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{{Infobox Software | {{Infobox Software | ||
| name = Max | | name = Max | ||
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| screenshot = [[image:maxinaction-screenshot.png|250px]] | | screenshot = [[image:maxinaction-screenshot.png|250px]] | ||
| caption = Only secure ripper for Mac OS/X | | caption = Only secure ripper for Mac OS/X | ||
| maintainer = Stephen Booth | | maintainer = Stephen Booth | ||
− | | stable_release = 0. | + | | stable_release = 0.8.1 |
| preview_release = N/A | | preview_release = N/A | ||
| operating_system = Mac OS X | | operating_system = Mac OS X |
Latest revision as of 01:30, 25 April 2010
Only secure ripper for Mac OS/X | |
Developer(s) | Stephen Booth |
Release information | |
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Stable release | 0.8.1 |
Preview release | N/A |
Compatibility | |
Operating system | Mac OS X |
Additional information | |
Use | Digital Audio Extraction |
License | GPL |
Website | http://sbooth.org/Max/ |
Contents
Introduction
Max is a digital audio extraction algorithm that allows for secure rips under the Mac OS/X platform. It uses its own built-in comparison ripper, along with error correcting power of cdparanoia. Max is released under the GPL license.
Features
- Supports over 20 different audio codecs (AAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, WavPack, etc)
- Integration with FreeDB permit automatic retrieval of compact disc information
- Queing files for output to ITunes.
- Threading control for encoding/decoding
- Custom port of cdparanoia
- Works in conjunction with Cog and Tag
Correction mechanism
Max correction mechanism is quite similiar to Rubyripper. The algorithm uses a comparison feature in order to determine how many times Max should rip and compare sections (maximum retries). It is done on a sector-by-sector basis, rather then byte-by-byte basis. Max can additionally generate a SHA-256 checksum for each additional section in order to more accuratly determine dissimiliarities in a rip. Max differs in that it does not have a direct reliance on cdparanoia for extraction, but instead uses C2 error pointers very similiar to EAC.
Screenshots
- General view screenshot of the application
- General prefs screenshot of general preferences.
- Format prefs screenshot of format preferences.
Known Bugs
- Not all output formats are tagged with metadata
- FLAC cuesheets are not handled on conversion
Development API
Building Max from source requires the XCode 2.4 tools from Apple, as well as the following packages compiled as frameworks:
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libparanoia (custom port)
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cuetools
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libflac
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Growl
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LAME
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libcddb
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libmpcdec
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libogg
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libsndfile
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libvorbis or aoTuV
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MAC
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mpeg4ip (only the mp4v2 library)
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TagLib
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libspeex
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libwavpack
Frameworks
If you would rather not compile all these from source, you may download precompiled versions of the frameworks (2.36 MB). Unzip this archive into Max's source directory.