Emplode version 2.00 final.




There are a million of them, and you can use any one you want. Because this question comes up a lot, I think we were recommending "Exact Audio Copy", or EAC last I checked. But that's not a hard recommendation. Use whatever you like, as long as the output is MP3.

(For example, you can use iTunes to rip music, and it works fine, but by default it doesn't output to MP3. By default, it outputs to apple's AAC format. So you have to dig into its configuration screens to make it rip MP3s.)



Yes, the important thing to remember is to GET THE TAGS TOTALLY RIGHT BEFORE YOU SEND THE SONGS TO THE EMPEG PLAYER. Details here.

Most ripper packages will tag your files automatically by querying the CDDB. But the CDDB has a lot of typos and a lot of incorrect or missing information. For example, because the empeg displays the year, and allows you to search by year, you might want to make sure that the "YEAR" field is filled out, even though that field got left blank because it was blank in the CDDB.

Another example is if there's a few different ways to spell an artist name, you might want to edit the tags so that they are homogeneous. For instance, if one album is tagged with the artist "Vixy & Tony" and another album is tagged with the artist "Vixy and Tony", they will show up as two different artists in the search. You might want to correct that.

Also make sure the file names are good and that they sequentially number the songs with the tracknumber in the file name. That way, when you upload them to your empeg player, albums will play in the correct order. (Most programs do this automatically by default.)



Not necessarily. There were several software upgrades for the thing and I don't know which disc you have.

Just power on the player and go to its "ABOUT" menu. If it doesn't say 2.00 or 2.00 Beta 13, then you'll want to make it 2.00.