| Both sides previous revision Previous revision | |
| softwares:semplice:semripcd [2026/02/02 19:26] – [5.0 Ripping on MacOS] hjr | softwares:semplice:semripcd [2026/02/02 19:27] (current) – [5.0 Ripping on MacOS] hjr |
|---|
| The disk that lists "CD_DA" items is, indeed, your CD optical device: in my case, that's /dev/disk4. You **must convert that name into a raw device equivalent**: that's done by sticking an 'r' on the front of the device name. So, if my optical drive is /dev/disk4, I must tell Semplice (in **Miscellaneous** menu, **Option 1**) that my default CD device is **/dev/rdisk4**. | The disk that lists "CD_DA" items is, indeed, your CD optical device: in my case, that's /dev/disk4. You **must convert that name into a raw device equivalent**: that's done by sticking an 'r' on the front of the device name. So, if my optical drive is /dev/disk4, I must tell Semplice (in **Miscellaneous** menu, **Option 1**) that my default CD device is **/dev/rdisk4**. |
| |
| I also mentioned that there are problems with the automatic detection of correct read offsets if you're using an Apple SuperDrive as your optical device. There's no way around that, I'm afraid: you just have to plug it in temporarily to a non-Apple computer and get //that// PC to identify the device correctly. | I also mentioned that there are problems with the automatic detection of correct read offsets if you're using an Apple SuperDrive as your optical device. There's no way around that, I'm afraid: you just have to plug it in temporarily to a non-Apple computer and get //that// PC to identify the device correctly. Once you know the device identifier, you can manually consult the AccurateRip database to determine the correct read offset for your drive. |
| |
| The other issue that arises with CD ripping with Semplice on macOS varies, depending on what version of macOS you're using and whether or not you installed Semplice's dependencies using Homebrew or MacPorts. If you used MacPorts on a fairly ancient version of macOS, you're probably in good shape: the cdparanoia software used to perform the actual ripping from CD comes down and is installed as, indeed, as **cdparanoia**. If you use Homebrew, however, then you may well find it is installed in a way that makes the executable get called **cd-paranoia**: it's one of the more irritating name changes I've come across! Semplice tries to work around this by creating a soft-link called 'cdparanoia' that //points// to the cd-paranoia executable. It ought to work out of the box, but if it fails horribly, hunt around your system to find out what the executable is actually called and where it's installed (typing **which cdparanoia** or **which cd-paranoia** can help). Semplice //always// runs "cdparanoia", so a judicious use of aliases or softlinks to 'create' something that //looks// like that name but actually points to the real executable might be needed. | The other issue that arises with CD ripping with Semplice on macOS varies, depending on what version of macOS you're using and whether or not you installed Semplice's dependencies using Homebrew or MacPorts. If you used MacPorts on a fairly ancient version of macOS, you're probably in good shape: the cdparanoia software used to perform the actual ripping from CD comes down and is installed as, indeed, as **cdparanoia**. If you use Homebrew, however, then you may well find it is installed in a way that makes the executable get called **cd-paranoia**: it's one of the more irritating name changes I've come across! Semplice tries to work around this by creating a soft-link called 'cdparanoia' that //points// to the cd-paranoia executable. It ought to work out of the box, but if it fails horribly, hunt around your system to find out what the executable is actually called and where it's installed (typing **which cdparanoia** or **which cd-paranoia** can help). Semplice //always// runs "cdparanoia", so a judicious use of aliases or softlinks to 'create' something that //looks// like that name but actually points to the real executable might be needed. |