Music rip

[pzaur]

Just to clarify. That was sarcasm...

-pat

 

[stratman]

MediaMonkey never fails. mediamonkey.com

 

[trnqk7]

i'm curious if you guys re-type the filenames on each file you rip each time or are your cd extractors capable of using some sort of online database to name the files the actual title and singer.

the last software I used "cd-ex" doesn't have that feature and i'm too lazy to rip all my cd's and retype all the song titles.

edit: (im looking at my cdex now and I'm seeing cddb options, hmm, how come my last two cd rips came out with 1,2,3, etc. filenames)

CD-EX will look up the file names-I use it. You have to go under option and under cddb, put in your email address and tell it either to auto look up or there is a button to manually look up the info. It has most every cd out there.

 

[yettitheman]

Just to clarify. That was sarcasm...

-pat

It's all right. I'm still a little sick so some things may not be as obvious to me as normal

 

[pzaur]

Rough day to be sick. It's in the high 60's low 70's in Phoenix. Absolutely beautiful! Get well soon. It's no fun being down...

-pat

 

[3db]

Is ripping a CD to a 320Kbs mp3 format close enough to CD audio quality? How does it compare to the variable bit rate rips in mp3?

 

[jonnythan]

Is ripping a CD to a 320Kbs mp3 format close enough to CD audio quality? How does it compare to the variable bit rate rips in mp3?

I would personally be *astounded* if anyone could reliably pick out the 320kbps MP3. I lose the ability to discern after 192 kbps, and even at 192 I have a hard time differentiating unless it's a track I know very well.

WMA and AAC (the format iTunes uses) are even more efficient than MP3. 128 kbps AAC sounds more like 160 or 192 kbps MP3 than 128.

I never really liked VBR. Not for the sound quality, but more because I want to make sure I have a consistent quality and predictable file sizes.

 

[ParadigmDawg]

I ripped it all with WMP, format WAV at 1411 Kbps and transfered to my 500GB hard drive, plugged the HD into the PS3 and it works like a charm. If the sound is "less" then the actual CD, I cant tell.

 

[jinjuku]

I rip everything WMA lossless. I have plenty of HD space, I just put the CD in and let WMP 11 do it's job. No fuss, no muss. Just ripped.

A 500GB Drive is ~$100 and will store about 700-1000 CD's lossless. Of course the length of the CD has a lot to do with how much space it takes up. I am averaging around 500MB per CD.

YMMV of course.

 

[ParadigmDawg]

Yes, I am sure most of you guys do stuff like this and it is no big deal but I am pretty new to computer stuff (well fun stuff anyway).

My 500GB ended up costing me about 3,000 bucks

I rip everything WMA lossless. I have plenty of HD space, I just put the CD in and let WMP 11 do it's job. No fuss, no muss. Just ripped.

A 500GB Drive is ~$100 and will store about 700-1000 CD's lossless. Of course the length of the CD has a lot to do with how much space it takes up. I am averaging around 500MB per CD.

YMMV of course.