JJZolx wrote:
>
> IMO Vortexbox ripping isn't of much value. You can continue to rip your
> CDs on your desktop PC, then transfer the finished, tagged files to the
> server.
>
You might be correct assuming you are using Windows, but for Linux and
OSX users Vortexbox is great because they don't have the same user
friendly ripping/tagging solutions as available on Windows.
To me, the value of Vortexbox is that when I get a new CD I just insert
it in the CDROM drive and wait a bit and after that it's available in my
library. I always go through the tags afterwards and adjust stuff, but
Vortexbox does make the whole ripping process a lot easier for me
because it's really simple to rip a CD with it. It's also important to
notice that you won't need a Vortexbox Appliance for this to work, you
can also just install Vortexbox on an old computer and get similar
functionality.
JJZolx wrote:
>
> Another possibility might be a Mac Mini, which (I believe) can be run
> headless
>
I'm running a Mac Mini headless and it works great since I have other
Mac computers which I can use to connect to it using remote screen
sharing.
Without other Mac computers which I could easily use for remote screen
sharing I would not recommend a Mac Mini for this purpose.
Theoretically, you can run VNC towards the Mac Mini from a Windows/Linux
computer, but my experience is that it's a headache because Mac's have a
specific keyboard layout with some special keys, so using a Windows or
Linux keyboard will produce some extra struggle. You don't want to
connect to a headless Mac Mini just using ssh or some other text based
terminal, while it works for some operations it makes it way too complex
for other stuff.
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