Green Apple's portable media player: [http://www.apod.com.cn/show_products.asp?photoID=437 AP3000]<br />
* [[iAudio M3]] and X5<br />
* [[iRiver]] iHP-120/iHP-140 with [[Rockbox]] firmware<br />
* [[Iwod G10]]<br />
* [[Rio Karma]]<br />
* TrekStor's [http://www.trekstor.de/en/products/detail_mp3.php?pid=66 Vibez]<br />
<br />
===Software===<br />
====Players====<br />
* [http://koti.welho.com/hylinen/apollo/ Apollo]<br />
* [http://cogosx.sourceforge.net Cog] — for Mac OS X<br />
* [[foobar2000]]<br />
* [[JRiver Media Center]]<br />
* [http://fondriest.frederic.free.fr/realisations/lamip/ LAMIP]<br />
* [[MediaMonkey]]<br />
* [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ MPlayer]<br />
* [http://www.mythtv.org/ MythTV]<br />
* [http://www.quinnware.com/ QCD] ([http://www.quinnware.com/list_plugins.php?type=input plugin])<br />
* [http://www.videolan.org/ VLC]<br />
* [http://www.vuplayer.com/vuplayer.htm VUPlayer]<br />
* [[Winamp]]<br />
* [[Windows Media Player]] and other directshow-based players (MPC, TCMP, RadLight) (with [http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/ Illiminable's directshow filters] or [http://corecodec.org/projects/coreflac CoreFLAC])<br />
* [http://xine.sourceforge.net/ Xine]<br />
* [[XMMS]]<br />
* [http://www.un4seen.com/ XMplay]<br />
<br />
====Frontends (Windows)====<br />
* [http://www.uninformative.com/flacattack/ Flacattack]<br />
* Custom [http://members.home.nl/w.speek/flac.htm Windows Frontend] (by Speek)<br />
* [http://www.unifront.boereck.de/ UniversalFront] by Böreck<br />
* [http://home.vxu.se/mdati00/frontah/ Frontah] by Madah<br />
* [http://www.webearce.com.ar/ MAREO] by Kwambis<br />
<br />
====Frontends (Mac)====<br />
* [http://www.danrules.com/macflac/ MacFLAC]<br />
* [http://www.sbooth.org/Max/ Max]<br />
* [http://members.rogers.com/beamsplitter/ RipBeak]<br />
* [http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21952 xACT]<br />
<br />
====Converters====<br />
* [http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ dBpowerAMP] Music Converter / Audio Player / CD Writer<br />
* [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ MediaMonkey] Music Manager / Audio Player / CD Writer<br />
* [http://www.germanixsoft.de/ GX:Transcoder] Music converter<br />
<br />
====Editors====<br />
* [[Adobe Audition]]<br />
<br />
====CD writers/rippers====<br />
* [http://www.ahead.de Ahead Nero Burning Rom]<br />
* [http://arson.sourceforge.net/ Arson]<br />
* [http://www.burnatonce.com/ burnatonce]<br />
* [http://www.burrrn.net Burrrn] Audio CD burner<br />
* [[Exact Audio Copy]] CD Ripper<br />
* [http://cdexos.sourceforge.net CDex] CD ripper<br />
* [http://www.cdwave.com/ CD Wave]<br />
<br />
====Taggers====<br />
* [http://www.saunalahti.fi/cse/files/Tag.zip Case's Tag] command line tagger<br />
* [http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/ The GodFather] Tagger / Music manager<br />
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/index.html Mp3tag] Universal Tag Editor<br />
* [http://sbooth.org/Tag/ Tag] — for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)<br />
* [http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation.html#metaflac metaflac] - for general metadata (including Vorbis comments) maintenance<br />
<br />
====Other tools====<br />
* [http://www.burrrn.net/mrq/ Mr. QuestionMan]<br />
* [http://www.bitattack.ro/ai/ Audio Identifier]<br />
* [http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/ mkvtoolnix] - tool to multiplex FLAC streams inside the Matroska container<br />
* [http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation.html#metaflac metaflac] - for general metadata (including Vorbis comments) maintenance, also to calculate [[replaygain]] values for FLAC files lacking such<br />
<br />
<br />
...and many more; see the [http://flac.sourceforge.net/links.html#software FLAC software section] and [http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html#extras download section] for a more comprehensive list.<br />
<br />
==Frequently Asked Questions==<br />
''Question:'' Does the compression level affect decompression speed?<br />
<br />
''Short Answer'': No.<br />
<br />
''Long Answer'': In truth, the compression level does affect the decompression speed, but the difference between the various compress levels can barely be measured and is too small to be noticed, even on low-end machines.<br />
<br />
<br />
''Question:'' What is the best compression level for encoding my music?<br />
<br />
''Short Answer'': The default setting, 5.<br />
<br />
''Long Answer'': Encoding at the default setting will give the best balance between compression and encoding speed. Encoding at 8 can more than quadruple the encoding time, while having an insignificant effect on compression.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Lossless]]<br />
* [[Lossless Comparison]]<br />
<br />
==Externals links==<br />
* [http://flac.sourceforge.net FLAC website]<br />
* [http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html FLAC download]<br />
* [http://flac.sourceforge.net/format.html Detailed description of the FLAC format]<br />
* [http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation.html FLAC documentation]<br />
* [http://flac.sourceforge.net/faq.html FLAC FAQ]<br />
* [http://people.ucsc.edu/~rswilson/flactest Omion's FLAC "File Size vs. Decoding Speed" test] - a very thorough test on [[FLAC#Frequently_Asked_Questions|the influence of the chosen encoding level on the decoding speed of FLAC]]; the only one so far to have covered FLAC's --super-secret-totally-impractical-compression-level to this extent as well.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Lossless]]</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Template:Codec_Infobox&diff=15015Template:Codec Infobox2006-10-16T18:24:46Z<p>Beto: fixed table</p>
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|- style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold;"<br />
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|- style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold;"<br />
| Recommended encoder: || [[{{{recommended_encoder}}}|{{{recommended_text|{{{recommended_encoder}}}}}}]]<br />
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<noinclude><br />
== Usage ==<br />
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|<pre>{{Codec Infobox<br />
| name = <br />
| logo = <br />
| type = <br />
| purpose = <br />
| maintainer = <br />
| recommended_encoder = <br />
| recommended_text =<br />
| website = <br />
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|}<br />
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* '''website''' field: If the URL is too long, enclose it in the WikiLink syntax, i.e. '''<code><nowiki>[</nowiki><font style="color:#ccccff;"><nowiki>http://www.somewhere.net/</nowiki></font> Click Here]</code>'''.<br />
* '''type''' field: Either "Lossy" or "Lossless"<br />
* '''recommended_text''' field: optional, display name for recommended codec<br />
</noinclude></div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Exact_Audio_Copy&diff=15013Exact Audio Copy2006-10-16T16:50:58Z<p>Beto: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{featured}}<br />
{{Software Infobox<br />
| name = Exact Audio Copy<br />
| screenshot = <br />
| caption = Secure ripping of audio CDs<br />
| maintainer = Andre Wiethoff<br />
| stable_release = 0.95b4<br />
| preview_release = <br />
| operating_system = Windows<br />
| use = CD Ripper<br />
| license = Cardware<br />
| website = [http://www.exactaudiocopy.org EAC website]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Exact Audio Copy''' (EAC for short) is a free software that can be used to extract tracks from an Audio CD to your computer's hard disk. What makes EAC special compared to other rippers is the fact that it is capable of reading audio CDs almost perfectly.<br />
EAC uses various methods for extracting audio data. EAC can also invoke externally installed encoders, thereby making it possible to simultaneously rip and encode audio data to the format of your choice.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Features of Exact Audio Copy==<br />
* Usage of the Windows 95 and Windows NT ASPI Interface, so both SCSI and ATAPI CD-ROM drives are supported<br />
* Hidden sector synchronization (jitter correction)<br />
* Secure, fast and burst extraction methods selectable. Fast extraction should run at the same speed as other grabbers, but is probably not exact anymore. Burst mode just grabs the audio data without any synchronization.<br />
* Read error and complete loss of sync detection and correction in secure modes, as far as possible<br />
* Output of time positions of all non-exact corrections and listen to these positions<br />
* Copy of ranges of music data, not only tracks<br />
* Automatic Speed reduction on errors and fallback afterwards<br />
* Normalization of extracted audio<br />
* Usage of the Windows Audio Compression Manager (ACM Codecs) for direct compression e.g. to MP3 waves<br />
* Support for the BladeEnc DLL that is usable like an ACM Codec for online MP3 compression<br />
* Support of external MP3, VQF, RA and AAC encoders for automatic compression after extraction<br />
* Batch compression and decompression of/to WAV files<br />
* Compression offset support for exact compression/decompression<br />
* Detection of pre-track gaps<br />
* Detection of silence in pre-track gaps<br />
* Automatic creation of CUE sheets for CDRWin, including all gaps, indicies, track attributes, UPC and ISRC<br />
* CD player functionality and prelistening to selected ranges<br />
* Automatic detection of drive features, whether a drive has an accurate stream and/or does caching<br />
* Sample Offsets for drives with no accurate streams, including the option of filling up missing samples with silence<br />
* Option for synchronizing tracks for non-accurate stream drives<br />
* Filename editing with local and remote CDDB database and cdplayer.ini support and more features like ID3 tagging<br />
* Browse and edit local database<br />
* Local CDDB support<br />
* Record and Loop Record functions for recording from LP, radio, etc.<br />
* Automatic rename of MP3 files according to their ID3 tag<br />
* Catalog extraction function<br />
* Multisession (CD-Extra) support<br />
* CD-Text support<br />
* CD-Write support for some drives<br />
* ID3 Tag editor with drag and drop possibility from track listing and database<br />
* Glitch removal after extraction<br />
* Small WAV editor with the following functionality: delete, trim, normalize, pad, glitch removal, pop detection, interpolation of ranges, noise reduction, fade in/out, undo (and more)<br />
* Program is Cardware, so feel free to copy<br />
<br />
<br />
==How it works==<br />
===Extraction technology===<br />
In secure mode, this program reads every audio sector at least twice. That is one reason why the program is so slow. But by using this technique non-identical sectors are detected. If an error occurs (read or sync error), the program keeps on reading this sector, until eight of 16 retries are identical, but at maximum one, three or five times (according to the error recovery quality) these 16 retries are read. So, in the worst case, bad sectors are read up to 82 times! But this will help the program to obtain best result by comparing all of the retries. If it is not sure that the stream is correct (at least it can be said at approx. 99.5%) the program will tell the user where the (possible) read error occurred. The program also tries to adjust the jitter artefacts that occur on the first block of a track, so that each extraction should be exactly the same. On drives found to have the ''accurate stream'' feature, this is guaranteed. Of course, this is a little bit more complex, especially with some CD drives which have caching. When these drives cache audio data, every sector read will be read from cache and is identical. I initially implemented two ways of dealing with the caching problem. First there is an extra option for resetting the cache for use the the old secure mode (the one being kept for compatibility reasons). In the current beta version, the cache will still be reset by resetting the drive completely. You might imagine that this would slow down the reading process very badly.<br />
<br />
That is why it was implemented three new read modes in version 0.85beta. One really fast mode (up to half of maximum speed) is only for non-caching, accurate stream CD-ROM drives. The second one could be used for caching, accurate stream drives and the last one will work with drives that don't have accurate streams, or do caching. The last two will be much slower, when no read errors occur it will usually something around a third to a fourth of the drives maximum speed.<br />
For testing, it was used a Plextor 14/32 drive that does no caching and a Teac R56S-600 drive that does caching. Furthermore the Plextor 14/32 supports the ''accurate stream'' feature, so it produces no jitter artifacts on any stream.<br />
<br />
This program is really damn slow in secure mode in comparison with other grabbers, but the program checks every sector over and over to get the correct data with high certainty. If you don't like this feature of EAC and prefer fast copies instead of secure copies, you should use the fast or burst extraction option in the options menu. But of course in fast mode, the program will no longer be able to find read errors. Only if a read error occurs in a sector synchronization area, will a sync error will still be displayed. Fast mode is sector synchronized with 2 blocks of 23 as synchronization blocks. Burst copy is even worse, no synchronization is done, enabling extraction at maximum speed of the drive. No error checking of any kind can be performed. If the stream ever breaks, it will tell the user in the status report by showing up suspicous positions. Of course this is only heuristic; there needn't be any errors on that positions; moreover there could be errors that are not found at all. <br />
A new option for selecting the error recovery quality will determine how often these blocks of 16 reads will be done before giving up and working with the results obtained so far. For bad CDs, low error recovery quality will be fastest, but high recover quality should give best results.<br />
<br />
===Gap technology===<br />
In the new versions of EAC it is possible to detect pre-track gaps. These are the pauses between two tracks. Usually they are two seconds long and a CD player will display a negative time during this pause. By enabling the option ''Detect Pre-Track Gaps'' it will be possible to detect all gap-lengths by reading the sub-channel information. Because this information is not stored on the CD directly retrievable, EAC has to search for the position a track ends. This search is quite fast, but it still takes on average a second per track. That's why I made it possible to disable it in the options. Besides that option you can choose to add the gaps to the previous track nevertheless. Otherwise you can choose either to append the gap to the correct track or to leave it out . A benefit of performing the detection and getting the gap times is the selection of a range to copy. There the correct times will be displayed. One last word on this topic: Because these pre-track gaps are found by testing positions, it is possible that it will not be 100% exact. But in most cases it will be correct.<br />
<br />
===Automatic feature detection technology===<br />
From version 0.8 beta on it is possible to autodetect CD-ROM drive features. For each drive the program builds a separate drive options page. On this option page this function can be called.<br />
There are two different features that will be checked by EAC: First if the stream is accurate and second, if the drive caches audio data. Even if the drive has a cache (drive specifications), it does not automatically mean that the drive uses the cache for audio extractions.<br />
The test for the accurate stream feature should be always correct, but testing for cache will give some problems with drives that extract audio very slowly (under 4X speed). If results are uncertain (given e.g. two different results on different tests), you should assume that the drive does caching. The new secure mode for non-accurate and/or caching drives should work for all drives. The other new read modes are only a bit faster. If testing for accurate stream only sometimes gives a negative result, then you could nevertheless try to use the accurate secure mode. From version 0.8 beta on it is possible to autodetect CD-ROM drive features. For each drive the program builds a separate drive options page. On this option page this function can be called.<br />
<br />
===Track synchronization technology===<br />
Usually CD audio extraction programs will extract one track after another. This could cause some problems on CD-ROM drives which are not accurate, when using a CD which has no gaps. When this option is enabled in the EAC options, EAC will synchronize a track with a preceeding track if there is no silence at the track junction, so track transitions will be free from jitter artifacts (e.g. on live recordings).<br />
<br />
===Offset technology===<br />
''Sample Offset'' is another new feature of EAC, it will help to always get the same WAVs compared to a different reader and to prevent generation losses. Nearly all drives can not position the head correctly. That means if the program tells the drive to read block 10000 it will probably read data somewhere in block 9998 instead. But this is not visible to the reading program, it won't know if it is really the data it wanted. Usually the head will be set always to a fixed offset before or after the correct read position. So it is possible to detect this offset once and use it for all CDs coming afterwards. To find out the offset of any drive the offset has to be calculated relative to an absolute offset (reference offset).<br />
