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Building Max from source requires the XCode 2.3 tools from Apple, as well as the following packages compiled as frameworks:
Building Max from source requires the [http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/ XCode 2.3 tools] from Apple, as well as the following packages compiled as frameworks:


* <code>cdparanoia (custom port)  
* <code>cdparanoia (custom port)  

Revision as of 18:52, 11 August 2006

Introduction

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.

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

Screenshots

Known Bugs

  • Automatic disc ejection does not always work
  • Errors occur reading the TOC for some discs
  • Not all output formats are tagged with metadata
  • FLAC cuesheets are not handled on conversion

Development API

Building Max from source requires the XCode 2.3 tools from Apple, as well as the following packages compiled as frameworks:

  • cdparanoia (custom port)
  • cuetools
  • FLAC
  • Growl
  • LAME
  • libcddb
  • libmpcdec
  • libogg
  • libsndfile
  • libvorbis or aoTuV
  • MAC
  • mpeg4ip (only the mp4v2 library)
  • TagLib
  • Speex
  • WavPack

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
  • Cog official audio player
  • Tag official tagging editor