• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Have to rip ~300 CD's in 6 hours

Page 2 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
whatever happened to vbr?

why ripping cbr...
Click to expand...

I like using WMP11 because it's the easiest way to rip multiple CD's at once, as well as organize them/change tags. If theres a way to do vbr in WMP, then lemme know 🙂.
 
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: madman300
Whatever happened to those 72x drives?

those things ripped real fast
Click to expand...

I wish I had one 🙁. Then again, I almost never rip.
Click to expand...

I have one. The problem was a high rate of out of box failures that made them too expensive to mass produce. Mine still works great though 😀
Click to expand...

I still have one also, works great and it's dead silent.
 
Originally posted by: Fraggable
How much are you getting paid to rip 300 cd's?

I'd charge my normal $30-35 an hour for stuff like that.
Click to expand...

Not enough. It's a family friend so it's $200 outright. I wasn't even gonna asked to be paid though.
 
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: Fraggable
How much are you getting paid to rip 300 cd's?

I'd charge my normal $30-35 an hour for stuff like that.
Click to expand...

Not enough. It's a family friend so it's $200 outright. I wasn't even gonna asked to be paid though.
Click to expand...

wow, must be a really good family friend or a really hot chick.
 
Originally posted by: torpid
Takes me about 20 min to rip a cd, but I use exact audio copy and LAME VBR.
Click to expand...

I use that method if the cds are well used. WMP ripping is good enough for cds in good condition.
 
Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: Fraggable
How much are you getting paid to rip 300 cd's?

I'd charge my normal $30-35 an hour for stuff like that.
Click to expand...

Not enough. It's a family friend so it's $200 outright. I wasn't even gonna asked to be paid though.
Click to expand...

wow, must be a really good family friend or a really hot chick.
Click to expand...

Best friends of the family. They always help me out, so it doesn't hurt to help them out, too.
 
Update: Got around 100 done in 4 hours, so things aren't looking too good. Turns out there wasn't 300, more like 250, and I already did about 40 last week. So I've got 110 to go. I've added another computer (only one drive though) to speed things up.

Edit: Setting up yet another computer with two more drives, so thats a total of 6 at once.
 
doing super-anal eac/flac ripping with a single drive takes me about 20-30 minutes a disc, if there's no scratches. 2000+ discs took me over a year, and I still haven't gotten through all my live stuff yet.

I've spet upwards of 3 days getting clean rips of scratched /worn discs, but I only do that if I can't get it off pedros.
 
Originally posted by: EvilYoda
So you're ripping to multiple computers over multiple drives? then what? 😛
Click to expand...

A NAS unit is arriving today 🙂. I'll just connect it to the router and throw all the folders on it. I'm ripping with WMP on two computers and iTunes on one. They all use the same folder structure, so it'll be easy.
 
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: EvilYoda
So you're ripping to multiple computers over multiple drives? then what? 😛
Click to expand...

A NAS unit is arriving today 🙂. I'll just connect it to the router and throw all the folders on it. I'm ripping with WMP on two computers and iTunes on one. They all use the same folder structure, so it'll be easy.
Click to expand...

No they don't.

iTunes groups things by the exact performers... so in rap ablums it will make a new folder for each combo... ie: a folder for Eminem, a folder for Eminem ft. Dr. Dre, and a folder for Eminem feat. d12. WMP just makes a folder for the entire album and puts in the folder for the publishing artist.

Unless they've changed it in the past 6 or 7 months.
 
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: EvilYoda
So you're ripping to multiple computers over multiple drives? then what? 😛
Click to expand...

A NAS unit is arriving today 🙂. I'll just connect it to the router and throw all the folders on it. I'm ripping with WMP on two computers and iTunes on one. They all use the same folder structure, so it'll be easy.
Click to expand...

Those NAS drives are pretty sweet.
 
You can speed it up a little if you have a newsgroup account and broadband... I mean, you already have the cds right so it's not really that bad...
 
Originally posted by: Injury
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: EvilYoda
So you're ripping to multiple computers over multiple drives? then what? 😛
Click to expand...

A NAS unit is arriving today 🙂. I'll just connect it to the router and throw all the folders on it. I'm ripping with WMP on two computers and iTunes on one. They all use the same folder structure, so it'll be easy.
Click to expand...

No they don't.

iTunes groups things by the exact performers... so in rap ablums it will make a new folder for each combo... ie: a folder for Eminem, a folder for Eminem ft. Dr. Dre, and a folder for Eminem feat. d12. WMP just makes a folder for the entire album and puts in the folder for the publishing artist.

Unless they've changed it in the past 6 or 7 months.
Click to expand...

The people I'm doing this for don't listen to rap, or any music that is organized like that. I'm doing the transfer to the NAS right now, and everything looks good.

Oh, and I managed to finish ripping at around 7PM 🙂. Took about an hour longer, but I got it done.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top