<br />
To implement this detection for all drives some bytes from common CDs (reference CDs) are used. These are the reference each CD-ROM drive has to compare with. Of course it was implemented only a limited selection of CDs that can be used to detect this offset. Sometimes there are different versions (releases) of the same CD, but only the same press like the one that was used will work. Furthermore, drives that have jitter are unable to position their heads correctly. So you should activate the secure or fast extraction method and moreover if your drive does caching, activate no-caching emulation. The ''Searching Track Start'' algorithm tries to find the correct start position even if jitter occurs. But this is not always possible, mainly if the drive jitters too much. But it can be shown that nearly 80% of the reads will get the same results. A drive's characteristic offset can be found automatically from the CD from on the list of reference CDs. Because of the mentioned jitter error the value given back is also not 100% sure. You should start the test several times and remember to activate emulate no-caching if necessary. Then you should get one value that occurs more often than other values. YOU SHOULD USE THIS TEST ON TWO DIFFERENT CDS AT LEAST! BOTH TESTS SHOULD GIVE BACK THE SAME VALUE!<br />
As different models of common CD-R writer usually do not add the same offset on writing, it seems that also big CD manufactures also do not always press the same offset on their CDs. So it was determined the most common offset of pressed CDs and integrated it into the offset detection routines.<br />
Please help us measure more reference CDs. If you have a Plextor 14/32 32x CD-ROM drive, we know the offset. So all you have to do is run some popular disks from your own collection through it with a utility you could download here and send us the output.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Exact Audio Copy guides==<br />
You can begin configuring EAC by starting with the Drive Configuration followed by the Gap Settings and finally, the Encoder Options. Remember to use only an original, factory-pressed Audio CD for configuring EAC. Please do not use, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, bootlegs or any such discs. Also use a non copy-protected disc which carries the familiar "Compact Disc-Digital Audio" logo.<br />
<br />
===General guides===<br />
* [[EAC Drive Configuration]]<br />
* [[Gap settings | EAC Gap settings]]<br />
<br />
===Compression guides===<br />
* [[EAC and Lame]]<br />
* [[EAC and Musepack]]<br />
* [[EAC and Ogg Vorbis]]<br />
* [[EAC and WavPack]]<br />
* [[EAC and Flac]]<br />
* [[EAC and Monkeys Audio]]<br />
<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[EAC CUE Sheets]] ASCII formats explained<br />
* [[EAC_Vs_CDex_SecureMode | EAC secure mode versus CDex full paranoia]] (by Pio2001)<br />
<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/eac.html Historical versions of EAC] at ReallyRareWares<br />
* [http://users.pandora.be/satcp/tutorials.htm EAC tutorials]<br />
* [http://www.digital-inn.de/forum14/ EAC forum]<br />
<br />
[[Category:CD Rippers]]</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Exact_Audio_Copy&diff=15012Exact Audio Copy2006-10-16T15:24:51Z<p>Beto: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{featured}}<br />
{{Software Infobox<br />
| name = Exact Audio Copy<br />
| screenshot = <br />
| caption = Secure ripping of audio CDs<br />
| maintainer = Andre Wiethoff<br />
| stable_release = 0.95b4<br />
| preview_release = <br />
| operating_system = Windows<br />
| use = CD Ripper<br />
| license = Cardware<br />
| website = [http://www.exactaudiocopy.org EAC website]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Exact Audio Copy''' (EAC for short) is a free software that can be used to extract tracks from an Audio CD to your computer's hard disk. What makes EAC special compared to other rippers is the fact that it is capable of reading audio CDs almost perfectly.<br />
EAC uses various methods for extracting audio data. EAC can also invoke externally installed encoders, thereby making it possible to simultaneously rip and encode audio data to the format of your choice.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Features of Exact Audio Copy==<br />
* Usage of the Windows 95 and Windows NT ASPI Interface, so both SCSI and ATAPI CD-ROM drives are supported<br />
* Hidden sector synchronization (jitter correction)<br />
* Secure, fast and burst extraction methods selectable. Fast extraction should run at the same speed as other grabbers, but is probably not exact anymore. Burst mode just grabs the audio data without any synchronization.<br />
* Read error and complete loss of sync detection and correction in secure modes, as far as possible<br />
* Output of time positions of all non-exact corrections and listen to these positions<br />
* Copy of ranges of music data, not only tracks<br />
* Automatic Speed reduction on errors and fallback afterwards<br />
* Normalization of extracted audio<br />
* Usage of the Windows Audio Compression Manager (ACM Codecs) for direct compression e.g. to MP3 waves<br />
* Support for the BladeEnc DLL that is usable like an ACM Codec for online MP3 compression<br />
* Support of external MP3, VQF, RA and AAC encoders for automatic compression after extraction<br />
* Batch compression and decompression of/to WAV files<br />
* Compression offset support for exact compression/decompression<br />
* Detection of pre-track gaps<br />
* Detection of silence in pre-track gaps<br />
* Automatic creation of CUE sheets for CDRWin, including all gaps, indicies, track attributes, UPC and ISRC<br />
* CD player functionality and prelistening to selected ranges<br />
* Automatic detection of drive features, whether a drive has an accurate stream and/or does caching<br />
* Sample Offsets for drives with no accurate streams, including the option of filling up missing samples with silence<br />
* Option for synchronizing tracks for non-accurate stream drives<br />
* Filename editing with local and remote CDDB database and cdplayer.ini support and more features like ID3 tagging<br />
* Browse and edit local database<br />
* Local CDDB support<br />
* Record and Loop Record functions for recording from LP, radio, etc.<br />
* Automatic rename of MP3 files according to their ID3 tag<br />
* Catalog extraction function<br />
* Multisession (CD-Extra) support<br />
* CD-Text support<br />
* CD-Write support for some drives<br />
* ID3 Tag editor with drag and drop possibility from track listing and database<br />
* Glitch removal after extraction<br />
* Small WAV editor with the following functionality: delete, trim, normalize, pad, glitch removal, pop detection, interpolation of ranges, noise reduction, fade in/out, undo (and more)<br />
* Program is Cardware, so feel free to copy<br />
<br />
<br />
==How it works==<br />
===Extraction technology===<br />
In secure mode, this program reads every audio sector at least twice. That is one reason why the program is so slow. But by using this technique non-identical sectors are detected. If an error occurs (read or sync error), the program keeps on reading this sector, until eight of 16 retries are identical, but at maximum one, three or five times (according to the error recovery quality) these 16 retries are read. So, in the worst case, bad sectors are read up to 82 times! But this will help the program to obtain best result by comparing all of the retries. If it is not sure that the stream is correct (at least it can be said at approx. 99.5%) the program will tell the user where the (possible) read error occurred. The program also tries to adjust the jitter artefacts that occur on the first block of a track, so that each extraction should be exactly the same. On drives found to have the ''accurate stream'' feature, this is guaranteed. Of course, this is a little bit more complex, especially with some CD drives which have caching. When these drives cache audio data, every sector read will be read from cache and is identical. I initially implemented two ways of dealing with the caching problem. First there is an extra option for resetting the cache for use the the old secure mode (the one being kept for compatibility reasons). In the current beta version, the cache will still be reset by resetting the drive completely. You might imagine that this would slow down the reading process very badly.<br />
<br />
That is why it was implemented three new read modes in version 0.85beta. One really fast mode (up to half of maximum speed) is only for non-caching, accurate stream CD-ROM drives. The second one could be used for caching, accurate stream drives and the last one will work with drives that don't have accurate streams, or do caching. The last two will be much slower, when no read errors occur it will usually something around a third to a fourth of the drives maximum speed.<br />
For testing, it was used a Plextor 14/32 drive that does no caching and a Teac R56S-600 drive that does caching. Furthermore the Plextor 14/32 supports the ''accurate stream'' feature, so it produces no jitter artifacts on any stream.<br />
<br />
This program is really damn slow in secure mode in comparison with other grabbers, but the program checks every sector over and over to get the correct data with high certainty. If you don't like this feature of EAC and prefer fast copies instead of secure copies, you should use the fast or burst extraction option in the options menu. But of course in fast mode, the program will no longer be able to find read errors. Only if a read error occurs in a sector synchronization area, will a sync error will still be displayed. Fast mode is sector synchronized with 2 blocks of 23 as synchronization blocks. Burst copy is even worse, no synchronization is done, enabling extraction at maximum speed of the drive. No error checking of any kind can be performed. If the stream ever breaks, it will tell the user in the status report by showing up suspicous positions. Of course this is only heuristic; there needn't be any errors on that positions; moreover there could be errors that are not found at all. <br />
A new option for selecting the error recovery quality will determine how often these blocks of 16 reads will be done before giving up and working with the results obtained so far. For bad CDs, low error recovery quality will be fastest, but high recover quality should give best results.<br />
<br />
===Gap technology===<br />
In the new versions of EAC it is possible to detect pre-track gaps. These are the pauses between two tracks. Usually they are two seconds long and a CD player will display a negative time during this pause. By enabling the option ''Detect Pre-Track Gaps'' it will be possible to detect all gap-lengths by reading the sub-channel information. Because this information is not stored on the CD directly retrievable, EAC has to search for the position a track ends. This search is quite fast, but it still takes on average a second per track. That's why I made it possible to disable it in the options. Besides that option you can choose to add the gaps to the previous track nevertheless. Otherwise you can choose either to append the gap to the correct track or to leave it out . A benefit of performing the detection and getting the gap times is the selection of a range to copy. There the correct times will be displayed. One last word on this topic: Because these pre-track gaps are found by testing positions, it is possible that it will not be 100% exact. But in most cases it will be correct.<br />
<br />
===Automatic feature detection technology===<br />
From version 0.8 beta on it is possible to autodetect CD-ROM drive features. For each drive the program builds a separate drive options page. On this option page this function can be called.<br />
There are two different features that will be checked by EAC: First if the stream is accurate and second, if the drive caches audio(!) data. Even if the drive has a cache (drive specifications), it does not automatically mean that the drive uses the cache for audio extractions.<br />
The test for the accurate stream feature should be always correct, but testing for cache will give some problems with drives that extract audio very slowly (under 4X speed). If results are uncertain (given e.g. two different results on different tests), you should assume that the drive does caching. The new secure mode for non-accurate and/or caching drives should work for all drives. The other new read modes are only a bit faster. If testing for accurate stream only sometimes gives a negative result, then you could nevertheless try to use the accurate secure mode.From version 0.8 beta on it is possible to autodetect CD-ROM drive features. For each drive the program builds a separate drive options page. On this option page this function can be called.<br />
There are two different features that will be checked by EAC: First if the stream is accurate and second, if the drive caches audio(!) data. Even if the drive has a cache (drive specifications), it does not automatically mean that the drive uses the cache for audio extractions.<br />
The test for the accurate stream feature should be always correct, but testing for cache will give some problems with drives that extract audio very slowly (under 4X speed). If results are uncertain (given e.g. two different results on different tests), you should assume that the drive does caching. The new secure mode for non-accurate and/or caching drives should work for all drives. The other new read modes are only a bit faster. If testing for accurate stream only sometimes gives a negative result, then you could nevertheless try to use the accurate secure mode.<br />
<br />
===Track synchronization technology (taken from eac's website - to be reviewed)===<br />
Usually CD audio extraction programs will extract one track after another. This could cause some problems on CD-ROM drives which are not accurate, when using a CD which has no gaps. When this option is enabled in the EAC options, EAC will synchronize a track with a preceeding track if there is no silence at the track junction, so track transitions will be free from jitter artifacts (e.g. on live recordings).<br />
<br />
===Offset technology (taken from eac's website - to be reviewed)===<br />
'Sample Offset' is another new feature of EAC, it will help to always get the same WAVs compared to a different reader and to prevent generation losses. Nearly all drives can not position the head correctly. That means if the program tells the drive to read block 10000 it will probably read data somewhere in block 9998 instead. But this is not visible to the reading program, it won't know if it is really the data it wanted. Usually the head will be set always to a fixed offset before or after the correct read position. So it is possible to detect this offset once and use it for all CDs coming afterwards. Because it is a hard task to determine the exact absolute offset for each drive, I determined it once on my Plextor 14/32. To find out the offset of any other drive the offset is calculated relative to that absolute offset. To implement an offset detection for other drives I took some bytes from some common CDs I and my friends own. These are the reference each CD-ROM drive has to compare with. Of course I have implemented only a limited selection of CDs that can be used to detect this offset, a list follows below. Sometimes there are different versions (releases) of the same CD, but only the same press like the one I used will work. That is why the table below shows a code, that is written on the inner ring of the music CD, that should identify the release of a CD. The red codes are from CDs which do not work with this test. In time I will add more CDs to test this offset. Furthermore, drives that have jitter are unable to position their heads correctly. So you should activate the secure or fast extraction method and moreover if your drive does caching, activate no-caching emulation. The 'Searching Track Start' algorithm tries to find the correct start position even if jitter occurs. But this is not always possible, mainly if the drive jitters too much. But it can be shown that nearly 80% of the reads will get the same results. A drive's characteristic offset can be found automatically from the CD from on the list of reference CDs. Because of the mentioned jitter error the value given back is also not 100% sure. You should start the test several times and remember to activate emulate no-caching if necessary. Then you should get one value that occurs more often than other values. YOU SHOULD USE THIS TEST ON TWO DIFFERENT CDS AT LEAST! BOTH TESTS SHOULD GIVE BACK THE SAME VALUE! My Plextor 14/32 has an offset value of +679 samples, that means that 679 samples usually are missing at the end of a wav file.<br />
As different modells of common CD-R writer usually do not add the same offset on writing, it seems that also big CD manufactures also do not always press the same offset on their CDs. So I determined the most common offset of pressed CDs and integrated it into the offset detection routines.<br />
