Re: PC as a music server


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About a year ago I started looking for a storage device for my CDs. I
have about a thousand, and I became fed up with the whole sort, store,
break the case, drop the CD, put them away, lost CD thing. I figured
that there MUST be some device that would allow me to rip CDs in full
(non loss) format. Basically, all I wanted was an iPod with massive
storage to avoid compression. No dice. It was pointed out to me (on
this forum, actually) that I could brew my own with a PC. So I did. I
thought I'd share the experience for those who might be looking for a
solution.

[snip]

Sounds great. You have a hard disk for backup; I hope that everything you
rip is on both disks. But sometimes, a power supply fails in a way that
destroys everything in the machine, so an external terrabyte disk would
be a good addition.

You ripped all thousand CD's in several days? What software did you use?
Did you generate any "liner notes" to remind you what you have?

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511

By 'several days' I mean four or five. It was a PITA, but I basically sat
in a chair watching the news, football, whatever, shoving one CD after
another in. Tedious.

I used Windows Media Player. There were a couple of CDs that wouldn't
read completely, and so I tried using Exact Audio Copy, but it seemed less
intuitive. WMP actually does a decent job of categorization.

I didn't generate any liner notes. I thought about that, but I figured
that a) I'd still have the CDs laying around if I wanted, but more
importantly, since the computer is connected to the internet, I could just
pop over to allmusic.com and get all the information that I wanted.

What would really be cool is if I could modify Windows Media Player so
that some combination of keys (alt-right click or something) would take me
to allmusic.com's entry for that CD. There is a development interface for
WMP, so it's a thought.
Nero will go to some database to get track info. It can rip to iso images. I
wonder if there is a way to play iso images?

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511


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