audiomuze wrote:
Slightly OT, but has anyone managed to install Vortexbox from a USB
stick?
not that I know of. frequently requested. Andrew says the next major
update to Vortexbox software will allow installation from USB stick.
*Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.2) LMS 7.8 Transporter,
garym wrote:
not that I know of. frequently requested. Andrew says the next major
update to Vortexbox software will allow installation from USB stick.
There are instructions somewhere on how to install from USB, but they
were so convoluted that I gave in and burned a CD. Usually I burn to
CDRW
Regarding the time it takes to rip a single CD:
among other factors like quality of your CD drive and your CD, it also
depends on whether it's a real Audio CD or not: it feels like decades
ago but in fact it is not so long ago that parts of the music industry
tried hard to prevent copying a CD.
reinholdk wrote:
Regarding the time it takes to rip a single CD:
among other factors like quality of your CD drive and your CD, it also
depends on whether it's a real Audio CD or not: it feels like decades
ago but in fact it is not so long ago that parts of the music industry
tried hard to
donmacn wrote:
or not succeed at all. I remember this from first time around
with the MP3 rips. Wasn't it the case that some CDs wouldn't play on a
computer? Maybe particularly ones on the Sony label?? Struggling to
remember with any accuracy I'm afraid. I think though that I only
Sony was putting out CD's that would install a rootkit on a windows PC
IF autoplay was enabled (this was the default, but can be turned off).
DBPowerAmp has a setting for reading these discs as long as your drive
supports it. Check in the DBPA Options for the Defective By Design
setting.
2
Guess I'd prefer to use LMS on the vortexbox as soon as possible instead
of doing the switch after all CDs have been re-ripped. So I'd use the
folder structure as suggested above and copy the old mp3 files into it.
You could turn off the old LMS (but not uninstalling yet) and get used
to the
I'll throw in another thought. I really like my Vortexboxes (I have 3).
But the one thing I don't use them for is ripping CDs. The ripper in
the VB does NOT use ACCURATERIP. It uses a secure type ripper that
pre-Accuraterip would have been very, very good. And it still works
well. But it doesn't
donmacn wrote:
I haven't looked at this in any detail yet, but the issue must be the
storage memory used and the bandwidth needed to play larger
'uncompressed' files? Less compression = more memory and more network
traffic?
That is correct, but for FLAC the difference in file sizes between
Guys, thanks all - a lot of useful stuff in these replies.
as it happens I stayed home today to try and shake off a bug, and not
inflict it on the rest of the office. So, I downloaded dbpa to try
playing / learning that, as I'd got the suggestion earlier about using a
separate ripper from the
regarding bagpipe, rip a couple of CDs and see how it handles the names.
Not sure without trying. also try converting the ripped FLAC files to
mp3 with these names and see if that works.
For ripping, the only DSP I use when creating FLACs (or converting FLACs
to mp3) is the ReplayGain DSP. I
donmacn wrote:
First off, I missed the 'secure' ripping option and started in 'burst'
mode. I was surprised at how quick things were going by comparison to my
previous process of EAC and Lame. Then I got a couple of tracks with
inaccurate rips, looked a bit deeper, and found the 'secure'
aubuti wrote:
This shouldn't happen as often in dBpa as in EAC, at least not if you
have dBpa set up correctly. I'm on the other side of the pond from my
dBpa right now, but you want a setting that will do a burst rip, and
then compare the rip (actually the checksums) to the AccurateRip
Brilliant! Thanks again to all.
Gary - I'll go and play with those ripper settings (Gain and 'ultra
secure') and see how I go.
Aubuti - I think I WAS confusing the filename and tag contents. And I'm
happy that I can use 6/8s as intended!
On the question of 'Springsteen Bruce' - though I
probably wandering a bit off-topic here, but I re-ripped the Springsteen
CD using those settings, and it was still a long process. All down to
the last track. Probably about 18-20mins to do that alone. First time
round it had to re-rip something like 160 frames, this time it was 300+.
I left it
donmacn wrote:
Brilliant! Thanks again to all.
Gary - I'll go and play with those ripper settings (Gain and 'ultra
secure') and see how I go.
Aubuti - I think I WAS confusing the filename and tag contents. And I'm
happy that I can use 6/8s as intended!
On the question of 'Springsteen
donmacn wrote:
probably wandering a bit off-topic here, but I re-ripped the Springsteen
CD using those settings, and it was still a long process. All down to
the last track. Probably about 18-20mins to do that alone. First time
round it had to re-rip something like 160 frames, this time it
donmacn wrote:
On the question of 'Springsteen Bruce' - though I happily accept that
LMS can interpret or display this sensibly, what's the benefit of having
the additional ARTISTSORT element in the tag that might not get used? Is
it simply to add it in because it's automatic and doesn't
Slightly OT, but has anyone managed to install Vortexbox from a USB
stick?
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(http://vivereaudio.com/post/2013/08/16/DAC-I-is-Born!.aspx) | 'ATC
SCA2'
(http://www.atcloudspeakers.co.uk/hi-fi/electronics/source-pre-amplifiers/sca2/)
| 'ATC SCM100ASLT'
hi all,
Having thought about it, I've decided to move my LMS from the family PC,
and rescan the CDs to FLAC. I'm going to use a vortexbox. This was one
of my options, and the final choice was driven by getting one at a
reasonable price on ebay recently.
So, I'll probably have to update the VB
A comment on ripping to FLAC. All FLAC is the same quality - LOSSLESS.
The difference is the amount of compression. I believe the default is 5.
The higher the compression the more processor will be required to
compress it. On the decoding side I'm under the impression that this is
fairly CPU
If I were taking on this task, while re-ripping CDs to the Vortexbox I'd
leave my existing configuration alone so I (and my family) could
continue to enjoy it. (The last thing I'd want is to be doing is a lot
of tech support during this process!) Vortexbox as a ripper will
automatically fetch
w3wilkes wrote:
A comment on ripping to FLAC. All FLAC is the same quality - LOSSLESS.
The difference is the amount of compression. I believe the default is 5.
The higher the compression the more processor will be required to
compress it. On the decoding side I'm under the impression that
Apesbrain wrote:
If I were taking on this task, while re-ripping CDs to the Vortexbox I'd
leave my existing configuration alone so I (and my family) could
continue to enjoy it. (The last thing I'd want to be doing is a lot of
tech support during this process!)
that is what I was initially
donmacn wrote:
Just a little confused by this: if the VB needs power and network access
(presumably to the internet for database/album art etc) then wouldn't it
have to be connected to the router the whole time?
While you're ripping the Vortexbox needs internet access but it can be
-wireless-
Apesbrain wrote:
While you're ripping the Vortexbox needs internet access but it can be
-wireless- if that is more convenient for you. When you make it your
production server, however, it needs to be -wired- to your router.
Of course! Homer Simpson moment thereDoh!
Thanks
D
SB
once using the vortexbox, and ripping to FLAC (I use compression = 5),
you can also create an mp3 mirror of your flac files automatically on
the vortexbox with a couple of mouse clicks on the VB GUI. I use mp3 for
my portables and use lame -V2 (~192kbs) for my mp3 files. The VB is
best connected
donmacn wrote:
I haven't looked at this in any detail yet, but the issue must be the
storage memory used and the bandwidth needed to play larger
'uncompressed' files? Less compression = more memory and more network
traffic?
That's it.
donmacn wrote:
There are three reasons why I was
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