Please help us measure more reference CDs. If you have a Plextor 14/32 32x CD-ROM drive, we know the offset. So all you have to do is run some popular disks from your own collection through it with a utility you could download here and send me the output.'Sample Offset' is another new feature of EAC, it will help to always get the same WAVs compared to a different reader and to prevent generation losses. Nearly all drives can not position the head correctly. That means if the program tells the drive to read block 10000 it will probably read data somewhere in block 9998 instead. But this is not visible to the reading program, it won't know if it is really the data it wanted. Usually the head will be set always to a fixed offset before or after the correct read position. So it is possible to detect this offset once and use it for all CDs coming afterwards. Because it is a hard task to determine the exact absolute offset for each drive, I determined it once on my Plextor 14/32. To find out the offset of any other drive the offset is calculated relative to that absolute offset. To implement an offset detection for other drives I took some bytes from some common CDs I and my friends own. These are the reference each CD-ROM drive has to compare with. Of course I have implemented only a limited selection of CDs that can be used to detect this offset, a list follows below. Sometimes there are different versions (releases) of the same CD, but only the same press like the one I used will work. That is why the table below shows a code, that is written on the inner ring of the music CD, that should identify the release of a CD. The red codes are from CDs which do not work with this test. In time I will add more CDs to test this offset. Furthermore, drives that have jitter are unable to position their heads correctly. So you should activate the secure or fast extraction method and moreover if your drive does caching, activate no-caching emulation. The 'Searching Track Start' algorithm tries to find the correct start position even if jitter occurs. But this is not always possible, mainly if the drive jitters too much. But it can be shown that nearly 80% of the reads will get the same results. A drive's characteristic offset can be found automatically from the CD from on the list of reference CDs. Because of the mentioned jitter error the value given back is also not 100% sure. You should start the test several times and remember to activate emulate no-caching if necessary. Then you should get one value that occurs more often than other values. YOU SHOULD USE THIS TEST ON TWO DIFFERENT CDS AT LEAST! BOTH TESTS SHOULD GIVE BACK THE SAME VALUE! My Plextor 14/32 has an offset value of +679 samples, that means that 679 samples usually are missing at the end of a wav file.<br />
As different modells of common CD-R writer usually do not add the same offset on writing, it seems that also big CD manufactures also do not always press the same offset on their CDs. So I determined the most common offset of pressed CDs and integrated it into the offset detection routines.<br />
Please help us measure more reference CDs. If you have a Plextor 14/32 32x CD-ROM drive, we know the offset. So all you have to do is run some popular disks from your own collection through it with a utility you could download here and send me the output.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Exact Audio Copy guides==<br />
You can begin configuring EAC by starting with the Drive Configuration followed by the Gap Settings and finally, the Encoder Options. Remember to use only an original, factory-pressed Audio CD for configuring EAC. Please do not use, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, bootlegs or any such discs. Also use a non copy-protected disc which carries the familiar "Compact Disc-Digital Audio" logo.<br />
<br />
===General guides===<br />
* [[EAC Drive Configuration]]<br />
* [[Gap settings | EAC Gap settings]]<br />
<br />
===Compression guides===<br />
* [[EAC and Lame]]<br />
* [[EAC and Musepack]]<br />
* [[EAC and Ogg Vorbis]]<br />
* [[EAC and WavPack]]<br />
* [[EAC and Flac]]<br />
* [[EAC and Monkeys Audio]]<br />
<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[EAC CUE Sheets]] ASCII formats explained<br />
* [[EAC_Vs_CDex_SecureMode | EAC secure mode versus CDex full paranoia]] (by Pio2001)<br />
<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/eac.html Historical versions of EAC] at ReallyRareWares<br />
* [http://users.pandora.be/satcp/tutorials.htm EAC tutorials]<br />
* [http://www.digital-inn.de/forum14/ EAC forum]<br />
<br />
[[Category:CD Rippers]]</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Exact_Audio_Copy&diff=15011Exact Audio Copy2006-10-16T15:17:03Z<p>Beto: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{featured}}<br />
{{Software Infobox<br />
| name = Exact Audio Copy<br />
| screenshot = <br />
| caption = Secure ripping of audio CDs<br />
| maintainer = Andre Wiethoff<br />
| stable_release = 0.95b4<br />
| preview_release = <br />
| operating_system = Windows<br />
| use = CD Ripper<br />
| license = Cardware<br />
| website = [http://www.exactaudiocopy.org EAC website]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Exact Audio Copy''' (EAC for short) is a free software that can be used to extract tracks from an Audio CD to your computer's hard disk. What makes EAC special compared to other rippers is the fact that it is capable of reading audio CDs almost perfectly.<br />
EAC uses various methods for extracting audio data. EAC can also invoke externally installed encoders, thereby making it possible to simultaneously rip and encode audio data to the format of your choice.<br />
<br />
==Features of Exact Audio Copy==<br />
* Usage of the Windows 95 and Windows NT ASPI Interface, so both SCSI and ATAPI CD-ROM drives are supported<br />
* Hidden sector synchronization (jitter correction)<br />
* Secure, fast and burst extraction methods selectable. Fast extraction should run at the same speed as other grabbers, but is probably not exact anymore. Burst mode just grabs the audio data without any synchronization.<br />
* Read error and complete loss of sync detection and correction in secure modes, as far as possible<br />
* Output of time positions of all non-exact corrections and listen to these positions<br />
* Copy of ranges of music data, not only tracks<br />
* Automatic Speed reduction on errors and fallback afterwards<br />
* Normalization of extracted audio<br />
* Usage of the Windows Audio Compression Manager (ACM Codecs) for direct compression e.g. to MP3 waves<br />
* Support for the BladeEnc DLL that is usable like an ACM Codec for online MP3 compression<br />
* Support of external MP3, VQF, RA and AAC encoders for automatic compression after extraction<br />
* Batch compression and decompression of/to WAV files<br />
* Compression offset support for exact compression/decompression<br />
* Detection of pre-track gaps<br />
* Detection of silence in pre-track gaps<br />
* Automatic creation of CUE sheets for CDRWin, including all gaps, indicies, track attributes, UPC and ISRC<br />
* CD player functionality and prelistening to selected ranges<br />
* Automatic detection of drive features, whether a drive has an accurate stream and/or does caching<br />
* Sample Offsets for drives with no accurate streams, including the option of filling up missing samples with silence<br />
* Option for synchronizing tracks for non-accurate stream drives<br />
* Filename editing with local and remote CDDB database and cdplayer.ini support and more features like ID3 tagging<br />
* Browse and edit local database<br />
* Local CDDB support<br />
* Record and Loop Record functions for recording from LP, radio, etc.<br />
* Automatic rename of MP3 files according to their ID3 tag<br />
* Catalog extraction function<br />
* Multisession (CD-Extra) support<br />
* CD-Text support<br />
* CD-Write support for some drives<br />
* ID3 Tag editor with drag and drop possibility from track listing and database<br />
* Glitch removal after extraction<br />
* Small WAV editor with the following functionality: delete, trim, normalize, pad, glitch removal, pop detection, interpolation of ranges, noise reduction, fade in/out, undo (and more)<br />
* Program is Cardware, so feel free to copy<br />
<br />
<br />
==How it works==<br />
===Extraction technology (taken from eac's website - to be reviewed)===<br />
In secure mode, this program reads every audio sector at least twice. That is one reason why the program is so slow. But by using this technique non-identical sectors are detected. If an error occurs (read or sync error), the program keeps on reading this sector, until eight of 16 retries are identical, but at maximum one, three or five times (according to the error recovery quality) these 16 retries are read. So, in the worst case, bad sectors are read up to 82 times! But this will help the program to obtain best result by comparing all of the retries. If it is not sure that the stream is correct (at least it can be said at approx. 99.5%) the program will tell the user where the (possible) read error occurred. The program also tries to adjust the jitter artefacts that occur on the first block of a track, so that each extraction should be exactly the same. On drives found to have the "accurate stream" feature, this is guaranteed. Of course, this is a little bit more complex, especially with some CD drives which have caching. When these drives cache audio data, every sector read will be read from cache and is identical. I initially implemented two ways of dealing with the caching problem. First there is an extra option for resetting the cache for use the the old secure mode (the one being kept for compatibility reasons). In the current beta version, the cache will still be reset by resetting the drive completely. You might imagine that this would slow down the reading process very badly.<br />
<br />
That is why I implemented three new read modes in version 0.85beta. One really fast mode (up to half of maximum speed) is only for non-caching, accurate stream CD-ROM drives. The second one could be used for caching, accurate stream drives and the last one will work with drives that don't have accurate streams, or do caching. The last two will be much slower, when no read errors occur it will usually something around a third to a fourth of the drives maximum speed.<br />
For my testing, I am using a Plextor 14/32 drive that does no caching and a Teac R56S-600 drive that does caching. Furthermore the Plextor 14/32 supports the "accurate stream" feature, so it produces no jitter artifacts on any stream. For more information on this have a look at the table at the end of this document.<br />
<br />
This program is really damn slow in secure mode in comparison with other grabbers, but the program checks every sector over and over to get the correct data with high certainty. If you don't like this feature of EAC and prefer fast copies instead of secure copies, you should use the fast or burst extraction option in the options menu. But of course in fast mode, the program will no longer be able to find read errors. Only if a read error occurs in a sector synchronization area, will a sync error will still be displayed. Fast mode is sector synchronized with 2 blocks of 23 as synchronization blocks. Burst copy is even worse, no synchronization is done, enabling extraction at maximum speed of the drive. No error checking of any kind can be performed. At least I implemented a small help. If the stream ever breaks, it will tell the user in the status report by showing up suspicous positions. Of course this is only heuristic; there needn't be any errors on that positions; moreover there could be errors that are not found at all. <br />
A new option for selecting the error recovery quality will determine how often these blocks of 16 reads will be done before giving up and working with the results obtained so far. For bad CDs, low error recovery quality will be fastest, but high recover quality should give best results.<br />
<br />
===Gap technology (taken from eac's website - to be reviewed)===<br />
In the new versions of EAC it is possible to detect pre-track gaps. These are the pauses between two tracks. Usually they are two seconds long and a CD player will display a negative time during this pause. By enabling the option 'Detect Pre-Track Gaps' it will be possible to detect all gap-lengths by reading the sub-channel information. Because this information is not stored on the CD directly retrievable, EAC has to search for the position a track ends. This search is quite fast, but it still takes on average a second per track. That's why I made it possible to disable it in the options. Besides that option you can choose to add the gaps to the previous track nevertheless. Otherwise you can choose either to append the gap to the correct track or to leave it out . A benefit of performing the detection and getting the gap times is the selection of a range to copy. There the correct times will be displayed. One last word on this topic: Because these pre-track gaps are found by testing positions, it is possible that it will not be 100% exact. But in most cases it will be correct.<br />
<br />
===Automatic feature detection technology (taken from eac's website - to be reviewed)===<br />
From version 0.8 beta on it is possible to autodetect CD-ROM drive features. For each drive the program builds a separate drive options page. On this option page this function can be called.<br />
There are two different features that will be checked by EAC: First if the stream is accurate and second, if the drive caches audio(!) data. Even if the drive has a cache (drive specifications), it does not automatically mean that the drive uses the cache for audio extractions.<br />
The test for the accurate stream feature should be always correct, but testing for cache will give some problems with drives that extract audio very slowly (under 4X speed). If results are uncertain (given e.g. two different results on different tests), you should assume that the drive does caching. The new secure mode for non-accurate and/or caching drives should work for all drives. The other new read modes are only a bit faster. If testing for accurate stream only sometimes gives a negative result, then you could nevertheless try to use the accurate secure mode.From version 0.8 beta on it is possible to autodetect CD-ROM drive features. For each drive the program builds a separate drive options page. On this option page this function can be called.<br />
There are two different features that will be checked by EAC: First if the stream is accurate and second, if the drive caches audio(!) data. Even if the drive has a cache (drive specifications), it does not automatically mean that the drive uses the cache for audio extractions.<br />
The test for the accurate stream feature should be always correct, but testing for cache will give some problems with drives that extract audio very slowly (under 4X speed). If results are uncertain (given e.g. two different results on different tests), you should assume that the drive does caching. The new secure mode for non-accurate and/or caching drives should work for all drives. The other new read modes are only a bit faster. If testing for accurate stream only sometimes gives a negative result, then you could nevertheless try to use the accurate secure mode.<br />
<br />
===Track synchronization technology (taken from eac's website - to be reviewed)===<br />
Usually CD audio extraction programs will extract one track after another. This could cause some problems on CD-ROM drives which are not accurate, when using a CD which has no gaps. When this option is enabled in the EAC options, EAC will synchronize a track with a preceeding track if there is no silence at the track junction, so track transitions will be free from jitter artifacts (e.g. on live recordings).<br />
<br />
===Offset technology (taken from eac's website - to be reviewed)===<br />
'Sample Offset' is another new feature of EAC, it will help to always get the same WAVs compared to a different reader and to prevent generation losses. Nearly all drives can not position the head correctly. That means if the program tells the drive to read block 10000 it will probably read data somewhere in block 9998 instead. But this is not visible to the reading program, it won't know if it is really the data it wanted. Usually the head will be set always to a fixed offset before or after the correct read position. So it is possible to detect this offset once and use it for all CDs coming afterwards. Because it is a hard task to determine the exact absolute offset for each drive, I determined it once on my Plextor 14/32. To find out the offset of any other drive the offset is calculated relative to that absolute offset. To implement an offset detection for other drives I took some bytes from some common CDs I and my friends own. These are the reference each CD-ROM drive has to compare with. Of course I have implemented only a limited selection of CDs that can be used to detect this offset, a list follows below. Sometimes there are different versions (releases) of the same CD, but only the same press like the one I used will work. That is why the table below shows a code, that is written on the inner ring of the music CD, that should identify the release of a CD. The red codes are from CDs which do not work with this test. In time I will add more CDs to test this offset. Furthermore, drives that have jitter are unable to position their heads correctly. So you should activate the secure or fast extraction method and moreover if your drive does caching, activate no-caching emulation. The 'Searching Track Start' algorithm tries to find the correct start position even if jitter occurs. But this is not always possible, mainly if the drive jitters too much. But it can be shown that nearly 80% of the reads will get the same results. A drive's characteristic offset can be found automatically from the CD from on the list of reference CDs. Because of the mentioned jitter error the value given back is also not 100% sure. You should start the test several times and remember to activate emulate no-caching if necessary. Then you should get one value that occurs more often than other values. YOU SHOULD USE THIS TEST ON TWO DIFFERENT CDS AT LEAST! BOTH TESTS SHOULD GIVE BACK THE SAME VALUE! My Plextor 14/32 has an offset value of +679 samples, that means that 679 samples usually are missing at the end of a wav file.<br />
