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Software EULA 

 

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Ripstation v4.4 – User Manual 

 

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Software EULA 

 

End User Software License Agreement 

for Ripstation Software 

NOTICE TO ALL USERS: PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING LEGAL 
AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT") FOR THE LICENSE OF Ripstation ("SOFTWARE") BY 
MF Digital Ltd. ("MFD"). BY CLICKING THE ACCEPT BUTTON OR INSTALLING 
THE SOFTWARE, YOU (EITHER AN INDIVIDUAL OR A SINGLE ENTITY) CONSENT TO 
BE BOUND BY AND BECOME A PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE 
TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, CLICK THE BUTTON THAT INDICATES 
THAT YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND DO NOT INSTALL 
THE SOFTWARE.  
1. License Grant. Subject to the payment of the applicable license 
fees, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and a 
pre agreed License term, MFD hereby grants to you a non-exclusive, non-
transferable right to use one copy of the specified version of the 
Software and the accompanying documentation (the "Documentation") on 
one computer only unless otherwise agreed. 
2. Term. This Agreement is effective for an unlimited duration unless 
and until earlier terminated as set forth herein. This Agreement will 
terminate automatically if you fail to comply with any of the 
limitations or other requirements described herein. Upon any 
termination or expiration of this Agreement, you must destroy all 
copies of the Software and the Documentation. You may terminate this 
Agreement at any point by destroying all copies of the Software and the 
Documentation. 
3. Ownership Rights. The Software is protected by International 
copyright laws and international treaty provisions. MFD and its 
suppliers own and retain all right, title and interest in and to the 
Software, including all copyrights, patents, trade secret rights, 
trademarks and other intellectual property rights therein. Your 
possession, installation, or use of the Software does not transfer to 
you any title to the intellectual property in the Software, and you 
will not acquire any rights to the Software except as expressly set 
forth in this Agreement. 
4. Restrictions. You may not rent, lease, loan, sublicense or resell 
the Software. You may not permit third parties to benefit from the use 
or functionality of the Software via a timesharing, service bureau or 
other arrangement. You may not transfer any of the rights granted to 
you under this Agreement. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or 
disassemble the Software, except to the extent the foregoing 
restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law. You may not 
modify, or create derivative works based upon, the Software in whole or 
in part. You may not copy the Software or Documentation. Except that 
you may either (a) make one copy of the Software solely for backup or 
archival purposes, or (b) transfer the Software to a single hard disk 
provided that you keep the original solely for backup or archival 
purposes. You may not remove any proprietary notices or labels on the 
Software. All copies must contain the same proprietary notices that 
appear on and in the Software. All rights not expressly set forth 
hereunder are reserved by MFD. 
5. Warranty and Disclaimer. 
a. Limited Warranty. MFD warrants that for sixty (60) days from the 
date of original purchase the media (e.g., CD-Rom) on which the 
Software is contained will be free from defects in materials and 
workmanship. 

Summary of Contents for Ripstation v4.4

Page 1: ...anual Ripstation A Division of Formats Unlimited Inc 155 Sherwood Avenue Farmingdale NY 11735 T 1 631 249 9393 F 1 631 249 9273 Authors Robert Warnock Patrick McGrath Ralph Hill support ripstation com...

Page 2: ...o this software Ripstation shall have no liability including without limitation in negligence with respect to this software Ripstation shall have no liability including without limitation in negligenc...

Page 3: ...yright laws and international treaty provisions MFD and its suppliers own and retain all right title and interest in and to the Software including all copyrights patents trade secret rights trademarks...

Page 4: ...ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OR FOR ANY AND...

Page 5: ...and high throughput at the core of its operation Ripstation 4 4 is licensed on a seat or site license basis as selected by MF Digital s clients and subject to the conditions laid down in the applicab...

Page 6: ...KEY FEATURES 14 4 2 SUPPORTED CODECS AND BIT RATES 15 4 3 RIPSTATION V4 4 MAIN SCREEN 16 4 3 1 BUTTON AND SCREEN OPERATIONS 17 4 3 1 1 Group 1 Button Controls 17 4 3 1 2 Group 2 CD Rom Drive Display B...

Page 7: ...s 33 4 5 3 3 Reported errors 33 4 5 4 GETTING COVER ART ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED 4 6 ACTIONS FOR COMPLETED BATCH 35 4 6 1 AUDIOBURN BUTTON BURN DVD BACKUPS 35 4 6 2 PODLOAD BUTTON LOAD AN IPOD 35 4...

Page 8: ...sure the required document for metadata access has been completed and the required key codes have been issued see section 4 4 1 1 2 Running the Executable Ensure target PC is connected to the internet...

Page 9: ...s are required Click OK to proceed and the application will connect to our server and verify your code 1 2 2 Limits on Registration In the case of a seat License ONE code for activation is provided Th...

Page 10: ...t Place the system on a level workspace free of debris dust humidity excessive heat and electronic or electromagnetic interference Keep out of direct sunlight Allow at least six inches of clearance on...

Page 11: ...opper one the right most bin with three spikes All successfully ripped discs will be dropped off onto the accept spindle or appropriate hopper until the system has completed the quantity of discs requ...

Page 12: ...multiple FreeDB options Second then Click OK You can buy your AMG look ups by clicking on the Purchase link NOTE Use of AMG metadata from Macrovision is undertaken under the terms of the flow down agr...

Page 13: ...gure 3 2 MT2 4 Properties Dialog 1 Shake mode was introduced to address sticking discs being double loaded into drive tray It is not supported by the MT1 robotic loader 6 Enter your name testrip or my...

