As respects the metadata, one of the more popular tagging programs is MP3Tag. This is a free Windows program that will let you edit the audio file metadata to your heart’s content, including adding images for album covers. Don’t let the "MP3" in the program’s name discourage you. The FLAC format supports full tagging. Tagging WAV files is more problematic and, IMO, you accomplish nothing except waste more space.
Finally, don’t get too wrapped up on what device you store your ripped files. Once stored on a drive, you can backup or move them around to different places. I started ripping my files well over 10 years ago and am on my 4th music server -- just left a Vortexbox a few months ago and moved the collection (about 60,000 tracks) to a new PC running Fedora Core 31, a Linux OS variant. They could have just as easily been moved to a NAS, or a Windows or Mac PC.
Finally, while I have stuck with the LMS (Logitech Media Server) program over the year, my music collection is fully available to any other music server I decide to switch to in the future.
Finally, don’t get too wrapped up on what device you store your ripped files. Once stored on a drive, you can backup or move them around to different places. I started ripping my files well over 10 years ago and am on my 4th music server -- just left a Vortexbox a few months ago and moved the collection (about 60,000 tracks) to a new PC running Fedora Core 31, a Linux OS variant. They could have just as easily been moved to a NAS, or a Windows or Mac PC.
Finally, while I have stuck with the LMS (Logitech Media Server) program over the year, my music collection is fully available to any other music server I decide to switch to in the future.