As different modells of common CD-R writer usually do not add the same offset on writing, it seems that also big CD manufactures also do not always press the same offset on their CDs. So I determined the most common offset of pressed CDs and integrated it into the offset detection routines.<br />
Please help us measure more reference CDs. If you have a Plextor 14/32 32x CD-ROM drive, we know the offset. So all you have to do is run some popular disks from your own collection through it with a utility you could download here and send me the output.'Sample Offset' is another new feature of EAC, it will help to always get the same WAVs compared to a different reader and to prevent generation losses. Nearly all drives can not position the head correctly. That means if the program tells the drive to read block 10000 it will probably read data somewhere in block 9998 instead. But this is not visible to the reading program, it won't know if it is really the data it wanted. Usually the head will be set always to a fixed offset before or after the correct read position. So it is possible to detect this offset once and use it for all CDs coming afterwards. Because it is a hard task to determine the exact absolute offset for each drive, I determined it once on my Plextor 14/32. To find out the offset of any other drive the offset is calculated relative to that absolute offset. To implement an offset detection for other drives I took some bytes from some common CDs I and my friends own. These are the reference each CD-ROM drive has to compare with. Of course I have implemented only a limited selection of CDs that can be used to detect this offset, a list follows below. Sometimes there are different versions (releases) of the same CD, but only the same press like the one I used will work. That is why the table below shows a code, that is written on the inner ring of the music CD, that should identify the release of a CD. The red codes are from CDs which do not work with this test. In time I will add more CDs to test this offset. Furthermore, drives that have jitter are unable to position their heads correctly. So you should activate the secure or fast extraction method and moreover if your drive does caching, activate no-caching emulation. The 'Searching Track Start' algorithm tries to find the correct start position even if jitter occurs. But this is not always possible, mainly if the drive jitters too much. But it can be shown that nearly 80% of the reads will get the same results. A drive's characteristic offset can be found automatically from the CD from on the list of reference CDs. Because of the mentioned jitter error the value given back is also not 100% sure. You should start the test several times and remember to activate emulate no-caching if necessary. Then you should get one value that occurs more often than other values. YOU SHOULD USE THIS TEST ON TWO DIFFERENT CDS AT LEAST! BOTH TESTS SHOULD GIVE BACK THE SAME VALUE! My Plextor 14/32 has an offset value of +679 samples, that means that 679 samples usually are missing at the end of a wav file.<br />
As different modells of common CD-R writer usually do not add the same offset on writing, it seems that also big CD manufactures also do not always press the same offset on their CDs. So I determined the most common offset of pressed CDs and integrated it into the offset detection routines.<br />
Please help us measure more reference CDs. If you have a Plextor 14/32 32x CD-ROM drive, we know the offset. So all you have to do is run some popular disks from your own collection through it with a utility you could download here and send me the output.<br />
<br />
==Exact Audio Copy guides==<br />
You can begin configuring EAC by starting with the Drive Configuration followed by the Gap Settings and finally, the Encoder Options. Remember to use only an original, factory-pressed Audio CD for configuring EAC. Please do not use, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, bootlegs or any such discs. Also use a non copy-protected disc which carries the familiar "Compact Disc-Digital Audio" logo.<br />
<br />
===General guides===<br />
* [[EAC Drive Configuration]]<br />
* [[Gap settings | EAC Gap settings]]<br />
<br />
===Compression guides===<br />
* [[EAC and Lame]]<br />
* [[EAC and Musepack]]<br />
* [[EAC and Ogg Vorbis]]<br />
* [[EAC and WavPack]]<br />
* [[EAC and Flac]]<br />
* [[EAC and Monkeys Audio]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[EAC CUE Sheets]] ASCII formats explained<br />
* [[EAC_Vs_CDex_SecureMode | EAC secure mode versus CDex full paranoia]] (by Pio2001)<br />
<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/eac.html Historical versions of EAC] at ReallyRareWares<br />
* [http://users.pandora.be/satcp/tutorials.htm EAC tutorials]<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:CD Rippers]]</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Exact_Audio_Copy&diff=15010Exact Audio Copy2006-10-16T15:15:49Z<p>Beto: major rework</p>
<hr />
<div>{{featured}}<br />
{{Software Infobox<br />
| name = Exact Audio Copy<br />
| screenshot = <br />
| caption = Secure ripping of audio CDs<br />
| maintainer = Andre Wiethoff<br />
| stable_release = 0.95b4<br />
| preview_release = <br />
| operating_system = Windows<br />
| use = CD Ripper<br />
| license = Cardware<br />
| website = [www.exactaudiocopy.org]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Exact Audio Copy''' (EAC for short) is a free software that can be used to extract tracks from an Audio CD to your computer's hard disk. What makes EAC special compared to other rippers is the fact that it is capable of reading audio CDs almost perfectly.<br />
EAC uses various methods for extracting audio data. EAC can also invoke externally installed encoders, thereby making it possible to simultaneously rip and encode audio data to the format of your choice.<br />
<br />
==Features of Exact Audio Copy==<br />
* Usage of the Windows 95 and Windows NT ASPI Interface, so both SCSI and ATAPI CD-ROM drives are supported<br />
* Hidden sector synchronization (jitter correction)<br />
* Secure, fast and burst extraction methods selectable. Fast extraction should run at the same speed as other grabbers, but is probably not exact anymore. Burst mode just grabs the audio data without any synchronization.<br />
* Read error and complete loss of sync detection and correction in secure modes, as far as possible<br />
* Output of time positions of all non-exact corrections and listen to these positions<br />
* Copy of ranges of music data, not only tracks<br />
* Automatic Speed reduction on errors and fallback afterwards<br />
* Normalization of extracted audio<br />
* Usage of the Windows Audio Compression Manager (ACM Codecs) for direct compression e.g. to MP3 waves<br />
* Support for the BladeEnc DLL that is usable like an ACM Codec for online MP3 compression<br />
* Support of external MP3, VQF, RA and AAC encoders for automatic compression after extraction<br />
* Batch compression and decompression of/to WAV files<br />
* Compression offset support for exact compression/decompression<br />
* Detection of pre-track gaps<br />
* Detection of silence in pre-track gaps<br />
* Automatic creation of CUE sheets for CDRWin, including all gaps, indicies, track attributes, UPC and ISRC<br />
* CD player functionality and prelistening to selected ranges<br />
* Automatic detection of drive features, whether a drive has an accurate stream and/or does caching<br />
* Sample Offsets for drives with no accurate streams, including the option of filling up missing samples with silence<br />
* Option for synchronizing tracks for non-accurate stream drives<br />
* Filename editing with local and remote CDDB database and cdplayer.ini support and more features like ID3 tagging<br />
* Browse and edit local database<br />
* Local CDDB support<br />
* Record and Loop Record functions for recording from LP, radio, etc.<br />
* Automatic rename of MP3 files according to their ID3 tag<br />
* Catalog extraction function<br />
* Multisession (CD-Extra) support<br />
* CD-Text support<br />
* CD-Write support for some drives<br />
* ID3 Tag editor with drag and drop possibility from track listing and database<br />
* Glitch removal after extraction<br />
* Small WAV editor with the following functionality: delete, trim, normalize, pad, glitch removal, pop detection, interpolation of ranges, noise reduction, fade in/out, undo (and more)<br />
* Program is Cardware, so feel free to copy<br />
<br />
<br />
==How it works==<br />
===Extraction technology (taken from eac's website - to be reviewed)===<br />
In secure mode, this program reads every audio sector at least twice. That is one reason why the program is so slow. But by using this technique non-identical sectors are detected. If an error occurs (read or sync error), the program keeps on reading this sector, until eight of 16 retries are identical, but at maximum one, three or five times (according to the error recovery quality) these 16 retries are read. So, in the worst case, bad sectors are read up to 82 times! But this will help the program to obtain best result by comparing all of the retries. If it is not sure that the stream is correct (at least it can be said at approx. 99.5%) the program will tell the user where the (possible) read error occurred. The program also tries to adjust the jitter artefacts that occur on the first block of a track, so that each extraction should be exactly the same. On drives found to have the "accurate stream" feature, this is guaranteed. Of course, this is a little bit more complex, especially with some CD drives which have caching. When these drives cache audio data, every sector read will be read from cache and is identical. I initially implemented two ways of dealing with the caching problem. First there is an extra option for resetting the cache for use the the old secure mode (the one being kept for compatibility reasons). In the current beta version, the cache will still be reset by resetting the drive completely. You might imagine that this would slow down the reading process very badly.<br />
<br />
That is why I implemented three new read modes in version 0.85beta. One really fast mode (up to half of maximum speed) is only for non-caching, accurate stream CD-ROM drives. The second one could be used for caching, accurate stream drives and the last one will work with drives that don't have accurate streams, or do caching. The last two will be much slower, when no read errors occur it will usually something around a third to a fourth of the drives maximum speed.<br />
For my testing, I am using a Plextor 14/32 drive that does no caching and a Teac R56S-600 drive that does caching. Furthermore the Plextor 14/32 supports the "accurate stream" feature, so it produces no jitter artifacts on any stream. For more information on this have a look at the table at the end of this document.<br />
<br />
This program is really damn slow in secure mode in comparison with other grabbers, but the program checks every sector over and over to get the correct data with high certainty. If you don't like this feature of EAC and prefer fast copies instead of secure copies, you should use the fast or burst extraction option in the options menu. But of course in fast mode, the program will no longer be able to find read errors. Only if a read error occurs in a sector synchronization area, will a sync error will still be displayed. Fast mode is sector synchronized with 2 blocks of 23 as synchronization blocks. Burst copy is even worse, no synchronization is done, enabling extraction at maximum speed of the drive. No error checking of any kind can be performed. At least I implemented a small help. If the stream ever breaks, it will tell the user in the status report by showing up suspicous positions. Of course this is only heuristic; there needn't be any errors on that positions; moreover there could be errors that are not found at all. <br />
A new option for selecting the error recovery quality will determine how often these blocks of 16 reads will be done before giving up and working with the results obtained so far. For bad CDs, low error recovery quality will be fastest, but high recover quality should give best results.<br />
<br />
===Gap technology (taken from eac's website - to be reviewed)===<br />
In the new versions of EAC it is possible to detect pre-track gaps. These are the pauses between two tracks. Usually they are two seconds long and a CD player will display a negative time during this pause. By enabling the option 'Detect Pre-Track Gaps' it will be possible to detect all gap-lengths by reading the sub-channel information. Because this information is not stored on the CD directly retrievable, EAC has to search for the position a track ends. This search is quite fast, but it still takes on average a second per track. That's why I made it possible to disable it in the options. Besides that option you can choose to add the gaps to the previous track nevertheless. Otherwise you can choose either to append the gap to the correct track or to leave it out . A benefit of performing the detection and getting the gap times is the selection of a range to copy. There the correct times will be displayed. One last word on this topic: Because these pre-track gaps are found by testing positions, it is possible that it will not be 100% exact. But in most cases it will be correct.<br />
<br />
===Automatic feature detection technology (taken from eac's website - to be reviewed)===<br />
From version 0.8 beta on it is possible to autodetect CD-ROM drive features. For each drive the program builds a separate drive options page. On this option page this function can be called.<br />
There are two different features that will be checked by EAC: First if the stream is accurate and second, if the drive caches audio(!) data. Even if the drive has a cache (drive specifications), it does not automatically mean that the drive uses the cache for audio extractions.<br />
The test for the accurate stream feature should be always correct, but testing for cache will give some problems with drives that extract audio very slowly (under 4X speed). If results are uncertain (given e.g. two different results on different tests), you should assume that the drive does caching. The new secure mode for non-accurate and/or caching drives should work for all drives. The other new read modes are only a bit faster. If testing for accurate stream only sometimes gives a negative result, then you could nevertheless try to use the accurate secure mode.From version 0.8 beta on it is possible to autodetect CD-ROM drive features. For each drive the program builds a separate drive options page. On this option page this function can be called.<br />
There are two different features that will be checked by EAC: First if the stream is accurate and second, if the drive caches audio(!) data. Even if the drive has a cache (drive specifications), it does not automatically mean that the drive uses the cache for audio extractions.<br />
The test for the accurate stream feature should be always correct, but testing for cache will give some problems with drives that extract audio very slowly (under 4X speed). If results are uncertain (given e.g. two different results on different tests), you should assume that the drive does caching. The new secure mode for non-accurate and/or caching drives should work for all drives. The other new read modes are only a bit faster. If testing for accurate stream only sometimes gives a negative result, then you could nevertheless try to use the accurate secure mode.<br />
<br />
===Track synchronization technology (taken from eac's website - to be reviewed)===<br />
Usually CD audio extraction programs will extract one track after another. This could cause some problems on CD-ROM drives which are not accurate, when using a CD which has no gaps. When this option is enabled in the EAC options, EAC will synchronize a track with a preceeding track if there is no silence at the track junction, so track transitions will be free from jitter artifacts (e.g. on live recordings).<br />
<br />
===Offset technology (taken from eac's website - to be reviewed)===<br />
'Sample Offset' is another new feature of EAC, it will help to always get the same WAVs compared to a different reader and to prevent generation losses. Nearly all drives can not position the head correctly. That means if the program tells the drive to read block 10000 it will probably read data somewhere in block 9998 instead. But this is not visible to the reading program, it won't know if it is really the data it wanted. Usually the head will be set always to a fixed offset before or after the correct read position. So it is possible to detect this offset once and use it for all CDs coming afterwards. Because it is a hard task to determine the exact absolute offset for each drive, I determined it once on my Plextor 14/32. To find out the offset of any other drive the offset is calculated relative to that absolute offset. To implement an offset detection for other drives I took some bytes from some common CDs I and my friends own. These are the reference each CD-ROM drive has to compare with. Of course I have implemented only a limited selection of CDs that can be used to detect this offset, a list follows below. Sometimes there are different versions (releases) of the same CD, but only the same press like the one I used will work. That is why the table below shows a code, that is written on the inner ring of the music CD, that should identify the release of a CD. The red codes are from CDs which do not work with this test. In time I will add more CDs to test this offset. Furthermore, drives that have jitter are unable to position their heads correctly. So you should activate the secure or fast extraction method and moreover if your drive does caching, activate no-caching emulation. The 'Searching Track Start' algorithm tries to find the correct start position even if jitter occurs. But this is not always possible, mainly if the drive jitters too much. But it can be shown that nearly 80% of the reads will get the same results. A drive's characteristic offset can be found automatically from the CD from on the list of reference CDs. Because of the mentioned jitter error the value given back is also not 100% sure. You should start the test several times and remember to activate emulate no-caching if necessary. Then you should get one value that occurs more often than other values. YOU SHOULD USE THIS TEST ON TWO DIFFERENT CDS AT LEAST! BOTH TESTS SHOULD GIVE BACK THE SAME VALUE! My Plextor 14/32 has an offset value of +679 samples, that means that 679 samples usually are missing at the end of a wav file.<br />
