CD Ripper Options

Introduction to CD Ripper Options

The CD Ripper Options dialog contains settings for the CD Ripper in Helium Music Manager.

Using CD Ripper Options

Show the CD Ripper Options dialog by clicking on the Options button at the bottom toolbar of the CD Ripper dialog.

The dialog is divided into two tabs, Output Filenames & Folders and Encoder Settings & Database. The contents of the two tabs will be described below:

Output Filenames & Folders

This tab allows you to control how the ripped filenames will be named as well as (if any) their resulting folder structure.

This tab allows you to build folder structures, very similar to the File Rename Wizard.

Follow the steps below add new folders

1. Click on the Add Folder button to add a new folder to the folder structure.

2. Click the Add Field button to add a new field.

3. Select a field from the Field drop down list

4. Optionally specify a prefix in the Prefix box. A prefix will be added before the field in your filename (see examples below).

5. Optionally specify a suffix in the Suffix box. A Suffix will be added after the field in your filename (see examples below).

6. Optionally specify a default text in the Default Text box. The text specified in the Default Text box will replace the field if it's empty (see examples below).

7. Optionally limit the length of the field from the Limit Length spin edit. Default value is 0 (no limit).

8. Optionally set a padding length for numeric values using the Pad numbers with spin edit.
   
   By setting a padding you can make numbers (such as Current Track) padded by one or more preceding zeros. A padding of 1 will give:
   
   01
   05
   09
   10
   21
   31
   150
   9170
   
   and so on...
   
   A padding of 2 will give:
   
   001
   005
   009
   010
   021
   031
   150
   9170
   
   Default value is 0 (no limit).

9. Click OK to add the field to the list.

10. Repeat step 1 to 8 for each field that you want to add.

11. Click OK to apply the changes.

You can create multiple folders to create folder structures that will give you results like:

Artist 1

  Album 1

  Album 2

Artist 2

  Album 1

  ...

Encoder Options & Database

Below follows explanations of all settings available:

Convert to Format
This list contains the following presets:

• WAVE
  This option has no settings. Files will be ripped in 44KHz Stereo.
• MP3 (using lame.exe) - this is default if you have downloaded and installed the encoder pack
  
  Location of lame.exe specifies the location of the Lame encoder executable. This file is installed with the encoder pack. Click the Browse button to browse for this file if this box is empty.
  
  Use Preset contains a list of different quality presets. We recommend using the default Constant Bitrate (CBR) Higher Quality (192 kbit/s) option.
  
  Use custom settings is intended for experienced user of lame presets. Only use this if you are familiar with the options for the lame encoder.
  
  Normalize volume (specify the path to MP3Gain below) gives the opportunity to apply gain values to your MP3 files once they are ripped. Gain values help make sure that tracks are played using the same volume. You can choose between Track Analysis and Album Analysis and whether to Show normalization window or not. This file is installed with the encoder pack. Click the Browse button to browse for this file if this box is empty.
• FLAC (using flac.exe)
  
  Location of Flac.exe specifies the location of the Flac en coder executable. This file is installed with the encoder pack. Click the Browse button to browse for this file if this box is empty.
  
  Compression specifies the desired compression value. We recommend using the default 4 (Medium) option.
  
  Normalize volume (specify the path to MetaFlac below) gives the opportunity to apply gain values to your FLAC files once they are ripped. Gain values help make sure that tracks are played using the same volume. You can choose whether to Show normalization window or not. This file is installed with the encoder pack. Click the Browse button to browse for this file if this box is empty.
• Ogg Vorbis (using OggEnc.exe or OggEnc2.exe)
  
  Location of OggEnc.exe specifies the location of the Ogg encoder executable. This file is installed with the encoder pack. Click the Browse button to browse for this file if this box is empty.
  
  Quality specifies the desired quality value. We recommend using the default 5 (~160 kBps (160-192 kBps)) option.
  
  Normalize volume (specify the path to VorbisGain below) gives the opportunity to apply gain values to your Ogg Vorbis files once they are ripped. Gain values help make sure that tracks are played using the same volume. You can choose between Track Analysis and Album Analysis and whether to Show normalization window or not. This file is installed with the encoder pack. Click the Browse button to browse for this file if this box is empty.

• Automatically add the ripped files to your database
  This option is default - and recommended - and will add the ripped files to your database upon completion of the ripping process.

Information Download Options

• Show Multiple Matches controls if a download plug-in should allow you to search between multiple result matches or if it should automatically select the first result (if applicable).
• Overwrite existing information controls if existing information should be overwritten with the downloaded information or be kept as-is.
• Audio-CD Download Details displays which plug-ins that are selected for downloading information for the inserted Audio-CD. You can change the selected plug-ins and their behaviour by clicking the Advanced button.
• Album Information Download Details displays which plug-ins that are selected for downloading information of album covers for the inserted Audio-CD. You can change the selected plug-ins and their behaviour by clicking the Advanced button.