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CD Stack Publisher's Description:
CD Stack allows you to rip your CDs with control that you may not be used to on a Mac. It is designed with many shortcuts in mind for when you have a large amount of discs to rip. You add cover art when you rip, control with finer detail how you want your MP3s encoded, and use the best encoder out there, the L.A.M.E. encoding engine.
Rip...Rip...Rip...
When you rip with CD Stack, the CD-ROM drive will rip as fast as it can, and MP3 encoding happens as fast as it can. The encoding speed, however, will not affect how fast you can get through your discs. If you have a fast or upgraded CD/DVD-ROM drive, you will be able to rip your CDs a lot faster, leaving the computer to finish encoding your MP3s as fast as it can. This means less time babysitting the computer while it simultaneously rips and encodes.
Integrates with iTunes. Or Not.
CD Stack will automatically import songs that you ripped into iTunes, complete with artist and track information and cover art. You also have the option of not importing into iTunes, if you would rather use a different program to play back your MP3s. CD Stack allows you to organize the MP3 files by different criteria so that you can organize your files out exactly as you like.
L.A.M.E. MP3 Compression.
It's definitely NOT lame... But it is, (in our opinion) the best MP3 encoder out there. Your files will sound better, and you will have more control over bitrate and quality than you would with other software. Also, unlike other software that uses L.A.M.E. for the Mac, CD Stack does not require you to use iTunes. It completely stands alone.
What's new in this version:
New Features:
* New interface around the encoder queue
* Ability to remove encoding tasks from the encoder queue
* Added auto-update artist checkbox
* New version manager to keep CD Stack up-to-date
* New Halt encoding button to allow for ripping without encoding
* You can now resize the application window
* You can cancel a FreeDB search
* You can now drag artwork anywhere on the window, not just the art "well"
* When a year is not found, the year field turns yellow
* Disk space monitor serves as a warning for your ripping operations
* Checks that years are numbers only
Bug Fixes:
* Fixed an intermittent CD Eject issue
* Fixed a bug for particular CDs not being able to rip
* Fixed a bug in TOC handling for some CDs that would lead them not to be found in FreeDB or having fewer tracks than were actually on the disc
* Fixed a bug that would make CD Stack not rip a CD that had a "$" in a track name
* Resizing the window moves the ripping window appropriately
* Made blank years from FreeDB blank instead of 0
* Fixed bugs around when a network connection is not available to FreeDB
* Fixed bug on multi-core/multi-processor machines that could cause CD Stack to crash when importing into iTunes with multiple encoder threads
* Fixed bug in file name formats with %year not using the year
* Fixed bug with illegal file characters in a genre for file name formats
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