As different modells of common CD-R writer usually do not add the same offset on writing, it seems that also big CD manufactures also do not always press the same offset on their CDs. So I determined the most common offset of pressed CDs and integrated it into the offset detection routines.<br />
Please help us measure more reference CDs. If you have a Plextor 14/32 32x CD-ROM drive, we know the offset. So all you have to do is run some popular disks from your own collection through it with a utility you could download here and send me the output.'Sample Offset' is another new feature of EAC, it will help to always get the same WAVs compared to a different reader and to prevent generation losses. Nearly all drives can not position the head correctly. That means if the program tells the drive to read block 10000 it will probably read data somewhere in block 9998 instead. But this is not visible to the reading program, it won't know if it is really the data it wanted. Usually the head will be set always to a fixed offset before or after the correct read position. So it is possible to detect this offset once and use it for all CDs coming afterwards. Because it is a hard task to determine the exact absolute offset for each drive, I determined it once on my Plextor 14/32. To find out the offset of any other drive the offset is calculated relative to that absolute offset. To implement an offset detection for other drives I took some bytes from some common CDs I and my friends own. These are the reference each CD-ROM drive has to compare with. Of course I have implemented only a limited selection of CDs that can be used to detect this offset, a list follows below. Sometimes there are different versions (releases) of the same CD, but only the same press like the one I used will work. That is why the table below shows a code, that is written on the inner ring of the music CD, that should identify the release of a CD. The red codes are from CDs which do not work with this test. In time I will add more CDs to test this offset. Furthermore, drives that have jitter are unable to position their heads correctly. So you should activate the secure or fast extraction method and moreover if your drive does caching, activate no-caching emulation. The 'Searching Track Start' algorithm tries to find the correct start position even if jitter occurs. But this is not always possible, mainly if the drive jitters too much. But it can be shown that nearly 80% of the reads will get the same results. A drive's characteristic offset can be found automatically from the CD from on the list of reference CDs. Because of the mentioned jitter error the value given back is also not 100% sure. You should start the test several times and remember to activate emulate no-caching if necessary. Then you should get one value that occurs more often than other values. YOU SHOULD USE THIS TEST ON TWO DIFFERENT CDS AT LEAST! BOTH TESTS SHOULD GIVE BACK THE SAME VALUE! My Plextor 14/32 has an offset value of +679 samples, that means that 679 samples usually are missing at the end of a wav file.<br />
As different modells of common CD-R writer usually do not add the same offset on writing, it seems that also big CD manufactures also do not always press the same offset on their CDs. So I determined the most common offset of pressed CDs and integrated it into the offset detection routines.<br />
Please help us measure more reference CDs. If you have a Plextor 14/32 32x CD-ROM drive, we know the offset. So all you have to do is run some popular disks from your own collection through it with a utility you could download here and send me the output.<br />
<br />
==Exact Audio Copy guides==<br />
You can begin configuring EAC by starting with the Drive Configuration followed by the Gap Settings and finally, the Encoder Options. Remember to use only an original, factory-pressed Audio CD for configuring EAC. Please do not use, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, bootlegs or any such discs. Also use a non copy-protected disc which carries the familiar "Compact Disc-Digital Audio" logo.<br />
<br />
===General guides===<br />
* [[EAC Drive Configuration]]<br />
* [[Gap settings | EAC Gap settings]]<br />
<br />
===Compression guides===<br />
* [[EAC and Lame]]<br />
* [[EAC and Musepack]]<br />
* [[EAC and Ogg Vorbis]]<br />
* [[EAC and WavPack]]<br />
* [[EAC and Flac]]<br />
* [[EAC and Monkeys Audio]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[EAC CUE Sheets]] ASCII formats explained<br />
* [[EAC_Vs_CDex_SecureMode | EAC secure mode versus CDex full paranoia]] (by Pio2001)<br />
<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/eac.html Historical versions of EAC] at ReallyRareWares<br />
* [http://users.pandora.be/satcp/tutorials.htm EAC tutorials]<br />
<br />
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[[Category:CD Rippers]]</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User:Beto&diff=14980User:Beto2006-10-14T12:49:36Z<p>Beto: </p>
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[[Image:149003917 1d5dd4d83f m.jpg|thumb|150px|Me on the hotel pool]]<br />
I work for a big international bank as an IT Audit Supervisor in [http://www.brasil.gov.br Brasil]. I am mainly focused in auditing client/server, midrange, network infrastructure, projects and strategy of the bank and related companies in Brasil.<br />
<br />
Audio compression and related technologies are one of my hobbies. That's how I came across [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums hydrogenaudio forums] in early 2003.<br />
<br />
<br />
==About==<br />
[[Image:Saopaulo_copan.jpg|thumb|São Paulo downtown skyline]]<br />
[[Image:My_window_view.jpg|thumb|My Amsterdam's apartment view]]<br />
I was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28city%29 São Paulo] in july 1975. I've also lived for some time in a small town in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28state%29 São Paulo state] countryside called [http://www.marilia.sp.gov.br/ Marília] where I went to high school.<br />
<br />
After high school (in 1994) I moved back to São Paulo to continue my studies in electrical engineering (telecommunications) at the local [http://www.poli.usp.br/ university]. During that period my main interests were:<br />
<br />
:*Wired and wireless telecomunication systems<br />
:*Digital coding for wired and wireless systems<br />
:*Analog and digital filters<br />
:*Antennas and signal propagation<br />
:*Discrete and continuous transforms<br />
:*Computers and digital systems<br />
<br />
After some time working in the engineering field I received a proposal to join the internal audit department of a banking company in 1998 as an intern. This decision brought a great shift in my career and I decided to face engineering more as a hobby from that day forth.<br />
<br />
To be more prepared for the new challenge I decided to learn Economics at another local [http://www.fgvsp.br university] and got my post-graduate degree in 2002. During this period my main academic interests were:<br />
<br />
:*Banking<br />
:*Keynesian economics<br />
:*Inflation targeting in emerging market countries<br />
:*Econometrics<br />
:*Value at risk<br />
:*Economic policy and central banks<br />
:*Valuation<br />
<br />
As part of my current work I spent some time in Amsterdam in a short term exchange program from august to november 2005. It was a unique experience and a great opportunity to learn a different culture.<br />
<br />
Now I live in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28city%29 São Paulo] near the domestic airport. You may find a picture of my house's rooftop [http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=s%C3%A3o+paulo&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=-23.622586,-46.651372&spn=0.004414,0.01075&t=k&om=1 here].<br />
<br />
<br />
==Educational background and titles==<br />
[[Image:Poli.jpg|thumb|Engineering school]]<br />
*BE in Electrical Engineering from the [http://www.poli.usp.br/ Polythecnic School] at the [http://www.usp.br University of São Paulo]<br />
*Post Graduate degree in Economics, Finance and Banking Administration from [http://www.fgvsp.br Fundação Getúlio Vargas]<br />
*[http://www.isaca.org/Template.cfm?Section=CISA_Certification&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=16&ContentID=4526 CISA] (Certified Information Systems Auditor) certified professional. My [http://www.theiia.org/index.cfm?doc_id=3&bhcp=1 CIA] certification is underway.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Other interests==<br />
*Soccer<br />
*Running<br />
*Reading<br />
*Information warfare<br />
*Strategy<br />
*Peer to peer technologies<br />
<br />
<br />
==My setup==<br />
*AMD Athlon XP1800+ 512MB 320GB IDE+USB HD<br />
*SY-K7V DRAGON Plus! CMedia 8738 6-channel hardware audio<br />
*64MB Nvidia GeForce4 MX440<br />
*LG Electronics - DVD-RW (GSA-4163)<br />
*HL-DT-ST - CD-RW GCE-8320B<br />
*Rio Karma<br />
*Net-MD NZ505<br />
I know, I know that my setup is getting outdated however it is still serving me well. Hopefully in the future I'll be able to spare some cash for an upgrade.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Internal links==<br />
*[[User:Beto/Sandbox|My sandbox]] that I use to test the wiki syntax<br />
*[[User_talk:Beto|Talk page]] to discuss aspects of this page or just chat<br />
*[[User:Beto/foobar2000|My foobar2000 related page]] where you can get some goodies related to my foobar setup<br />
<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
Please, beware that most of the external links in this page are in portuguese. For some of them you may find an english version.<br />
*[http://volutabro.blogspot.com My blog] (portuguese with online english translation)<br />
*[http://del.icio.us/boneco My links]<br />
*[http://www.last.fm/user/beto/ LastFM profile]<br />
*[http://www.foosic.org/query_user.php?user=beto Foosic profile]<br />
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/boneco/ Flickr]<br />
<br />
<br />
==Contact==<br />
You may reach me by e-mail or gtalk at '''boneco[at]gmail.com''' or drop me a comment in the [[User_talk:Beto|talk page]].<br />
<br />
To send encrypted e-mail use my [http://volutabro.blogspot.com/2005/12/chave-pgp.html PGP key].<br />
<br />
*Key ID: 0x1EDDC36D<br />
*Key fingerprint: AB2F F314 DFBA D4EC 53CA 7A4D FAAE 3FAB 1EDD C36D</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User:Beto&diff=14979User:Beto2006-10-14T12:49:21Z<p>Beto: </p>
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{{title|[[Image:Kid.gif]] '''Beto'''}}<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Image:149003917 1d5dd4d83f m.jpg|thumb|150px|Me on the hotel pool]]<br />
I work for a big international bank as an IT Audit Supervisor in [http://www.brasil.gov.br Brasil]. I am mainly focused in auditing client/server, midrange, network infrastructure, projects and strategy of the bank and related companies in Brasil.<br />
<br />
Audio compression and related technologies are one of my hobbies. That's how I came across [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums hydrogenaudio forums] in early 2003.<br />
<br />
<br />
==About==<br />
[[Image:Saopaulo_copan.jpg|thumb|São Paulo downtown skyline]]<br />
[[Image:My_window_view.jpg|thumb|My Amsterdam's apartment view]]<br />
I was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28city%29 São Paulo] in july 1975. I've also lived for some time in a small town in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28state%29 São Paulo state] countryside called [http://www.marilia.sp.gov.br/ Marília] where I went to high school.<br />
<br />
After high school (in 1994) I moved back to São Paulo to continue my studies in electrical engineering (telecommunications) at the local [http://www.poli.usp.br/ university]. During that period my main interests were:<br />
<br />
:*Wired and wireless telecomunication systems<br />
:*Digital coding for wired and wireless systems<br />
:*Analog and digital filters<br />
:*Antennas and signal propagation<br />
:*Discrete and continuous transforms<br />
:*Computers and digital systems<br />
<br />
After some time working in the engineering field I received a proposal to join the internal audit department of a banking company in 1998 as an intern. This decision brought a great shift in my career and I decided to face engineering more as a hobby from that day forth.<br />
<br />
To be more prepared for the new challenge I decided to learn Economics at another local [http://www.fgvsp.br university] and got my post-graduate degree in 2002. During this period my main academic interests were:<br />
<br />
:*Banking<br />
:*Keynesian economics<br />
:*Inflation targeting in emerging market countries<br />
:*Econometrics<br />
:*Value at risk<br />
:*Economic policy and central banks<br />
:*Valuation<br />
<br />
As part of my current work I spent some time in Amsterdam in a short term exchange program from august to november 2005. It was a unique experience and a great opportunity to learn a different culture.<br />
<br />
Now I live in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28city%29 São Paulo] near the domestic airport. You may find a picture of my house's rooftop [http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=s%C3%A3o+paulo&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=-23.622586,-46.651372&spn=0.004414,0.01075&t=k&om=1 here].<br />
<br />
<br />
==Educational background and titles==<br />
[[Image:Poli.jpg|thumb|Engineering school]]<br />
*BE in Electrical Engineering from the [http://www.poli.usp.br/ Polythecnic School] at the [http://www.usp.br University of São Paulo]<br />
*Post Graduate degree in Economics, Finance and Banking Administration from [http://www.fgvsp.br Fundação Getúlio Vargas]<br />
*[http://www.isaca.org/Template.cfm?Section=CISA_Certification&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=16&ContentID=4526 CISA] (Certified Information Systems Auditor) certified professional. My [http://www.theiia.org/index.cfm?doc_id=3&bhcp=1 CIA] certification is underway.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Other interests==<br />
*Soccer<br />
*Running<br />
*Reading<br />
*Information warfare<br />
*Strategy<br />
*Peer to peer technologies<br />
<br />
<br />
==My setup==<br />
*AMD Athlon XP1800+ 512MB 320GB IDE+USB HD<br />
*SY-K7V DRAGON Plus! CMedia 8738 6-channel hardware audio<br />
*64MB Nvidia GeForce4 MX440<br />
*LG Electronics - DVD-RW (GSA-4163)<br />
*HL-DT-ST - CD-RW GCE-8320B<br />
*Rio Karma<br />
*Net-MD NZ505<br />
I know, I know that my setup is getting outdated however it is still serving me well. Hopefully in the future I'll be able to spare some cash for an upgrade.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Internal links==<br />
*[[User:Beto/Sandbox|My sandbox]] that I use to test the wiki syntax<br />
*[[User_talk:Beto|Talk page]] to discuss aspects of this page or just chat<br />
*[[User:Beto/foobar2000|My foobar2000 related page]] where you can get some goodies related to my foobar setup<br />
<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
Please, beware that most of the external links in this page are in portuguese. For some of them you may find an english version.<br />
*[http://volutabro.blogspot.com My blog] (portuguese with online english translation)<br />
*[http://del.icio.us/boneco My links]<br />
*[http://www.last.fm/user/beto/ LastFM profile]<br />
*[http://www.foosic.org/query_user.php?user=beto Foosic profile]<br />
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/boneco/ Flickr]<br />
<br />
<br />
==Contact==<br />
You may reach me by e-mail or gtalk at '''boneco[at]gmail.com''' or drop me a comment in the [[User_talk:Beto|talk page]].<br />
<br />
To send encrypted e-mail use my [http://volutabro.blogspot.com/2005/12/chave-pgp.html PGP key].<br />
<br />
*Key ID: 0x1EDDC36D<br />
*Key fingerprint: AB2F F314 DFBA D4EC 53CA 7A4D FAAE 3FAB 1EDD C36D</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User:Beto&diff=14978User:Beto2006-10-14T12:49:05Z<p>Beto: </p>
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{{title|[[Image:Kid.gif]] '''Beto'''}}<br />
<br />
[[Image:149003917 1d5dd4d83f m.jpg|thumb|150px|Me on the hotel pool]]<br />
I work for a big international bank as an IT Audit Supervisor in [http://www.brasil.gov.br Brasil]. I am mainly focused in auditing client/server, midrange, network infrastructure, projects and strategy of the bank and related companies in Brasil.<br />
<br />
Audio compression and related technologies are one of my hobbies. That's how I came across [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums hydrogenaudio forums] in early 2003.<br />
<br />
<br />
==About==<br />
[[Image:Saopaulo_copan.jpg|thumb|São Paulo downtown skyline]]<br />
[[Image:My_window_view.jpg|thumb|My Amsterdam's apartment view]]<br />
