dreamliner77 said:
1) mp3 can be indistinguishable from cd (see LAME)
2) If you use LAME and a lame tag aware program (foobar2000) to play the files back, they are gapless
3) I don't care what format I use, I don't want to hear errors.
4) most ripping programs rip in a burst mode, 1 read and if there's an error, you're stuck with it.
1) You will notice a quality diff in mp3 as apposed to cd. It is because of the way an mp3 is made. This is why it is best to use high bitrates, anything above 160 is cd quality. I prefer --alt-preset extreme .. If you don't like the diff you could always keep it as a wav file, or use something like Ogg vorbis or monkey audio.
2) It does not matter if the program is lame tag aware or not (winamp is). There will always be gaps in the song between tracks. There is no way around this.
3) If you don't want to hear errors then stay away from Audiograbber, easy cd ripper, real jukebox,
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]AudioCatalyst[/font], CD-DA Extractor, Slurp, Windac, Real Jukebox, ect, ect, and any other that use XING or fruehauf.
** Note: I should recount the remark on audiograbber. It allows you use lame and others now. But it don't have secure mode. It is good for a starter to learn on before they move to the good ones.
4) That is true which makes them so bad. See list above, they use burst mode as default, I think that is the only mode they do use. The programmers of those programs don't know what secure mode is.