Page 14: ...tadata cover art preview Full metadata cover art support and embedding Web based lookup and embedding for missing cover art during batch process Automatic grooming of tag data during encode process Em...

Page 15: ...al codecs may be purchased for Ripstation as additional modules Codec Supported options FLAC Lossless MP3 VBR CBR 64 128 192 256 320 kbps WMA VBR CBR 64 96 128 160 192 256 320 kbps Lossless WAV Embedd...

Page 16: ...interface is shown in figure 4 1 below Operations are carried out using the button controls at the top of the screen and information is displayed throughout the rest of the screen Figure 4 1 shows the...

Page 17: ...save the current batch settings into a rsf file Button 5 Delete Client Files Deletes the last client folder that was ripped Will display a confirmation dialog showing the name of the folder about to...

Page 18: ...change the information displayed on the cover art metadata and batch status windows 4 3 1 3 Group 3 Cover art Preview The cover art preview window displays album cover art as shown in figure 4 3 for...

Page 19: ...n Missing Covers number of discs in current batch for which album art was not obtained from metadata services or the integrated web search Elapsed Time time elapsed since the start of the batch Open C...

Page 20: ...le no response from the provider will turn the indicator red 4 3 1 7 Group 7 Batch Logging Window Real time logging of robotic operation disc loading metadata lookup ripping and encoding process and f...

Page 21: ...a local cache check the Local cdplayer ini checkbox and key in the full file path to the cdplayer ini file e g C Windows cdplayer ini All Music Guide AMG AMG access is activated by entering a key in...

Page 22: ...tist tag and artist folder name The album name will be generated using a unique ID All albums ripped in this way will be placed into an artist folder called Unknown Artist for later tagging and naming...

Page 23: ...ta o Or Click Skip to reject this CD and continue Figure 4 8 Metadata Manual Entry Download missing covers from Amazon This enables a web based lookup for cover art when none has been returned via the...

Page 24: ...ID3 tag Alternatively the box may be left blank 4 4 3 SQL Tab In the preferences dialog box select the SQL tab as shown in figure 4 10 Figure 4 10 Preferences Dialog Box SQL Tab SQL enabled allows Ri...

Page 25: ...e e g of a the Standardise composer names Ensures consistent composer naming e g J S Bach Johann Sebastian Bach J Bach all become Bach Click edit to add a composer Append artist name Adds the artist n...

Page 26: ...March NOTE These options may be selected or unselected 4 4 5 Logging Tab In the preferences dialog box select the Logging tab as shown in figure 4 12 Figure 4 12 Preferences Dialog Box Logging Tab Lo...

Page 27: ...for your email account and you will receive email alerts connected with your batch when any error condition occurs 4 4 6 Ripping Tab In the preferences dialog box select the Ripping tab as shown in fi...

Page 28: ...with no robotics Edit additional edits can be made such as COM port Shake mode on off and for MFD 7602 7604 devices the option to select which side the drives are on Shake mode was introduced to addre...

Page 29: ...lbum name e g C Root clientname MP3 Use this output path when checked will force the program to use this path as the root location for all files and will override the setting within each codec Unicode...

Page 30: ...e To modify a CODEC s settings select the codec you wish to modify and click the Edit button For the MP3 CODEC the box in figure 4 17 appears List of variables used in the output paths A AlbumArtistNa...

Page 31: ...the output Path This represents the path the codec s output will use as a root folder This may be overridden however in the batch properties screen figure 4 14 by checking the Use this output path op...

Page 32: ...odecs only The quality slider determines how rigorous the codec will be during the audio encoding phase Higher quality settings will slow down the encoding process very slightly Challenging audio for...

Page 33: ...rt Batch button load the input spindle with CDs At the start of the batch process each drive on the MFD series will open and will be checked for the presence of a CD in the case of none found the driv...

Page 34: ...g to collect a CD from the input spindle When this occurs either click yes to allow the autoloader to retry the collection or click no and remove the CD from the stack Figure 4 18b shows the error whi...

Page 35: ...es to the library Then the user can add the music files to the iPod using the iTunes interface 4 6 3 Loading an external Hard Drive Clicking the Send to HD button shown right loads a client folder to...

Page 36: ...eport automatically at the end of a batch as follows A flat text file detailing the following saved into the client folder Clientname_log txt The clientname_log txt file will be appended to for batche...

Page 37: ...PDF or HTML Ripstation AudioFile Generates fully customisable and printable HTML album catalogue using cover art and customisable logo and colours Ripstation AudioLoader AudioLoader enables integrated...

Page 38: ...sk In addition we offer an extended warranty package which includes remote access to your site from our headquarters and extended hardware warranty coverage Support response is guaranteed within 24 ho...

Page 39: ...license to use the Macrovision Services granted herein will terminate if you violate these restrictions In addition Macrovision may revoke or terminate this license at any time in its sole discretion...

Page 40: ...R THE RESULTS THAT WILL BE OBTAINED BY YOUR USE OF THE MACROVISION SERVICES IN NO CASE WILL MACROVISION OR ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL...

Page 41: ...n the purchase link in preferences or clicking on the following link http www ripstation com amgdep purchase php Then on the purchase page key in the required details and choose the number of look ups...

Page 42: ...ck on the Review Order and Continue button Once you have reviewed your payment details click on the Pay Now link and your transaction will be processed Then the following page will be displayed You wi...

Page 43: ...mber It is displayed as Item 7a109049f8e443c74e9dafcf4940230a4eb544bf then your AMG key will be 7a109049f8e443c74e9dafcf4940230a4eb544bf Please note that the license keys are pay as you go You must us...

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