cybervision_;225044 Wrote: > What program is best for ripping in lossless formats, and which is also > best for finding names of songs and sorting the music files in the best > manner?
"Best" depends on what you're looking for. "Best audio quality" usually means EAC, though dBpowerAMP is catching up. Some find EAC intimidating and difficult, but there is this: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?EACBeginners As to finding the names of the files, none of them work perfectly. Expect to correct a lot of miscapitalizations and odd genre choices. > How many GB do I need to rip my CD-collection into lossless-files when I > have roughly 180-200 CDs? Is 500 GB adequate? Well a CD is 650 MB, but they're rarely full, so estimate, say, 550 MB. Older CDs tend to be less than this, so this is probably a worst-case scenario. Lossless compression is on the order of 60% - again, worst case scenario, you'll probably be better than this, but not much better than 50% at any rate. So 60% of 550 MB = 330 MB. Multiply that by 200 CDs = 66 000 MB = only 64 GB. A 250 GB or even a 160 GB drive would be more than adequate, although the cost/GB advantage goes to the 500 GB drives right now. Make sure you get TWO drives along with a USB enclosure so you can maintain a backup! You don't want to have to rip again should a drive fail, do you? -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910&postcount=2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38164 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
