Macintosh Questions

kidzeroMember

considering buying a Macintosh to replace PC. The Mac links appear to have disappeared on the new forum.
Any suggestions or links to sites would be appreciated on the following:

1. Newsserver: currently using GigaNews. Presume this works on Mac seamlessly?

2. Software Download: currently using Newsreactor. What works best on Mac?

3. Newsgroup: ABMS. No issues on Mac, I assume.

4. Repair: MacPar?

5. Decoding: currently use FLAC. What Mac software is recommended for audio and dvd files?

6. Burning software: Again, what Mac software works best for burning cdr audio and/or dvd?

any suggestions would be appreciated?

12/29/061:33 PM

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SwitchbladeLoverMember

1. I don't know. I have verizon.

2. I like unison, but it's not free. Igrabnews is free, but not as good.

3. Correct

4. MacPar Deluxe, it does rar files too.

5. xact does flac, ape, shn, as well as checksums.

6. I use iTunes for CDs. I don't burn dvds. I believe others use Nero?

12/29/066:20 PM

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Brian RStolen Car

i agree with the macpar deluxe, xact, and unison recommendations.

i use roxio toast to burn dvds and cds. it's not free, but it is pretty good, and works on ISO files, VIDEO_TS folders, pretty much anything.

for EAC-like ripping (EAC doesn't exist on the mac), try Max

-brianr

1/6/0712:50 AM

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redbossfanTemple of Thought

I use roxio toast titanium as well - for ripping and burning CDs and for burning DVDs. For ripping DVDs, I use MacTheRipper

3/16/0710:43 AM

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redbossfanTemple of Thought

How to turn DVD decrypter split filer into one .iso file:

open "terminal" (it's in your "utilities" folder)
type cd nameofdirectory (this switches you to the directory where the split files are located)
type cd nameoffolder (this switches you to the folder the files are in)
type cat nameoffile.I0* > nameoffile.iso (e.g. bruceconcert.I0* > bruceconcert.iso)
and after a while you will have an .iso file

Warning: no spaces are allowed in any names

4/6/074:25 AM

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redbossfanTemple of Thought

Can anyone a good MAC OS X programme to create rar files? Preferably freeware.

Regarding MACPar deluxe: somehow I always end up wit the Dutch version, no matter where I download from (even trying the link above). It makes things a bit more complicated than necessary. Thus, can anyone point me to an English version?

Thanks

4/13/073:49 AM

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redbossfanTemple of Thought

Originally Posted By: redbossfan

Regarding MACPar deluxe: somehow I always end up wit the Dutch version, no matter where I download from (even trying the link above). It makes things a bit more complicated than necessary. Thus, can anyone point me to an English version?

strangely it's English now - I must have been hallucinating...

4/13/074:17 PM

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SwitchbladeLoverMember

Does anybody know of a free program that converts mpa files to mp3? I ripped the audio from a dvd, which gave me mpa files.

4/22/0710:40 AM

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SwitchbladeLoverMember

Apparently the answer is the rename to extension from mpa to mp3. D'oh.

4/22/076:06 PM

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shelloMember

Originally Posted By: redbossfan

Can anyone a good MAC OS X programme to create rar files? Preferably freeware.

SimplyRar. Not great but it's the only free rar app. I've found.
It's no loger updated, evidently because of copyright infringement, but it's still available from this site:
http://mac.majorgeeks.com/download5712.html

5/15/075:32 PM

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redbossfanTemple of Thought

Thanks, I'll try that.

6/8/075:06 AM

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hazardfromharvardJohnny 99

Mac newbie question: on my windows machine, I was using winamp with the flac codec. Now what should I use to listen to my lossless file boots?

11/15/076:15 AM

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SwitchbladeLoverMember

Cog

11/15/077:51 AM

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JTRMember

Originally Posted By: redbossfan

check this:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21430

12/9/076:27 AM

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rosalita77Duke Street King

I'm a mac newbie

I have a question: what software do you use to print CD/DVD covers? When I had my old PC I worked with CoverXP and UndercoverXP, but there isn't a mac version of this software.

Thanks in advance,

Rosa

11/2/092:00 PM

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kidzeroMember

I use Printshop (version 2). It's not free (costs about $70); but I'm able to print cd covers (trays and front, as well as CD labels) easily, once you understand the menus and projects.

11/2/095:42 PM

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rosalita77Duke Street King

Thanks for the reply

11/3/0911:04 AM

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rosalita77Duke Street King

Another question from a Mac newbie

: I want to rip an original boot and upload it to Jungleland. Is Max the best program to rip CDs (brianr said that it's similar to EAC)? If I rip a boot with Max and upload/post it, am I doing something wrong?

TIA,

Rosa

1/4/104:41 PM

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kmISO Soundchecks

Does MAX now produce log files? I think XLD does.

1/4/105:38 PM

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rosalita77Duke Street King

Kevin, I don't know. I haven't tried Max yet...I'll take a look at XLD, thanks for the tip.

BTW, I'll post the MSG boot with my old PC and EAC.

1/4/105:44 PM

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rosalita77Duke Street King

Originally Posted By: km

Does MAX now produce log files? I think XLD does.

