A couple of last pieces of advise. Before you start ripping discs, turn off the CD autoplay feature in your computer. If you don't, the machine will try to play each disc before your ripping software has a chance to do it's thing. Also, once you find a series of settings you want to use (level of FLAC compression, directory to which the rips should be written, etc.), verify they have not changed before each ripping session. It's extremely frustrating to have to re-rip discs because some variable was mistakenly changed. Also, if you can automate the rips, do so. Ideally all you want to have to do is insert a disc and then retrieve it after the rip is finished. The machine should do all the work in between.
Archiving CDs to HD...suggestions?
i'm thinking of moving and wondering the best way to consolidate my 3k CD collection to a hard drive, which would be much easier to move.
clearly i'd go into PC/Mac-based audio in my new abode.
but a few questions first:
1) does the cd drive matter to the rip? or do i just need to use a good software like EAC or the like to ensure an accurate rip?
2) if i rip on a PC, do i have to use a PC in the future, or can i use a Mac against my external music store if it was created under a PC?
3) what sort of redundancy is in order? RAID 1? RAID 5? or just another HD the same as the one i plan on playing from, and simply use it as a backup?
4) which uncompressed file format should i use? AAC or something else?
5) any estimate of how much storage would be required for 3k CDs? or would it be feasible to split my music collection across 2 primary HDs...like A-L, M-Z...which is really asking if playback software can read across multiple drives in one virtual "library"
6) are rips sensitive to vibrations, power conditioning, etc?
thanks for any suggestions
RC
clearly i'd go into PC/Mac-based audio in my new abode.
but a few questions first:
1) does the cd drive matter to the rip? or do i just need to use a good software like EAC or the like to ensure an accurate rip?
2) if i rip on a PC, do i have to use a PC in the future, or can i use a Mac against my external music store if it was created under a PC?
3) what sort of redundancy is in order? RAID 1? RAID 5? or just another HD the same as the one i plan on playing from, and simply use it as a backup?
4) which uncompressed file format should i use? AAC or something else?
5) any estimate of how much storage would be required for 3k CDs? or would it be feasible to split my music collection across 2 primary HDs...like A-L, M-Z...which is really asking if playback software can read across multiple drives in one virtual "library"
6) are rips sensitive to vibrations, power conditioning, etc?
thanks for any suggestions
RC
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