Latest revision as of 01:30, 25 April 2010

**Max**

Only secure ripper for Mac OS/X
Developer(s)	Stephen Booth
Release information
Initial release	{{{released}}}
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/

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:

libparanoia (custom port)
cuetools
libflac
Growl
LAME
libcddb
libmpcdec
libogg
libsndfile
libvorbis or aoTuV
MAC
mpeg4ip (only the mp4v2 library)
TagLib
libspeex
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.

External links

Max official Max website
Play official Play website
Cog official audio player
Tag official tagging editor

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-=Introduction=
+{{Infobox Software
+| name = Max
+| logo =
+| screenshot = [[image:maxinaction-screenshot.png|250px]]
+| caption = Only secure ripper for Mac OS/X
+| maintainer = Stephen Booth
+| stable_release = 0.8.1
+| preview_release = N/A
+| operating_system = Mac OS X
+| use = Digital Audio Extraction
+| license = GPL
+| website = http://sbooth.org/Max/
+}}
-What is Max? '''Max''' is a digital audio extraction algorithm that allows for secure rips under the OS/X platform. It uses it's own built-in comparison ripper, along with error correcting power of [[cdparanoia]]. Max is released under the GPL license.
+=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.
+* 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 [[C1/C2 errors|C2 error]] pointers very similiar to [[EAC]].
 ==Screenshots==
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 * [http://sbooth.org/Max/images/general_prefs.png General prefs] screenshot of general preferences.
 * [http://sbooth.org/Max/images/formats_prefs.png 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 [http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/ XCode 2.4 tools] from Apple, as well as the following packages compiled as frameworks:
+* <code>libparanoia (custom port) </code>
+* <code>cuetools </code>
+* <code>libflac </code>
+* <code>Growl</code>
+* <code>LAME </code>
+* <code>libcddb</code>
+* <code>libmpcdec </code>
+* <code>libogg </code>
+* <code>libsndfile </code>
+* <code>libvorbis or aoTuV </code>
+* <code> MAC  </code>
+* <code>mpeg4ip (only the mp4v2 library)</code>
+* <code>TagLib </code>
+* <code>libspeex </code>
+* <code>libwavpack </code>
+==Frameworks==
+If you would rather not compile all these from source, you may download  precompiled versions of the [http://sbooth.org/files/Max-frameworks.tar.bz2 frameworks] (2.36 MB). Unzip this archive into Max's source directory.
 ==External links==
 * [http://sbooth.org/Max/ Max] official Max website
+* [http://sbooth.org/Play/ Play] official Play website
 * [http://sbooth.org/Cog/ Cog] official audio player
 * [http://sbooth.org/Tag/ Tag] official tagging editor
+[[Category:CD Rippers]]