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So I`ve finally got round to ripping my entire CD collection to the ol` homestead PC hard drive, and oh my God what a drag ........ I`ve got a few hundred CDs, and I don`t know how many CD singles (remember them ?). I leave the PC on and keep on popping a new one in whenever I walk by, but this is turning into a "project". A long term project. I guess there are no short cuts, and I will have to rip all new cds before they pile up and cause a backlog. How long has it taken you lot ? Any suggestions ? (Ripped 14.5 GB so far) |
Ripping my entire CD collection ....... yawwwwwn ........
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CrispyXUK wrote:
Ripping lossless?
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What do you mean, quality level ? -
Um, no - not lossless. Will I regret this whole exercise when I get the gig to play at Wembley ?
Does it really matter on an MP3 player ? -
lossless is pointless without an HDTV ? -
generica 4,279 posts
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Registered 15 years agoYou can't play lossless on an 'MP3' player. It's in the name. -
generica wrote:
You can't play lossless on an 'MP3' player. It's in the name.
Oh.
/shamed -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI ripped mine lossless simply because I NEVER wanted to have to do it again (it sucked so bad). After that I put my couple of hundred CDs in my attic.
Oh, and make sure you use a ripper that knows when there's been an error... because that's something else which will royally suck. -
CrispyXUK wrote:
bdaggers wrote:
Nah not really, but if you ever get any better equipement you may wish you'd done it right the first time. But as most people will probably tell you, mp3 quality is good enough for most.
Um, no - not lossless. Will I regret this whole exercise when I get the gig to play at Wembley ?
Does it really matter on an MP3 player ?
/phew
Mostly going to stream from the PC to the 360, playing through the surround sound system downstairs. Its sounded pretty good so far, but was getting pissed off witht he small number of cds I had ripped.
Reminds me of the ol` days when I would start playing a couple of tracks and end up pulling out dozens of cds, but can now vegitate on the sofa and do the same.
I guess I am pretty late to this particular party, huh ? -
S.J.Rogers 3,593 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@bdaggers
I did this a year ago.
300 albums and 100 singles.
I even made a folder for each artist, put all the work (Albums and singles) in the folder and downloaded a picture af that artist, group and used it as the folder cover.
I really am a NERD, but i love musc and my Music Hard Drive looks very cool when you open it to see Alphabetical listings of all my music fully pictured... -
S.J.Rogers wrote:
@ bdaggers
I did this a year ago.
300 albums and 100 singles.
I even made a folder for each artist, put all the work (Albums and singles) in the folder and downloaded a picture af that artist, group and used it as the folder cover.
I really am a NERD, but i love musc and my Music Hard Drive looks very cool when you open it to see Alphabetical listings of all my music fully pictured...
Well, I did a similar thing a loooong time ago, before it was even reasonable to store a couple of albums on pc. I had an old b + w screen Apple laptop, I created a spreadsheet of all albums and all tracks, just so I could search them for a particular song. Not even able to hear the song - just know where it was in the collection.
What a saddo. That was back when time was in no short supply. -
smoothpete 37,743 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI did mine last year, it's a fucking drag and no mistake. It took weeks, and I've only got 400 CDs or so.
I backed everything up on an external hard drive, and use an iPod, but even so I had to dick about with the files when I backed up so I'm not sure if I could import them back to iTunes if I get my iPod nicked. Which is why I'd rather take a knife to the guts than give up my presscciouuuss tunes -
nickthegun 87,712 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI ripped mine in about 2000/2001, which took fucking ages. I encoded them at 192 and it spanned over 3 hard drives and, thanks to a mighty P3 500, took longer than I want to think about.
Since a few years back I encode in OGG at 192 or 320.
I started doing my Vinyl a while ago, but just couldnt be arsed. THAT really is a ball ache. -
Seems like there is a market for a service to rip your cds for you .........
/ponders -
Oh, there are loads of companies that do that.
/Must stop posting before Googling. -
"How much?
Just £1 per CD plus £15 towards the cost of travel. We bill on completion. You only pay for successfully converted CDs. You only pay when you're happy.
How long does it take?
A week. You can book a slot with us to be sure."
http://www.podserve.co.uk/ripservice.htm
£1 a CD - fookin `Ell !!!
edit - Auto linky is working - wa hey !!
Edited by bdaggers at 15:06:13 13-07-2007 -
S.J.Rogers 3,593 posts
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Registered 16 years agoIf thats a tru cost, it really is bad.
300 albums would cost £315...
I would rather do it all again then pay someone that much to do it for me..! -
S.J.Rogers wrote:
If thats a tru cost, it really is bad.
300 albums would cost £315...
I would rather do it all again then pay someone that much to do it for me..!
ay.
But can you imagine doing it for someone else - a quid a throw may not be enough to stop the madness ! -
smoothpete 37,743 posts
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Registered 17 years agoThe one good thing to come out of the process was I ended up listening to loads of stuff I'd forgotten about -
DaM 17,729 posts
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Registered 20 years agoI must have start picking up threads psychically, I was thinking about this in the car an hour ago.....
I have hundreds of the bloody things...and vinyl too...thousands of that..... I am a bit of a luddite when it comes to downloading music.... -
DaM wrote:
I must have start picking up threads psychically, I was thinking about this in the car an hour ago.....
I have hundreds of the bloody things...and vinyl too...thousands of that..... I am a bit of a luddite when it comes to downloading music....
"I know what your are thinking"
wooooooo ..... ooooooooo ! -
smoothpete 37,743 posts
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Registered 17 years agoMy mate has a fuckton of vinyl, he's looking into how to rip it all at the moment. If you think of any good ideas let me know, he's looking at doing it all manually in real time -
smoothpete wrote:
The one good thing to come out of the process was I ended up listening to loads of stuff I'd forgotten about
yup - thats true. Really looking forward to the end, when I can stand on a (digital) hill and survey my entire collection spread before me like the massed armies of Rome.
/plays too much RTS -
So, WinAmp or iTunes?
Like iTunes, but I don't like the restrictions on encoding. I've recently been trying Winamp, which is a nice player but not as intuitive as iTunes.
Are there any other good media players that I should try?
I also want to rip all my CD's, primarily so I can box them all away and free up some space in my front room. Having them all on disk also means I can make some nice playlists. But, I'd rather do this just once as I have a fair few CD's.
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