User's Guide Part 3

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Advanced Ripper Utility

For the power user, there are Advanced Options. Advanced options include: manual

Music Information editing, read/write buffer options, jitter correction, encoder options,

and proxy server parameters if you are running on a network with an Internet connection

through a proxy server.

Ripping a CD – Entering Music Information Manually

Sometimes, the Music Information for an album or track might not be available from the

online data source. This may be the case for very new or very rare albums, and you may

need to enter the Music Information manually.

1. Select the CD and enter information

Insert the audio CD to be ripped into the CD-ROM drive, then select the drive in the C

Rom field. If the album is not in the online data source, you will be prompted to decide

if you want to submit the information yourself. If you want the Music Information you

enter for the CD to be uploaded to the online data source, click Yes. If not, click No.

Type the name of the album in the A

lbum field. Enter the year the album was release in

the Year field. Select or deselect the tracks you wish to convert by clicking the

checkboxes by each track.

You can add the name, artist, and genre by double-clicking on a track to open the Edit

Track window. Use the << and >> buttons to scroll through each track.

If you want to convert only a single track, deselect the check boxes next to the other

tracks. To listen to a track before ripping it, highlight the track then click the button at

the bottom of the track list.

2. Select the folder where the converted files will go

In the Step 2: Select Destination area, use the cursor and/or scroll bars to locate and

highlight the shared folder for storing the ripped audio files. If you want to store them in

a new folder, you can create one by clicking the Advanced… button in the Step 3:

Choose Action area.

3. Rip the CD

In the Step 3: Choose Action area, click the Rip Selected button. The Ripper Utility

will being converting the songs on the CD into the default MP3 format, and a progress

bar will appear next to each selection to indicate the status of each file as it is being

ripped. It’s that easy. There are other options available, as well:

) Pick Image… Refer to Pick Image… on page 87 for information.

) Advanced… Refer to Advanced Ripper Options on page 87 for information.

Select CD,

edit Music

Information

Select

destination

folder

Rip the CD