If you rip audiobooks from CDs, you use different techniques than for ripping music in “Ripping and playing audiobooks” I discuss the issues of file size, format, and so on. Or maybe you want Apple Lossless in iTunes for home listening, and AAC files to sync to your iPhone or iPod. While this process takes a bit longer than a normal rip, you might want to use this if you want both lossless files for your archives, and AAC or MP3 files to use with iTunes. Phile Audio does this multiple conversion by first ripping the files in AIFF format, then converting them to your selected formats. But where it stands out is in its ability to rip to multiple formats simultaneously, and even use multiple CD drives, if you have more than one. And it can search for and add album art to your files. Like XLD, it can access the FreeDB database, but it can also get track information from iTunes. It can convert CDs to the usual suspects-AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV-but it can also rip to FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) and Ogg Vorbis (which XLD can do as well). C7 Software’s $8 Phile Audio offers a number of interesting features. ITunes supports ripping to a number of different audio formats, but it can’t handle everything. XLD’s interface for ripping CDs is Spartan, but it does the job.
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If you rip with XLD, you can use either of these databases to download tag information before ripping your CDs. But other databases, such as FreeDB or MusicBrainz, may have better tags for more obscure music. ITunes uses the Gracenote database to provide information about your music: this is where the tag information-the names of songs, albums, and artists-comes from.