I've been searching in vain for a solution to archive my CDs in a way that would preserve all of the information on the CD and can easily use to create whatever format of music I want without having to access the physical CD again.
Any lossless format (wav), Apple Lossless, etc. seems to lose some of the original CD information. wav + cue sheet is probably the closest I have gotten to what I want, but I'm not sure if that captures 100% of what is on the CD.
Recently, someone told me about ripping to iso which would get a bit-for-bit copy of the CD. Do any folks here use that? If so, what did you use to create the iso files? Also, are there any issues that I need to be aware of such as copy protection, and or how they will be played back? If I rip to ISO would it be possible to get iTunes to read the iso file and create "iTunes quality" songs with the appropriate tags and such?
Thanks,
Anoop
Any lossless format (wav), Apple Lossless, etc. seems to lose some of the original CD information. wav + cue sheet is probably the closest I have gotten to what I want, but I'm not sure if that captures 100% of what is on the CD.
Recently, someone told me about ripping to iso which would get a bit-for-bit copy of the CD. Do any folks here use that? If so, what did you use to create the iso files? Also, are there any issues that I need to be aware of such as copy protection, and or how they will be played back? If I rip to ISO would it be possible to get iTunes to read the iso file and create "iTunes quality" songs with the appropriate tags and such?
Thanks,
Anoop