I was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28city%29 São Paulo] in july 1975. I've also lived for some time in a small town in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28state%29 São Paulo state] countryside called [http://www.marilia.sp.gov.br/ Marília] where I went to high school.<br />
<br />
After high school (in 1994) I moved back to São Paulo to continue my studies in electrical engineering (telecommunications) at the local [http://www.poli.usp.br/ university]. During that period my main interests were:<br />
<br />
:*Wired and wireless telecomunication systems<br />
:*Digital coding for wired and wireless systems<br />
:*Analog and digital filters<br />
:*Antennas and signal propagation<br />
:*Discrete and continuous transforms<br />
:*Computers and digital systems<br />
<br />
After some time working in the engineering field I received a proposal to join the internal audit department of a banking company in 1998 as an intern. This decision brought a great shift in my career and I decided to face engineering more as a hobby from that day forth.<br />
<br />
To be more prepared for the new challenge I decided to learn Economics at another local [http://www.fgvsp.br university] and got my post-graduate degree in 2002. During this period my main academic interests were:<br />
<br />
:*Banking<br />
:*Keynesian economics<br />
:*Inflation targeting in emerging market countries<br />
:*Econometrics<br />
:*Value at risk<br />
:*Economic policy and central banks<br />
:*Valuation<br />
<br />
As part of my current work I spent some time in Amsterdam in a short term exchange program from august to november 2005. It was a unique experience and a great opportunity to learn a different culture.<br />
<br />
Now I live in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28city%29 São Paulo] near the domestic airport. You may find a picture of my house's rooftop [http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=s%C3%A3o+paulo&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=-23.622586,-46.651372&spn=0.004414,0.01075&t=k&om=1 here].<br />
<br />
<br />
==Educational background and titles==<br />
[[Image:Poli.jpg|thumb|Engineering school]]<br />
*BE in Electrical Engineering from the [http://www.poli.usp.br/ Polythecnic School] at the [http://www.usp.br University of São Paulo]<br />
*Post Graduate degree in Economics, Finance and Banking Administration from [http://www.fgvsp.br Fundação Getúlio Vargas]<br />
*[http://www.isaca.org/Template.cfm?Section=CISA_Certification&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=16&ContentID=4526 CISA] (Certified Information Systems Auditor) certified professional. My [http://www.theiia.org/index.cfm?doc_id=3&bhcp=1 CIA] certification is underway.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Other interests==<br />
*Soccer<br />
*Running<br />
*Reading<br />
*Information warfare<br />
*Strategy<br />
*Peer to peer technologies<br />
<br />
<br />
==My setup==<br />
*AMD Athlon XP1800+ 512MB 320GB IDE+USB HD<br />
*SY-K7V DRAGON Plus! CMedia 8738 6-channel hardware audio<br />
*64MB Nvidia GeForce4 MX440<br />
*LG Electronics - DVD-RW (GSA-4163)<br />
*HL-DT-ST - CD-RW GCE-8320B<br />
*Rio Karma<br />
*Net-MD NZ505<br />
I know, I know that my setup is getting outdated however it is still serving me well. Hopefully in the future I'll be able to spare some cash for an upgrade.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Internal links==<br />
*[[User:Beto/Sandbox|My sandbox]] that I use to test the wiki syntax<br />
*[[User_talk:Beto|Talk page]] to discuss aspects of this page or just chat<br />
*[[User:Beto/foobar2000|My foobar2000 related page]] where you can get some goodies related to my foobar setup<br />
<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
Please, beware that most of the external links in this page are in portuguese. For some of them you may find an english version.<br />
*[http://volutabro.blogspot.com My blog] (portuguese with online english translation)<br />
*[http://del.icio.us/boneco My links]<br />
*[http://www.last.fm/user/beto/ LastFM profile]<br />
*[http://www.foosic.org/query_user.php?user=beto Foosic profile]<br />
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/boneco/ Flickr]<br />
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<br />
==Contact==<br />
You may reach me by e-mail or gtalk at '''boneco[at]gmail.com''' or drop me a comment in the [[User_talk:Beto|talk page]].<br />
<br />
To send encrypted e-mail use my [http://volutabro.blogspot.com/2005/12/chave-pgp.html PGP key].<br />
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*Key fingerprint: AB2F F314 DFBA D4EC 53CA 7A4D FAAE 3FAB 1EDD C36D</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=File:Kid.gif&diff=14977File:Kid.gif2006-10-14T12:46:38Z<p>Beto: </p>
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==Page discussion==<br />
Just to clarify: I originally included a link to a creative article regarding ASIO because they are the largest soundcard manufacturer that supports this technology, so I thought it would be worthwile... I have no problem removing it though. I admit that my knowledge related to ASIO is very limited.{{smiley|(}}--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 20:16, 13 October 2006 (CDT)</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Talk:Audio_Stream_Input/Output&diff=14974Talk:Audio Stream Input/Output2006-10-14T01:20:32Z<p>Beto: /* Page discussion */</p>
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==Page discussion==<br />
Just to clarify: I originally included a link to a creative article regarding ASIO because they are the largest soundcard manufacturer that supports this technology, so I thought it would be worthwile... I have no problem removing it though. I admit that my knowledge related to ASIO is very limited.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 20:16, 13 October 2006 (CDT)</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Adobe_Audition&diff=14973Adobe Audition2006-10-14T01:18:41Z<p>Beto: small typo in infobox</p>
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<div>{{Software Infobox<br />
| name = Adobe Audition <br />
| screenshot = <br />
| caption = Integrated audio recording, mixing, editing, and mastering<br />
| maintainer = Adobe Systems <br />
| stable_release = 2.0<br />
| preview_release = <br />
| operating_system = Windows<br />
| use = Digital Audio Editor <br />
| license = [http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/pdfs/audition_eula.pdf Proprietary]<br />
| website = [http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/main.html Audition website]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Adobe Audition''' is a Digital Audio Editor released by [http://www.adobe.com Adobe Systems]. Formerly known as '''CoolEdit Pro''', the editor was purchased in [http://www.adobe.com/special/products/audition/syntrillium.html May, 2003.] It is a powerful tool for creating audio for any destination, from CD and DVD, to broadcast television and digital media.<br />
<br />
One strong advantage of Audition is its extensibility using various "Filters" (known in many other applications as "plugins").<br />
<br />
==Features==<br />
Adobe Audition includes many advanced audio editing features.<br />
<br />
===Multi-track Editing===<br />
Adobe Audition is a multi-track editing program with support for up to 128 tracks. You can work in multi-track view, or edit individual waveforms. Audition also has tools for adding audio effects, and creating muisc with loops. It can record up to 32 tracks simultaneously with real-time effects and EQ processing on each track.<br />
<br />
===Video Soundtrack Editing===<br />
Audition includes features that make it easy to edit video soundtracks. Included is a video viewer and associated timeline for frame accurate audio editing. File format support includes [[AVI]], native DV, [[MPEG]], and [[WMV]].<br />
<br />
===Digital Signal Processing===<br />
Audition features approximately built-in audio processors and effects. Some of these include volume, noise and EQ filters, delay effects, reverb effects, and time/pitch shifting. Audition also supports third-party effects via both the DirectX interface and the VST plug-in architecture.<br />
<br />
===High Resolution Audio===<br />
Audition offers audio recording and editing at a variety of quality levels. It supports 32-bit audio with a sample rate of up to 10MHz. Standard sample rates (such as 44.1KHz - CD quality, 48KHz, 92KHz) are also available.<br />
<br />
===Other Features===<br />
* CD Burning Support<br />
* 5000 Included Music Loops<br />
* Built-In 5.1 Surround Sound Encoder<br />
<br />
==System Requirements==<br />
* 400MHz or faster processor (2GHz or faster recommended)<br />
* Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or Windows XP Professional or Home Edition<br />
* 64MB of RAM (512MB or more recommended)<br />
* 75MB of available hard-disk space (700MB recommended for installing optional audio clips)<br />
* 800x600 color display (1024x768 display recommended)<br />
* Stereo sound card (multitrack sound card recommended)<br />
* CD-ROM drive<br />
* CD-RW drive for audio CD creation<br />
* Microsoft DirectX 9.0 software required for video import<br />
* Speakers or headphones recommended<br />
* Microphone (optional)<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
* [http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/main.html Official Website]<br />
* [http://www.vuplayer.com/other.php Additional Audition Filters] -- allow Audition to save and edit in [[FLAC]], [[Ogg Vorbis]], [[Module]], and [[WMA]] formats.<br />
* [http://www.rarewares.org/ RareWares] -- browse around in this site to find various filters for Audition.<br />
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[[Category:Audio Editors]]</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Talk:Audio_Stream_Input/Output&diff=14972Talk:Audio Stream Input/Output2006-10-14T01:16:37Z<p>Beto: </p>
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==Page discussion==<br />
Just to clarify: I originally included a link to a creative article regarding ASIO because they are the largest soundcard manufacturer that supports this technology, so I thought it would be worthwile... I have no problem removing it though.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 20:16, 13 October 2006 (CDT)</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=K3b_and_Nero_AAC&diff=14960K3b and Nero AAC2006-10-13T20:23:40Z<p>Beto: layout changes</p>
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<div>'''K3b''' is a multi-purpose burning/ripping/transcoding tool for Linux under the KDE graphical environment (it can be run under GNOME as well so long as the correct libraries are installed). It is generally pretty stable and does a good job of keeping the meta-data (e.g. title, album, etc) for tracks. The MP4 file format is therefore well matched to be outputted from K3b.<br />
<br />
This guide was originally posted on the Hydrogen Audio forum [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=48228 here]. <br />
<br />
Note that this only allows you to '''create''' .MP4 files - it does not allow you to decode them so that they can be burnt to a CD.<br />
<br />
==Requirements==<br />
* '''Linux''' (I'm using Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06)<br />
* '''Wine''' (0.9.9-0ubuntu2 .deb package from Synaptic/apt-get).<br />Wine must be set up and installed - you at least need a 'Windows' and a 'Windows\System32' directory. The encoder itself doesn't require any extra DLLs.<br />
* '''Sox''' (12.17.9-1 .deb package from Synaptic/apt-get)<br />
* '''K3b''' (0.12.17 compiled from source at http://k3b.plainblack.com/download )<br />
* '''Nero Digital Audio Reference MPEG-4 & 3GPP Audio Encoder''' (1.0.0.2 downloaded from http://www.nero.com/nerodigital/eng/Nero_Digital_Audio.html )<br />
* '''/dev/shm''' filesystem (this is often installed by default - you can get by without it, but your hard disk will end up doing more work)<br />
<br />
==Instructions==<br />
These instructions assume you have installed all the required items above.<br />
<br />
===Configure Wine===<br />
I won't go into too much detail about this here, but it's important that Wine can access all the files on your drive. I usually do this by keeping the default of <code>Z:\</code> to be the 'root' (i.e. '/') filesystem. The program '''winecfg''' is very useful in setting up this.<br />
<br />
===Install Nero Digital Audio executables===<br />
This bit is pretty easy. You just unzip the files to a directory somewhere. You might want to test out that the executables can run by doing something like:<br />
<br />
$ wine neroAacEnc.exe<br />
<br />
in the '''win32''' directory of the extracted files. You should see some output like this:<br />
<br />
err:font:ReadFontDir Can't open directory "/home/chris/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/Fonts"<br />
*************************************************************<br />
*<br />
* Nero Digital Audio Reference MPEG-4 & 3GPP Audio Encoder<br />
* Copyright (C) 2006 Nero AG<br />
* All Rights Reserved Worldwide<br />
*<br />
* Package build date: May 26 2006<br />
*<br />
* See -help for a complete list of available parameters.<br />
*<br />
*************************************************************<br />
ERROR: no input file specified<br />
<br />
My Wine isn't set up for GUI stuff for Wine too well yet, hence the error message at the top. We don't have to worry about that though, because this is just a command line application.<br />
<br />
===Create 'neroaac' wrapper script===<br />
So I made a wrapper script around neroAacEnc.exe and neroAacTag.exe. The code for it is below. Copy the code into a file '''/usr/local/bin/neroaac'''. Make sure you ''chmod'' it to something like ''755''.<br />
<br />
#!/bin/bash<br />
TEMPFILE=/dev/shm/neroaac-$RANDOM<br />
cd /home/chris/winec/nero/win32<br />
sox -x -s -w -t raw -r 44100 -c 2 "$1" -w $TEMPFILE.wav<br />
wine neroAacEnc.exe -if $TEMPFILE.wav -of $TEMPFILE.mp4<br />
wine neroAacTag.exe $TEMPFILE.mp4 -meta:title="$3" -meta:artist="$4" -meta:comment="$5" -meta:track="$6" -meta:album="$7" -meta:year="$8"<br />
mv $TEMPFILE.mp4 "$2"<br />
rm $TEMPFILE.wav<br />
<br />
<br />
'''IMPORTANT:''' Change the line that reads <code>cd /home/chris/winec/nero/win32</code> to be the directory where you have neroAacEnc.exe and neroAacTag.exe located.<br />
<br />
Just in case you are interested, this program will take in the following parameters:<br />
<br />
# Source filename (or '-' for stdin).<br />The data this script takes in will be RAW 16 bit, 44.1kHz, big endian, stereo to match the format that k3b outputs.<br />
# Output filename. e.g. "myfile.mp4"<br />
# Track Title<br />
# Track Artist<br />
# Track Comment<br />
# Track Number<br />
# Album<br />
# Year<br />
<br />
It's a bit hard to test this script on its own because of the format of the input file. K3b itself doesn't even export RAW audio in this format when you have RAW selected as a format!<br />
<br />
===Configure K3b to use 'neroaac' as an External Plugin===<br />
<br />
I'll do this with the aid of some screenshots.<br />
<br />
# Load up K3b and go to the 'Settings' menu and select 'Configure K3b'. Select 'Plugins' and then 'K3b External Audio Encoder'. Hit the 'Configure' button: <br/>[[Image:Settings-configure-k3b.png]]<br/><br />
# In the next dialog box add a new program to the list and enter the following values in the 'Configure Plugin' box:[[Image:k3b-add-external-plugin.png]]<br/>The command line here is:<br/><code>neroaac - %f %t %a %c %n %m %y</code><br />
# Close the 'Configure Plugin' and 'Options' boxes.<br />
<br />
==Usage==<br />
You can now use the 'Convert Audio Project' to convert any files that K3b can read into .MP4 files. This is the 'arrow' button in the screenshot below:<br />
<br />
[[Image:K3b-audiocd-project.png]]<br />
<br />
Note that if you want all the meta tags (e.g. "Album") set, you will have to open the 'Burn' dialog for the Audio project and enter the CD Text information and then hit the "Save" button.<br />
<br />
You will also be able to rip to .MP4 by selecting your CD reader/recorder in the tree and using the following button:<br />
<br />
[[Image:K3b-ripping.png]]<br />
<br />
==Known flaws/limitations==<br />
<br />
* The progress bar goes to 100% quickly when converting a file and then sits there for a while. This is because K3b judges the completeness of the operation by how much of the file it has fed to the program. The program needs to take the *whole* file straight up because it needs to make a .WAV file out of it before sending it to neroAacEnc.exe. SOX will not support outputting a WAV file to a data stream.<br />
* Does not support decoding of MP4 files. This would require the development of a proper Audio Decoding plugin for K3b.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[AAC]]<br />
* [[Ubuntu]]<br />
* [[Linux]]<br />
* [[KDE]]<br />
* [[Gnome]]<br />
* [[Wine]]<br />
<br />
==Notes and references==<br />
<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=48228 HA topic]<br />
* [http://www.k3b.org/ K3b]<br />
* [http://www.ubuntu.com/ Ubuntu]<br />
* [http://www.kde.org/ KDE]<br />
* [http://www.gnome.org/ Gnome]<br />
* [http://www.winehq.com/ Wine]<br />
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<div>{{Software Infobox<br />
| name = Plextools<br />
| screenshot = [[Image:Backupmaker.png|250px|Plextools]]<br />
| caption = The most professional swiss-knife utility for your Plextor equipment<br />
| maintainer = Plextor<br />
| stable_release = 3.10 XL/3.07 LE/3.09 HDD/2.35 Professional<br />
| preview_release = <br />
| operating_system = Windows<br />
| use = CD Ripper<br />
| license = Various<br />
| website = [http://www.plextools.com/index.asp Plextools]<br />
