Hi, I realise this thread is old but Im hoping you can still over some advice. I have a Denon MD player and also both a Mac and PC. Im trying to rip my MD's some of which have been recorded in Long Play and I also want to retain the track markings and names where possible, rather than have one long track. Can you offer any advice on the best way to do this please?
I am not worried about ripping them at quick speed, real time is fine. Whilst I have a PC, I would prefer if possible to use my Mac, but will use whatever is the most effective. Thanks for your help! AlanNJ wrote: > (I originally posted this over at the Audiophile forum, but after > getting no interest I thought I would re-post it over here.) > > After much reading of posts on these forums, it became clear to me that > I had neither the time nor the inclination to spend hours ripping, > converting, tag editing, art searching, etc. > > Given the ever-lowering cost of storage, reducing required storage space > did not seem important. Since I do not use an mp3 player, the ability to > copy to a mobile device was irrelevant. My music is primarily jazz, with > some classical and bluegrass, so complicated tags were unimportant as > long as I could identify the album, artist and track, and could view the > album art. What was important was quick ripping and automatic album art > download. > > I ended up using Windows Media Player 11 which rips quickly and > downloads art automatically. Files are stored in WAV format and the > album art is saved in the same file. WMP11 recognizes all the > information I need from the folder name (title of album), file names > (track name and number), as well as the genre, year etc. No additional > tag edits are necessary. (With classical, some edits are unavoidable.) > > After mulling over whether to go the NAS route, the reports of network > slowdowns dissuaded me and I decided to go with an external hard drive > instead attached via USB. I am using a Western Digital My Book Pro II > with 1TB (500GB net in RAID1) so if a drive fails I have a copy. At such > time as I exceed the approx. 1000 CD capacity I will either buy a new > device or buy another My Book, eliminate the RAID and simply clone the > entire box to create an mirror back-up (which can be left on-line or > tuned off to reduce likelihood of failure). Note that the My Book is > available at Costco or Staples at about $370 and has a three year > warranty. > > The only remaining issue is how accurately the Slimserver software will > deal with the wav files I have created. My experiments turned up as many > problems using iTunes and with WMP11 (and with WMP11 I have better > control of the album art). I think I can straighten out any slimserver > issue over time, but for the most part it is reasonably accurate in > recognizing the files and posting the art. Given the simplicity of the > storage (no tag edits, wav files, etc.) I also believe that if a better > interface or more refined version of Slimserver become available my > files will remain easy to use. > > I welcome others' opinions and experience. I would like to start some > discussion among Slim users who want simple but high audio quality > solutions. (P.S. - music played through SB3, Musical Fidelity X-DAC, > Audible Illusions Modulus 3A, Quicksilver V4s and ProAc 2.5 clones). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dra242's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57614 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35596 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