You're right

I've just ripped a CD with XLD and I've got this log file (looks like an EAC log file):

X Lossless Decoder version 20091230 (115.2)

XLD extraction logfile from 2010-01-05 16:16:38 +0100

/ Audio CD

Used drive : MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-868 (revision KB19)

Use cdparanoia mode : YES (CDParanoia III 10.2 engine)
Disable audio cache : OK for the drive with cache less than 2750KB
Make use of C2 pointers : NO
Read offset correction : 102
Max retry count : 100

TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
---------------------------------------------------------
1 | 00:00:00 | 09:35:33 | 0 | 43157
2 | 09:35:33 | 06:03:51 | 43158 | 70433
3 | 15:39:09 | 06:09:32 | 70434 | 98140
4 | 21:48:41 | 14:30:59 | 98141 | 163449
5 | 36:19:25 | 04:21:55 | 163450 | 183079
6 | 40:41:05 | 10:31:42 | 183080 | 230446
7 | 51:12:47 | 08:17:59 | 230447 | 267780
8 | 59:30:31 | 10:43:27 | 267781 | 316032
9 | 70:13:58 | 09:41:37 | 316033 | 359644

Track 01
Filename : /Users/rjbaldoma/Documents/burning/01 Unknown Artist - Unknown Title(1).wav

Pre-gap length : 00:02:00

CRC32 hash : 7D7BD4BB
CRC32 hash (skip zero) : E726A8C4
AccurateRip signature : D3F59BEB
->Track not present in AccurateRip database.
Statistics
Read error : 0
Skipped (treated as error) : 0
Edge jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Atom jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Drift error (maybe fixed) : 0
Dropped bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0
Duplicated bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0

Track 02
Filename : /Users/rjbaldoma/Documents/burning/02 Unknown Artist - Unknown Title.wav

CRC32 hash : EF266FC7
CRC32 hash (skip zero) : FD3A1C01
AccurateRip signature : 610AE030
->Track not present in AccurateRip database.
Statistics
Read error : 0
Skipped (treated as error) : 0
Edge jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Atom jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Drift error (maybe fixed) : 0
Dropped bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0
Duplicated bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0

Track 03
Filename : /Users/rjbaldoma/Documents/burning/03 Unknown Artist - Unknown Title.wav

CRC32 hash : 3A58DB41
CRC32 hash (skip zero) : 0315E09D
AccurateRip signature : F42956BA
->Track not present in AccurateRip database.
Statistics
Read error : 0
Skipped (treated as error) : 0
Edge jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Atom jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Drift error (maybe fixed) : 0
Dropped bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0
Duplicated bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0

Track 04
Filename : /Users/rjbaldoma/Documents/burning/04 Unknown Artist - Unknown Title.wav

CRC32 hash : FD2BACFB
CRC32 hash (skip zero) : 51C8018C
AccurateRip signature : 7CE37A0A
->Track not present in AccurateRip database.
Statistics
Read error : 0
Skipped (treated as error) : 0
Edge jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Atom jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Drift error (maybe fixed) : 0
Dropped bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0
Duplicated bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0

Track 05
Filename : /Users/rjbaldoma/Documents/burning/05 Unknown Artist - Unknown Title.wav

CRC32 hash : F22D8AA4
CRC32 hash (skip zero) : 58C82EA7
AccurateRip signature : F2AED23A
->Track not present in AccurateRip database.
Statistics
Read error : 0
Skipped (treated as error) : 0
Edge jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Atom jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Drift error (maybe fixed) : 0
Dropped bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0
Duplicated bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0

Track 06
Filename : /Users/rjbaldoma/Documents/burning/06 Unknown Artist - Unknown Title.wav

CRC32 hash : F819D4C1
CRC32 hash (skip zero) : 855C7CB7
AccurateRip signature : 1065498D
->Track not present in AccurateRip database.
Statistics
Read error : 0
Skipped (treated as error) : 0
Edge jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Atom jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Drift error (maybe fixed) : 0
Dropped bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0
Duplicated bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0

Track 07
Filename : /Users/rjbaldoma/Documents/burning/07 Unknown Artist - Unknown Title.wav

CRC32 hash : 94F75753
CRC32 hash (skip zero) : BB401A3B
AccurateRip signature : 9228C6F2
->Track not present in AccurateRip database.
Statistics
Read error : 0
Skipped (treated as error) : 0
Edge jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Atom jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Drift error (maybe fixed) : 0
Dropped bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0
Duplicated bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0

Track 08
Filename : /Users/rjbaldoma/Documents/burning/08 Unknown Artist - Unknown Title.wav

CRC32 hash : ED0E99BE
CRC32 hash (skip zero) : 5FAAABF5
AccurateRip signature : DA98D110
->Track not present in AccurateRip database.
Statistics
Read error : 0
Skipped (treated as error) : 0
Edge jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Atom jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Drift error (maybe fixed) : 0
Dropped bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0
Duplicated bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0

Track 09
Filename : /Users/rjbaldoma/Documents/burning/09 Unknown Artist - Unknown Title.wav

CRC32 hash : 31479A43
CRC32 hash (skip zero) : 4AD10A66
AccurateRip signature : C52769CB
->Track not present in AccurateRip database.
Statistics
Read error : 0
Skipped (treated as error) : 0
Edge jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Atom jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0
Drift error (maybe fixed) : 0
Dropped bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0
Duplicated bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0

No errors occurred

End of status report

Is it OK to upload files ripped with this program?

And what program should I use to post to ABMS?

TIA,

Rosa

1/5/1010:30 AM

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rosalita77Duke Street King

Another question: is there a good free DVD audio ripper? I'd like to rip the audio from the Paramount and the Houston DVDs to listen to them in the car.

TIA!

11/19/109:08 AM

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