}}<br />
'''PlexTools''' was released in 1999 by Plextor to give extra support to Plextor hardware by enhancing the possibility to directly control specific functions. The standard version was discontinued in April 2003, and replaced by an advanced version.<br />
<br />
==Availability==<br />
Plextools is offered in four distinct flavours:<br />
* '''Plextools Professional''' bundled with Plextor drives.<br />
* '''PlexTools Professional XL''' offered as full version for [http://www.plextools.com/purchase/purchase.asp purchase] only.<br />
* '''PlexTools Professional LE''' bundled and available for [http://www.plextools.com/download/download.asp download] as trial version only.<br />
* '''PlexTools Professional HDD''' free-of-charge [http://www.plextools.com/download/download.asp downloadable] version.<br />
<br />
==Setup Guide==<br />
Start by opening Plextools & selecting Digital Audio Extraction in the lower left list box.<br />
<br />
===Output Path & Filename Options===<br />
<br />
Output Path & File Options are user specific, you may find a different output path & file name scheme works better for you. I will give an explanation of the options & also my suggestion.<br />
The Output Path can be found at the middle of the main window of Digital Audio Extraction<br />
<br />
[[Image:Plex_output_path.png|Plextools output path]]<br />
<br />
You need to set an output path for the audio files Plextools will extract from your CD's, [[Image:Plex_search.png|Plextools search]] ''create a folder for your rips'', I'll place the folder on my desktop, and name it Plextools Rips, ''then'' [[Image:Plex_save.png|Plextools save]] ''save it as the output path.''<br />
<br />
The Filename Options section is located at the top left of Digital Audio Extraction tab of Preferences.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Plex_filename.png|Plextools filename]]<br />
<br />
* In '''Spaces''' you select if you want spaces in CD TEXT information to be; Included, Removed (no spaces) or replaced with underscores ( _ ) in the output. [[Image:Plex_include.png|Plextools include]] ''include spaces is suggested''.<br />
<br />
* In '''Filename construction''' you input how you want your album (folder) & tracks (file) to be named, you can use any combinations of filename codes to create your desired scheme, and If you don’t mind manually inputting the infomation [[CD types]] can also be useful for classifying your CD's. [[Image:Plex_syntax.png|Plextools naming syntax]] ''is the suggested scheme''.<br />
<br />
{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin-left:50px;"<br />
!Input<br />
!Output<br />
|-<br />
|%N<br />
|Track number<br />
|-<br />
|%T<br />
|Track title<br />
|-<br />
|%A<br />
|Track artist<br />
|-<br />
|%C<br />
|Disc title<br />
|-<br />
|%I<br />
|ISRC code<br />
|-<br />
|%Y<br />
|Release year <br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
* In '''Get CD TEXT from''' you select where Plextools should get the information from; the CD (the physical Audio CD) or freedb (online database). Although you can always be sure that the CD TEXT in your Audio CD is correct (unlike freedb) very few CD’s contain CD TEXT. [[Image:Plex_from.png|Plextools from]] ''CD is recommended'' that way Plextools will search the CD & then if no data is found it will use the freedb database.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
===Freedb===<br />
<br />
''under construction''<br />
<br />
<br />
===Advanced DAE Settings===<br />
<br />
Plextools has a powerful function that is not provided with standard audio extraction software: Audio Error Detection. It will allow detection of errors during the reading of audio tracks.<br />
<br />
The Options section is at the bottom right of the main window of Digital Audio Extraction.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Plex_DAE6.png|Plextools DAE]]<br />
<br />
Using ''Audio error detection (tick) is highly recommended'' & is necessary for error recovery to function.<br />
<br />
<br />
Plextools offers a choice of smart strategies that attempt to recover the original data. These strategies consist out of combinations of re-reading the data and changing the read speed. Depending on the type and severity of the damage, each strategy will give a different result.<br />
<br />
====DAE Error Recovery Options====<br />
<br />
:;Report errors only<br />
:This strategy can be used when the source disc is error-free or error correction is not necessary.<br />
<br />
:;Reduce the speed upon error<br />
:When Uncorrectable Errors are found, the damaged area will be read at a lower speed in order to find an error-free reading.<br />
<br />
:;Read again upon error<br />
:When Uncorrectable Errors are found, the damaged area will be read again for a number of times ''(Retries)'' at the selected speed in order to find an error-free reading.<br />
:The optional ''Allow Speed Down'' can be used to achieve better results at a lower speed.<br />
<br />
:;Recover the best sector (least errors)<br />
:When Uncorrectable Errors are found, the damaged area will be read again for a number of times ''(Retries)'' at the selected speed. When the errors stay, the sectors with the least errors will be used to re-assemble the original data.<br />
:The optional ''Allow Speed Down'' can be used to achieve better results at lower speed<br />
<br />
:;Recover the best bytes (least errors) per sector<br />
:When Uncorrectable Errors are found, the damaged area will be read again for a number of times ''(Retries)'' at the selected speed. When the errors stay, the bytes with the least errors will be used to re-assemble the original data.<br />
<br />
<br />
Find the DAE Recovery section at the bottom left of Digital Audio Extraction tab of Preferences<br />
<br />
<br />
<center>[[Image:Plex_DAE7.png|Plextools DAE]]</center><br />
<br />
<br />
# The options in this list are described in the DAE Error Recovery Options table, the Error Recovery Option you select will only effect speed when an error is encountered, & will have little to no impact on the accuracy of error reporting (and detection). [[Image:Plex_DAE0.png|Plextools DAE]] ''5. Recover the best bytes (least errors) per sector'' is the most advanced & will yield best results for recovering errors, it ''is the recommended DAE Error Recovery Option''.<br />
# In the '''Retries''' text box you input how many times Plextools will command the drive to re-read a position which contains an error, this will effect any DAE Error Recovery Option which performs ''(Retries)''. [[Image:Plex_DAE2.png|Plextools DAE]] ''maximum setting of 99 is recommended''.<br />
# In the '''Maximum Errors''' list box you select how many errors Plextools will allow until it aborts extraction, this is a user specific option however [[Image:Plex_DAE3.png|Plextools DAE]] ''minimum option of 100 is recommend'', if errors occur attempt some type of CD cleaning & retry, if errors are still preset you can select unlimited to force extraction.<br />
# In the '''Allow Speed Down''' tick box you select if will allow Plextools to speed down the drive in when it encounters an error, this will be done in sequence until the drive reaches its lowest speed or the errors are recovered, after the position is read the drive will be sped up again, this will effect any DAE Error Recovery option you select, and [[Image:Plex_DAE4.png|Plextools DAE]] ''is recommended (tick)''.<br />
# In the '''Error Log''' tick box you select if you want Plextools to output a text file containing detailed information about if & when errors occurred, this is a user specific option however this option [[Image:Plex_DAE5.png|Plextools DAE]] ''is recommended (tick)'' so you can keep track the condition of your rips.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Plextor]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://www.plextools.com/index.asp Plextools website]<br />
<br />
[[Category:CD Rippers]]</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=File:Backupmaker.png&diff=14956File:Backupmaker.png2006-10-13T20:02:14Z<p>Beto: </p>
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<div>{{Software Infobox<br />
| name = Adobe Audition<br />
| screenshot = <br />
| caption = Integrated audio recording, mixing, editing, and mastering<br />
| maintainer = Adobe<br />
| stable_release = 2.0<br />
| preview_release = <br />
| operating_system = Windows<br />
| use = Audio editor<br />
| license = [http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/pdfs/audition_eula.pdf EULA]<br />
| website = [http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/main.html Audition website]<br />
}}<br />
'''Adobe Audition''' is a Digital Audio Editor released by [http://www.adobe.com Adobe Systems]. Formerly known as '''CoolEdit Pro''', the editor was purchased in [http://www.adobe.com/special/products/audition/syntrillium.html May, 2003.] It is a powerful tool for creating audio for any destination, from CD and DVD, to broadcast television and digital media.<br />
<br />
One strong advantage of Audition is its extensibility using various "Filters" (known in many other applications as "plugins").<br />
<br />
==Features==<br />
Adobe Audition includes many advanced audio editing features.<br />
<br />
===Multi-track Editing===<br />
Adobe Audition is a multi-track editing program with support for up to 128 tracks. You can work in multi-track view, or edit individual waveforms. Audition also has tools for adding audio effects, and creating muisc with loops. It can record up to 32 tracks simultaneously with real-time effects and EQ processing on each track.<br />
<br />
===Video Soundtrack Editing===<br />
Audition includes features that make it easy to edit video soundtracks. Included is a video viewer and associated timeline for frame accurate audio editing. File format support includes [[AVI]], native DV, [[MPEG]], and [[WMV]].<br />
<br />
===Digital Signal Processing===<br />
Audition features approximately built-in audio processors and effects. Some of these include volume, noise and EQ filters, delay effects, reverb effects, and time/pitch shifting. Audition also supports third-party effects via both the DirectX interface and the VST plug-in architecture.<br />
<br />
===High Resolution Audio===<br />
Audition offers audio recording and editing at a variety of quality levels. It supports 32-bit audio with a sample rate of up to 10MHz. Standard sample rates (such as 44.1KHz - CD quality, 48KHz, 92KHz) are also available.<br />
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===Other Features===<br />
* CD Burning Support<br />
* 5000 Included Music Loops<br />
* Built-In 5.1 Surround Sound Encoder<br />
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==System Requirements==<br />
* 400MHz or faster processor (2GHz or faster recommended)<br />
* Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or Windows XP Professional or Home Edition<br />
* 64MB of RAM (512MB or more recommended)<br />
* 75MB of available hard-disk space (700MB recommended for installing optional audio clips)<br />
* 800x600 color display (1024x768 display recommended)<br />
* Stereo sound card (multitrack sound card recommended)<br />
* CD-ROM drive<br />
* CD-RW drive for audio CD creation<br />
* Microsoft DirectX 9.0 software required for video import<br />
* Speakers or headphones recommended<br />
* Microphone (optional)<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/main.html Official Website]<br />
* [http://www.vuplayer.com/other.php Additional Audition Filters] -- allow Audition to save and edit in [[FLAC]], [[Ogg Vorbis]], [[Module]], and [[WMA]] formats.<br />
* [http://www.rarewares.org/ RareWares] -- browse around in this site to find various filters for Audition.<br />
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[[Category:Audio Editors]]</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Audio_Stream_Input/Output&diff=14953Audio Stream Input/Output2006-10-13T18:49:35Z<p>Beto: elaborated further</p>
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<div>'''ASIO''' (Audio Stream Input Output) is a low latency audio application programming interface designed by Steinberg ''(developers of software Cubase and VST technology)'' for high speed communications between audio hardware and software, such as the the interaction between MIDI Controllers and MIDI Sequencers needed by musicians and studio engineers. ASIO can be used to access multiple sound I/O simultanously.<br />
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==Description==<br />
In order to create a more direct path to the hardware, and also make the hardware more responsive to the software's needs, Steinberg of Germany (developer of the popular Cubase digital sequencer and Nuendo digital audio workstation) developed Audio Stream In/Out (ASIO) technology. ASIO has made its mark as the driver standard for delivering low-latency transfer of digital audio. This means that hardware supporting an ASIO driver is able to deliver low-latency recording and monitoring to hard disk.<br />
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The low latency made possible by ASIO, for example, allows you to sing into a Microphone and hear your voice going through software and hardware effects with virtually no delay in the signal. The effects of a low-latency ASIO driver make it ideal for use with Virtual Studio Technology (VST) instruments, plug-ins, and all other software-based synthesizers. Many of these devices can be played back in real time from MIDI output devicesThe low latency made possible by ASIO, for example, allows you to sing into a Microphone and hear your voice going through software and hardware effects with virtually no delay in the signal. The effects of a low-latency ASIO driver make it ideal for use with Virtual Studio Technology (VST) instruments, plug-ins, and all other software-based synthesizers. Many of these devices can be played back in real time from MIDI output devices<br />
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After Steinberg was bought by a seperate company, they released the SDK (Developement Kit) to the public free of charge on their website. There have been several attempts made by 3rd party developers to write drivers in order to bring ASIO to all consumer grade soundcards ''(see asio4all)''. There has been a seperate plugin written for Foobar2000 allowing users with access to ASIO to use it for other purposes, mainly low-latency kernel streaming ''[http://www.foobar2000.com/components/foo_out_asio.zip (see foo_out_asio)]''. <br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[MIDI]]<br />
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==Notes and references==<br />
# ''All You Need To Know About ASIO''. Article from [http://www.soundblaster.com/resources/read.asp?articleid=53937&page=1&cat=2 Creative].<br />
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==External links== <br />
* [http://www.steinberg.de/324_1.html ASIO SDK] official Steinberg website of the SDK developement package <br />
* [http://www.asio4all.com/ asio4all] website of the German 3rd party developement effort and universal WDM drivers.<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_stream_input_output ASIO in Wikipedia]<br />
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[[Category: Software]]</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Hydrogenaudio_Knowledgebase:Deletion_requests/ID3v2.4.1&diff=14634Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase:Deletion requests/ID3v2.4.12006-09-29T21:06:50Z<p>Beto: /* ID3v2.4.1 */</p>
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Why not kill this page altogether, as if people will go looking for ID3v2.4.1 here...?<br />
*'''Delete''' -- Maybe we should have only one ID3 related page. However depending on the level of detail it might not be a good idea.</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Hydrogenaudio_Knowledgebase:Deletion_requests/ID3v2.4.1&diff=14633Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase:Deletion requests/ID3v2.4.12006-09-29T21:06:36Z<p>Beto: /* ID3v2.4.1 */</p>
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Why not kill this page altogether, as if people will go looking for ID3v2.4.1 here...?<br />
'''Delete''' -- Maybe we should have only one ID3 related page. However depending on the level of detail it might not be a good idea.</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=User:Beto&diff=14614User:Beto2006-09-28T19:44:28Z<p>Beto: </p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
[[Image:149003917 1d5dd4d83f m.jpg|thumb|150px|Me on the hotel pool]]<br />
I work for a big international bank as an IT Audit Supervisor in [http://www.brasil.gov.br Brasil]. I am mainly focused in auditing client/server, midrange, network infrastructure, projects and strategy of the bank and related companies in Brasil.<br />
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Audio compression and related technologies are one of my hobbies. That's how I came across [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums hydrogenaudio forums] in early 2003.<br />
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==About==<br />
[[Image:Saopaulo_copan.jpg|thumb|São Paulo downtown skyline]]<br />
[[Image:My_window_view.jpg|thumb|My Amsterdam's apartment view]]<br />
I was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28city%29 São Paulo] in july 1975. I've also lived for some time in a small town in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28state%29 São Paulo state] countryside called [http://www.marilia.sp.gov.br/ Marília] where I went to high school.<br />
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After high school (in 1994) I moved back to São Paulo to continue my studies in electrical engineering (telecommunications) at the local [http://www.poli.usp.br/ university]. During that period my main interests were:<br />
