Jumping into this thread sorry if anything I say has already been said
what_to_buy;335483 Wrote: > Thanks for the great feedback. I filled my husband in about these > options, and he surprised me by saying he doesn't feel like he has to > use iTunes. He apparently lost his playlists at some point, and doesn't > use the iTunes store, so switching to another program to manage his > music library would be fine with him. He does have an iPod (or two) and > synching with those would be good (although it's been a couple years > since he last synched!). > > 1. Does that mean that MediaMonkey is the way to go?? Is the gold > version worth it? Is that program better than iTunes or any other > option? Is there anything to know about converting from iTunes managing > to MediaMonkey? > I use MediaMonkey to organise the music library which sounds as though it is of a similar size to yours. As MM can read AAC files no need to do any conversion for the organising although you may wish to convert to FLAC for use on the Squeezeboxes as it saves a transcoding step on the server what_to_buy;335483 Wrote: > > 2. Is dppoweramp preferable to MediaMonkey for ripping? It will be > about 300 cds. > dBpoweramp or EAC will give you much more accurate rips of CDs than MM, also dBpoweramp can batch convert the AAC files to FLAC as well. IN addition if you have multiple CD drives in a PC then dBpoweramp can batch rip, insert CDs wait for CD to pop out insert next..have coffee/beer/wine and listen to music as you rip what_to_buy;335483 Wrote: > > 2. Let's say we do use MediaMonkey for music organizing. It sounds like > it works fine with AAC, which is important since about 700 cds are > already in that format. We're thinking of ripping the rest in FLAC > format (I guess then I'll have to take a close look at the posts about > how to maintain parallel flac and i-pod format directories, ugh. In the > meantime, my husband doesn't seem to mind not being able to add them to > his iPod). > Since MM can convert on the fly from FLAC to an i-pod there is no need to keep two libraries, just keep a "Husband's Playlist" and update it with the music he wants on his i-pod, when you attach the i-pod it will synchronise when required. You will still need itunes to keep the i-pod up to date AFAIK. what_to_buy;335483 Wrote: > > In case it helps, my husband doesn't necessarily want/need all his CDs > to be able to be added to his iPod. > > I just ordered my hp MediaSmart (I posted about it on the 3rd party > hardware forum) to store all of this on, so figuring out these > questions is the next step. > > Thanks for any advice you may have! I have a Windows Home Server (home built) and it has been remarkably stable for a Windows machine!...runs SqueezeCenter and that is it apart from the stock backup software...now has over 2Tb of storage space and filling fast with CDs -- MuckleEck Alasdair SB3 -> Linn Majik - Acoustic Energy Extreme 5 (garden) | SB3 -> Cambridge Audio 640R - Morduant Short (TV room) | SB3 -> AudioEngine 2 (bedroom) | SB3 -> AudioEngine 2 (kitchen) | SBR -> Music Fidelity X-A1 - Mission 701 (office)| Chumby (bedroom) | Two Controllers Last Fm http://www.last.fm/user/MuckleEck/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MuckleEck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11301 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51538 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
