[Flac-users] CD archival best practices?

[Josh Coalson]

--- Dax Kelson <dax at gurulabs.com> wrote:
> Goals:
> 
> 1. Store meta data
> 2. Be able to recreate and burn bit-for-bit accurate audio CDs from
> archive.
> 3. Be able to "generate" lossy format files (OggVorbis,MP3,etc) with
> meta info intact when needed.
> 4. One file per song.
> 5. Files playable in XMMS and WinAMP3.
> 
> Questions:
> Q1. OGG vs FLAC container?

native FLAC

> Q2. Meta data format?

vorbis comments; that is the only official tagging method

> Q3. In detail, how does one do goal 2?

depends on how you're encoding.  if you're starting with EAC
rips try searching on hydrogenaudio.org for tips.  you can
pass tags in on the flac command-line (see docs) or use a tagger
afterward (see software links on main page).

> Q4. What ripping/encoding software?

again, this question is too general.  you didn't even mention
what operating system.  starting points are EAC
(www.exactaudiocopy.de), cdex (www.cdex.n3.net), cdparanoia
(xiph.org), plextools, and cdrdao.

> Ideas on a clean way to safely handle malicious meta data warmly
> welcomed.

you mean like the id3 exploit in winamp?  that's a player problem.

Josh


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