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:*Wired and wireless telecomunication systems<br />
:*Digital coding for wired and wireless systems<br />
:*Analog and digital filters<br />
:*Antennas and signal propagation<br />
:*Discrete and continuous transforms<br />
:*Computers and digital systems<br />
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After some time working in the engineering field I received a proposal to join the internal audit department of a banking company in 1998 as an intern. This decision brought a great shift in my career and I decided to face engineering more as a hobby from that day forth.<br />
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To be more prepared for the new challenge I decided to learn Economics at another local [http://www.fgvsp.br university] and got my post-graduate degree in 2002. During this period my main academic interests were:<br />
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:*Banking<br />
:*Keynesian economics<br />
:*Inflation targeting in emerging market countries<br />
:*Econometrics<br />
:*Value at risk<br />
:*Economic policy and central banks<br />
:*Valuation<br />
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As part of my current work I spent some time in Amsterdam in a short term exchange program from august to november 2005. It was a unique experience and a great opportunity to learn a different culture.<br />
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Now I live in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E3o_Paulo_%28city%29 São Paulo] near the domestic airport. You may find a picture of my house's rooftop [http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=s%C3%A3o+paulo&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=-23.622586,-46.651372&spn=0.004414,0.01075&t=k&om=1 here].<br />
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==Educational background and titles==<br />
[[Image:Poli.jpg|thumb|Engineering school]]<br />
*BE in Electrical Engineering from the [http://www.poli.usp.br/ Polythecnic School] at the [http://www.usp.br University of São Paulo]<br />
*Post Graduate degree in Economics, Finance and Banking Administration from [http://www.fgvsp.br Fundação Getúlio Vargas]<br />
*[http://www.isaca.org/Template.cfm?Section=CISA_Certification&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=16&ContentID=4526 CISA] (Certified Information Systems Auditor) certified professional. My [http://www.theiia.org/index.cfm?doc_id=3&bhcp=1 CIA] certification is underway.<br />
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==Other interests==<br />
*Soccer<br />
*Running<br />
*Reading<br />
*Information warfare<br />
*Strategy<br />
*Peer to peer technologies<br />
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==My setup==<br />
*AMD Athlon XP1800+ 512MB 320GB IDE+USB HD<br />
*SY-K7V DRAGON Plus! CMedia 8738 6-channel hardware audio<br />
*64MB Nvidia GeForce4 MX440<br />
*LG Electronics - DVD-RW (GSA-4163)<br />
*HL-DT-ST - CD-RW GCE-8320B<br />
*Rio Karma<br />
*Net-MD NZ505<br />
I know, I know that my setup is getting outdated however it is still serving me well. Hopefully in the future I'll be able to spare some cash for an upgrade.<br />
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==Internal links==<br />
*[[User:Beto/Sandbox|My sandbox]] that I use to test the wiki syntax<br />
*[[User_talk:Beto|Talk page]] to discuss aspects of this page or just chat<br />
*[[User:Beto/foobar2000|My foobar2000 related page]] where you can get some goodies related to my foobar setup<br />
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==External links==<br />
Please, beware that most of the external links in this page are in portuguese. For some of them you may find an english version.<br />
*[http://volutabro.blogspot.com My blog] (portuguese with online english translation)<br />
*[http://del.icio.us/boneco My links]<br />
*[http://www.last.fm/user/beto/ LastFM profile]<br />
*[http://www.foosic.org/query_user.php?user=beto Foosic profile]<br />
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/boneco/ Flickr]<br />
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==Contact==<br />
You may reach me by e-mail or gtalk at '''boneco[at]gmail.com''' or drop me a comment in the [[User_talk:Beto|talk page]].<br />
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To send encrypted e-mail use my [http://volutabro.blogspot.com/2005/12/chave-pgp.html PGP key].<br />
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*Key ID: 0x1EDDC36D<br />
*Key fingerprint: AB2F F314 DFBA D4EC 53CA 7A4D FAAE 3FAB 1EDD C36D</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Talk:LAME&diff=14601Talk:LAME2006-09-27T20:49:03Z<p>Beto: /* LAME compiles Win32 */</p>
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==Page discussion==<br />
I propose a major merging with this page. I don't think information about lame should be scattered all over the wiki. I'll think about it this evening and after the merge I'll add a redirect from all Lame related pages to this one.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] 15:51, 13 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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Finally I ended the revision :)--[[User:Beto|Beto]] 19:14, 14 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== LAME compiles Win32 ==<br />
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http://rarewares.org/dancer/dancer.php?f=1 is linked at this Wiki page. But at http://rarewares.org/mp3.html I can only find http://rarewares.org/dancer/dancer.php?f=107 The two archives contain different lame.exe and lame_enc.dll. Why is that? Here's another compile: http://mitiok.maresweb.org/ This is confusing! --[[User:Pohli|Pohli]] 13:16, 27 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:IMO we should '''not''' give direct link to the downloader; everytime a new build is outed, the direct link becomes outdated. Better to link only to Rareware's MP3 page. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] <small>'''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])'''</small> 13:46, 27 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
:Agree. If noone oposes we should make the change.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 15:48, 27 September 2006 (CDT)</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Talk:LAME&diff=14600Talk:LAME2006-09-27T20:48:43Z<p>Beto: </p>
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==Page discussion==<br />
I propose a major merging with this page. I don't think information about lame should be scattered all over the wiki. I'll think about it this evening and after the merge I'll add a redirect from all Lame related pages to this one.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] 15:51, 13 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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Finally I ended the revision :)--[[User:Beto|Beto]] 19:14, 14 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== LAME compiles Win32 ==<br />
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http://rarewares.org/dancer/dancer.php?f=1 is linked at this Wiki page. But at http://rarewares.org/mp3.html I can only find http://rarewares.org/dancer/dancer.php?f=107 The two archives contain different lame.exe and lame_enc.dll. Why is that? Here's another compile: http://mitiok.maresweb.org/ This is confusing! --[[User:Pohli|Pohli]] 13:16, 27 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:IMO we should '''not''' give direct link to the downloader; everytime a new build is outed, the direct link becomes outdated. Better to link only to Rareware's MP3 page. --[[User:Pepoluan|pepoluan]] <small>'''([[User_talk:pepoluan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/pepoluan|contribs]])'''</small> 13:46, 27 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
:Agree. If anyone oposes we should make the change.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 15:48, 27 September 2006 (CDT)</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Hydrogenaudio_Knowledgebase_talk:Wiki_Policy&diff=14579Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase talk:Wiki Policy2006-09-26T23:37:26Z<p>Beto: </p>
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<b><big>[[/archive|Old talk]]</big></b><br />
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==Wiki policy discussion==<br />
The new wiki policy discussion. I outlined a proposal based in wikipedia.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 12:39, 21 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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*'''Behavioral''': standards for behavior.<br />
*'''Content''': which topics are welcome.<br />
*'''Enforcement''': what action authorised users can take to enforce other policies.<br />
*'''Deletion''': deleting articles that are considered undesirable.<br />
*'''Legal and copyright''': firm rules about what material may be used here, and remedies for misuse.<br />
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All have to be aligned with [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3974 HA TOS]. A good starting point for this discussion would be categorizing each TOS to a policy category.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 12:43, 21 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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==Behavioral (proposed)==<br />
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==Content (proposed)==<br />
I added a language policy aligned to HA TOS.--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 18:37, 26 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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==Enforcement (proposed)==<br />
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==Deletion (proposed)==<br />
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== Legal and copyright (proposed) ==<br />
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==== Articles ====<br />
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<small>('''[[Special:Contributions/Elliottmobile|sbirtnoc]] | [[User talk:Elliottmobile|klat]]''')</small> [[User:Elliottmobile|elibomttoillE]] 15:46, 21 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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: Do we have to be this restrictive? Where did you take that everything uploaded must comply with GFDL or CC licenses? I'm curious...--[[User:Beto|Beto]] <small>'''([[User_talk:Beto|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Beto|contribs]])'''</small> 21:24, 21 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
::it's all the GFDL allows... it's crappy, yeah, but it's what this wiki is licensed under. {{User:Elliottmobile/sig2}} 16:19, 26 September 2006 (CDT)</div>Betohttps://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Hydrogenaudio_Knowledgebase:Wiki_Policy&diff=14578Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase:Wiki Policy2006-09-26T23:29:02Z<p>Beto: added language policy</p>
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<div>To be included the wiki policy, much aligned to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies wikipedia's policies] but not the same.<br />
Also aligned with the [[Hydrogenaudio_Knowledgebase:Terms_of_Service|terms of service]].<br />
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==Wiki policy proposal==<br />
Discuss it [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=48596 here] or in the [[Hydrogenaudio_Knowledgebase_talk:Wiki_Policy|talk page]].<br />
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==Policy categories (proposed)==<br />
*'''Behavioral''': standards for behavior.<br />
*'''Content''': which topics are welcome.<br />
*'''Enforcement''': what action authorised users can take to enforce other policies.<br />
*'''Deletion''': deleting articles that are considered undesirable.<br />
*'''Legal and copyright''': firm rules about what material may be used here, and remedies for misuse.<br />
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==Policies (proposed and to be further elaborated)==<br />
===Behavioral===<br />
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====Assume good faith====<br />
Assume that most people who work on the project are trying to help it, not hurt it.<br />
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====Bots====<br />
Programs that update pages automatically in a useful and harmless way may be welcome, if their owners seek approval first and go to great lengths to stop them from running amok or being a drain on resources.<br />
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====Civility====<br />
Being rude, insensitive or petty makes people upset and stops Hydrogenaudio from working well. Try to discourage others from being uncivil, and be careful to avoid offending people unintentionally. Mediation is available if needed.<br />
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====Editing policy====<br />
Improve pages wherever you can, and don't worry about leaving them imperfect. Avoid deleting information wherever possible.<br />
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====No legal threats====<br />
Use dispute resolution rather than legal threats, for everyone's sake. We respond quickly to complaints of defamation or copyright infringement. If you do take legal action, please refrain from editing until it is resolved.<br />
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====No personal attacks====<br />
Do not make personal attacks. Comment on content, not on the contributor. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Nobody likes abuse.<br />
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====Ownership of articles====<br />
You agreed to allow others to modify your work. So let them.<br />
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====Sock puppetry====<br />
Do not use multiple accounts to create the illusion of greater support for an issue, to mislead others, or to circumvent a block; nor ask your friends to create accounts to support you or anyone.<br />
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====Three-revert rule====<br />
Do not revert any single page in whole or in part more than three times in 24 hours. (Or else an administrator may block your account).<br />
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====Username====<br />
Choose a neutral username that you'll be happy with. You can usually change your name if you need to by asking, but you can't delete it.<br />
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====Vandalism====<br />
Vandalism is any addition, deletion, or change to content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. It is, and needs to be, removed from the encyclopedia.<br />
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===Content (major review is needed here)===<br />
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====Biographies of living persons====<br />
Articles about living persons, which require a degree of sensitivity, must adhere strictly to Wikipedia's content policies. Be very firm about high-quality references, particularly about details of personal lives. Unsourced or poorly sourced negative material about living persons should be removed immediately from both the article and the talk page.<br />
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====Naming conventions====<br />
Generally, article naming should give priority to what the majority of English speakers worldwide would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity, while at the same time making linking to those articles easy and second nature.<br />
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====Naming conventions (categories)====<br />
Category names should be specific, neutral, objective, inclusive and follow certain conventions, such as "Venezuelan musicians", "Hospitals in Denmark" or "Computer law".<br />
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====Neutral point of view====<br />
Articles, including reader-facing templates, categories and portals, should be written from a Neutral Point of View.<br />
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====FAQ for Neutral point of view====<br />
This gives an objection-rebuttal style explanation of NPOV, and was recently split off from the main page (listed above this).<br />
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====No original research====<br />
Articles may not contain any unpublished theories, data, statements, concepts, arguments, or ideas; or any new interpretation, analysis, or synthesis of published data, statements, concepts, arguments, or ideas that, in the words of Wikipedia's co-founder Jimbo Wales, would amount to a "novel narrative or historical interpretation."<br />
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====Verifiability====<br />
We cannot check the accuracy of claims, but we can check whether the claims have been published by a reputable publication. Articles should therefore cite sources whenever possible. Any unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br />
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====Language====<br />
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===Legal and copyright===<br />
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==== Articles ====<br />
If you see a source or website that mimicks an article without referencing us, our page ''may'' copy theirs. In case, replace the page with (DO NOT add to the header, replace it for legal issues):<br />
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If you copy an image from elsewhere, state where and which license it is, or your fair use rationale.</div>Beto