Re: CD Ripper & MP3 to Wave

Kevin,

MMTOOLS is probably the best component set for your needs.  I 
reviewed their components about a year ago and actually they are very 
good.  I licensed three of the modules, mostly for wave mixing and 
other gadgets they had.  If you try their CD Digital Copy example, 
it's really a CD ripper.  Also, they have an MP* to WAV converter as 
an example as well in their demos with source.  We are in the process 
of developing a new application and we may incorporate ripping 
features and conversion functionality as functionality our 
competitors don't provide.  So, for what you want to do, MMTOOLS is 
the choice in my opinion.  But as you may have mentioned, the 
components are a on the higher end of the cost spectrum.  

My suggestion to you is develop your application using their trial 
download.  It required that you run it within the IDE, but for 
development, it's really no big deal.  As you progress, you can 
determine if the components are really going to meet your needs and 
then you can license them.

Here is the bad news.  When I first licensed the modules their 
support was great.  I would communicate almost daily with the author, 
namely Ron Dittrich.  However, I tried sending a few e-mails to him a 
month ago and I still haven't received a response.  I noticed that 
they use www.ShareIt.com to manage their registration and 
distribution.  You might try contacting them with questions since I 
believe they have a USA number.  Unfortunately, SwiftSoft is in 
Germany so a support call can be expensive and hard to arrange.  I'm 
not sure what the delay is but I know from my perspective it's 
costing them money.  I want to license at least two other modules, 
but I'm leary now because of the support (or lack of support) 
lately.  We'll see.

You probably found out by now, but there is almost no documentation 
for their components at all.  Their demos are very good though and if 
you study each of them, you can navigate your way through your own 
requirements pretty easily in most cases.

Good luck with your project and if you have any questions, I would be 
happy to help if I can.

Take care,
Dave







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