XLD User guide

Below you will find brief information for audio editing software XLD. This guide will help you setup the software and get you started with ripping your music from CDs. It also covers how to use the AccurateRip database to confirm that your rips are good and features a guide to setting the correct output directory for saving your music files.

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XLD setup

Rev 2.1 – Apr 2013

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This guide is for basic instruction on how to setup XLD. It has been written with one version to give an indication of how to use this software and will not guarantee that this document can or will be updated with new updates of XLD

XLD offers both secure ripping and AccurateRip checking of rips, hence should be able to give the most consistently good rips, and confirm that these are good using the AccurateRip database. XLD has gone through a number of updates since our original testing and has improved in operation

If you wish to try using XLD, it may be obtained from XLD , and there is documentation/discussion on hydrogenaudio

Suggested settings are shown below (with output directory set to Music folder on NAS):

You can change the Output format to ALAC if you also want to add this Music to iTunes

You may have to “Connect as” to the NAS for the username and password. (Enable “Remember this password in my keychain ” to remember you NAS settings)

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Make sure that custom is enabled to put your Music tracks in the correct folder structure

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Freedb only has limited coverart. To get more coverart then:

1. enable “Use Amazon Web Services”

2. You need to create an account at http://aws.amazon.com

- this is free.

3. Once you have created your account, you sign in at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home . Ignore the message to sign up to EC2, you don't need it.

4. Click on account->security credentials

5. Look down the page to 'Access Credentials'. Your access key id is displayed in the table under 'access key id'. Your private (secret) key can be displayed by clicking the 'show' link next to it.

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Disable “Start ripping automatically” if you wish to check and edit the CD details BEFORE ripping.

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Key features

Secure ripping
AccurateRip checking
Custom folder structure
Cover art retrieval
Output format options
iTunes integration
NAS support
Automatic updates

Frequently asked questions

XLD can be obtained from the XLD website. Documentation and discussions are available on hydrogenaudio.

AccurateRip is a service that helps verify the accuracy of CD rips by comparing them to a database of known rips. It ensures that the rip is a faithful copy of the original CD.

Choose ALAC as the output format. XLD will automatically encode the ripped audio files into ALAC format compatible with iTunes.

Select the 'Connect as' option and provide your NAS username and password. Enable the 'Remember this password in my keychain' option for convenient access in the future.

Disable the 'Start ripping automatically' option to manually review and edit CD details before starting the ripping process.