Max

2007-01-20T04:25:08Z

Sbooth: Update version and added link to Play

{{Infobox Software
| name = Max
| screenshot = [[image:maxinaction-screenshot.png|250px]]
| caption = Only secure ripper for Mac OS/X
| maintainer = Stephen Booth
| stable_release = 0.7.1
| preview_release = N/A
| operating_system = Mac OS X
| use = Digital Audio Extraction
| license = GPL
| website = http://sbooth.org/Max/
}}

=Introduction=
'''Max''' is a digital audio extraction algorithm that allows for secure rips under the Mac OS/X platform. It uses its own built-in comparison ripper, along with error correcting power of [[cdparanoia]]. Max is released under the GPL license.

==Features==

* Supports over 20 different audio codecs (AAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, WavPack, etc)
* Integration with FreeDB permit automatic retrieval of compact disc information
* Queing files for output to ITunes.
* Threading control for encoding/decoding
* Custom port of [[cdparanoia]]
* Works in conjunction with [[Cog]] and [[Tag]]

==Correction mechanism==

Max correction mechanism is quite similiar to [[Rubyripper]]. The algorithm uses a comparison feature in order to determine how many times Max should rip and compare sections (maximum retries). It is done on a sector-by-sector basis, rather then byte-by-byte basis. Max can additionally generate a ''SHA-256'' checksum for each additional section in order to more accuratly determine dissimiliarities in a rip. Max differs in that it does not have a direct reliance on [[cdparanoia]] for extraction, but instead uses [[C1/C2 errors|C2 error]] pointers very similiar to [[EAC]].

==Screenshots==

* [http://sbooth.org/Max/images/maxinaction.png General view] screenshot of the application
* [http://sbooth.org/Max/images/general_prefs.png General prefs] screenshot of general preferences.
* [http://sbooth.org/Max/images/formats_prefs.png Format prefs] screenshot of format preferences.

==Known Bugs==

* Not all output formats are tagged with metadata
* FLAC cuesheets are not handled on conversion

=Development API=

Building Max from source requires the [http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/ XCode 2.4 tools] from Apple, as well as the following packages compiled as frameworks:

* <code>libparanoia (custom port) </code>
* <code>cuetools </code>
* <code>libflac </code>
* <code>Growl</code>
* <code>LAME </code>
* <code>libcddb</code>
* <code>libmpcdec </code>
* <code>libogg </code>
* <code>libsndfile </code>
* <code>libvorbis or aoTuV </code>
* <code> MAC </code>
* <code>mpeg4ip (only the mp4v2 library)</code>
* <code>TagLib </code>
* <code>libspeex </code>
* <code>libwavpack </code>

==Frameworks==

If you would rather not compile all these from source, you may download precompiled versions of the [http://sbooth.org/files/Max-frameworks.tar.bz2 frameworks] (2.36 MB). Unzip this archive into Max's source directory.

==External links==

* [http://sbooth.org/Max/ Max] official Max website
* [http://sbooth.org/Play/ Play] official Play website
* [http://sbooth.org/Cog/ Cog] official audio player
* [http://sbooth.org/Tag/ Tag] official tagging editor

[[Category:CD Rippers]]

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