Converting from XLD (Mac)

[welsh_flag]

Hi,

I'm using XLD to convert FLAC music files ready to burn to CD using Toast Titanium.

Accompanying the FLAC files are:

- audio.ffp
- audio.md5
- the album's name as a .cue
- and the album's name as a .log

The above files mean nothing to me so what I need to know is how to burn the CD so that specific tracks segue as they should, and have gaps between tracks as per the original album.

Thanks!

[shoarthing]

Hi - This is fisrthand advice: I use XLD as my main audio-conversion/ripping application, & use TT

Set XLD's preferences so the output is *.wav, fix an output folder.

Select the *.FLACs you want to convert, right-click, choose: Open with . . . .  XLD [version-number] - wait - a progress window will come up.

Make sure you have converted all the tracks.

Open Toast Titanium, choose: Audio, then AudioCD

Drag your *.WAVs, in playing order first first, into the window.

Highlight all tracks, then click 'pause' at the top LH of the window, set to 0 secs - check this applies to all tracks [it doesn't apply in the same way to the first track; but try to set it anyway]

Click the 'Options' thing down to the bottom LH, choose: 'write cd text' - then click 'more'

Click the 'Disc' tab, title your CD, & put the artist's name in - choose 'apply to all'

Click the 'track' tab & check your tracks are in the right order & have their correct titles - many FLACs are poorly tagged & have names such as: '01 - The Durutti Column - Vino Della Casa Bianca' - the tracks should simply have their track names, no numbers & no artist info.

Burn.

Enjoy.

Post again if you want any further info or if anything seems to be going wrong.

[welsh_flag]

Thank you my friend for your comprehensive reply.

I will try your suggestions tomorow and let you know if succesful!

UPDATE: Worked like a dream - thanks, again 

[shoarthing]

Excellent news - when you start using XLD for ripping & so on we'll discuss settings.

[Graham]

When I first saw this post I looked into it but not having a mac I couldn't check things out and therefore could not give a comprehensive answer though XLD and converting to wave was prominent.

From my understanding  there are several programs in windows that appear to do this simply by using the cue sheet..Burrn seems to be the most favorable

What I can't understand is why some things need to be so difficult when using macs or linux both of which are a far better OS than windows and have far more people writing free software.  Even playing MP3s and movies in linux has been a challenge in the past

[shoarthing]

G - Hi - there probably are 1-click ways to do this onna mac; I trust nothing so do it as above, which works reliably & is quick - mebbe burn-time plus 4 mins per CD.

Media manipulation is as a rule much easier to do with good results on a mac than on a windows box - mainly because high quality engines for CD-burning, audio & video format-conversion & so on are built right into OSX, rather than being third-party addins as in winWorld.

Macs also natively use *m4a for lossy audio [rather than *.mp3] & *.m4v for video [rather than olde-worlde MPEG2 or some proprietary nonsense like *.wmv] . . . better results in smaller files.

XLD [X Lossless Decoder] is an EAC equivalent, & is better to use for everything - save for EAC's great trump card of being able to rip very badly damaged CDs using C2 pointers given the right reader hardware. This still has no equivalent outside winWorld, tho' the Rip project (http://sbooth.org/Rip/) from the well-respected author of Max & Tag looked promising for a while.