Problem ripping CDs

I have a problem ripping (or importing, don't know the difference) some CDs with iTunes. It goes very slowly and the songs are disturbed (sounds like you're jogging with a disc man).
Strangely, I have this problem with all my Bruce Springsteen CDs (even soundtracks with one of his songs!), some classical and some Dutch CDs. I doubt if this has anything to do with copyright protection, because most of them are from the early 90s (and as far as I know, CDs weren't protected at the time).
I can rip these CDs with WMP, a little faster but also slower than other CDs, but I'm not sure if you can import WMA-files into iTunes and if this affects sound quality on my iPod.
Springsteen being (ironically) my absolute favourite, I would appreciate any advice you can give me.

Not sure what the issue with the ripping is but yes you can transfer unprotected wma files to iTunes for Windows. Simply add the folder the library (file>add folder) and iTunes will automatically convert the file

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Problems ripping cds

I try to import a CD into my iTunes but my drive tries to read it and then spits in out.
I can still burn CDs but I just can't rip them.
How can I fix this?

It doesn't sound good (no put intended). If it happened with a CD or two I'd think you go hold of a few warped CDs but with all of them it does indeed sound like your drive has issues. If it isn't in warranty then yes, the easiest and cheapest solution is an external drive. Check out this site for information about compatible drives. Every drive you are likely to buy will work with your mini but not all of them will boot the computer or burn disks with your iLife software.

Can't rip CDs reliably in iTunes 10.5

I have been experiencing problems ripping CDs on my iMac. Many CDs appear OK, but some have just absolutely dreadful distortion. I have tried using different Macs, and even switching to Windows. Once I've identified a CD which won't rip, the terrible ripping performance is consistent across machines and operating systems. The one constant factor is iTunes 10.5.
I have successfully ripped one problem CD (Isserlis - see below) in earlier versions of iTunes, on both Mac OS X and Windows XP.
It makes no difference what output format is chosen - AAC, ALAC, AIFF etc. The effect is very different from CDs which have scratches, which may have some tracks which are difficult. This problem afflicts all the tracks on each affected CD
Also iTunes appears to rip the CDs correctly, identifiying the tracks etc. from the Gracenote database, and giving the correct track lengths. There is no way to tell whether a CD is likely to have this problem or not in advance, though mostly CDs from EMI, Universal (Decca, Philips) are UK, but I've had some problems with CDs which originate from BIS (e.g the Brilliant recordings of Martinu symphonies - 2 out of the 3 CDs have problems), and also with some of the CDs from the BBC Music Magazine. My test CD is the latest BBC MM disc, with Steven Isserlis playing cello pieces with Stephen Hough, Joshua Bell and the Bournemouth SO. BBC MM Vol 20 No 2.
This is a problem which should be fixed ASAP. To date I have seen maybe 10 CDs which have this problem, and of course, I can't be sure that all the ones which don't have the very obvious distortion, are OK. I know one problem CD - from the CFM (Classical FM Magazine) last month of Mahler 2 conducted by Horenstein has pre-emphasis, which should be decoded properly with a decent ripper, but whether that is a factor or not I do not know.
I'm not sure whether I need to cross post this on the iTunes Windows site - as the issues are there too.

dave2010uk wrote:
I know one problem CD - from the CFM (Classical FM Magazine) last month of Mahler 2 conducted by Horenstein has pre-emphasis, which should be decoded properly with a decent ripper, but whether that is a factor or not I do not know.
I think iTunes is mishandling CDs with pre-emphasis. I tried to listen to several Hyperion CDs using the current version of iTunes (10.5.1.42). Those with pre-emphasis were distorted while those without were fine. iTunes seems to be amplifying pre-emphasis CDs instead of attenuating them.

Have a problem using abcde to rip cds?

Hi,
I'm using abcde to rip cds onto my hard drive. I use mp3 format. The problem I'm having is that I can't get the tracks to have the proper name. The all come out as trackXX.mp3 (where XX = the track number). I'd prefer it to be name-of-track.mp3.
I've tried modding abcde.conf and several command line parameters to achieve this but I can't get it to work.
Any ideas??
Jim

I used;
abcde -a cddb, encode, tag
I have since noticed that the tag and cddb operations seem to work. If I import 'track09.mp3' into xmms it appears with the correct song name. I'd really like the file on the disk to have the same name as the song.
Jim

Rip CDs to a different location than the iTunes music folder?

I just got my first iPod about two weeks ago: a 32 GB Touch. It's awesome. I started ripping a ton of music to my PowerBook G4's 80 GB hard drive. Now it's running out of space. I was thinking of buying a USB external drive to store all the music I want, but I'm afraid the USB speed will cause trouble ripping CDs.
So, I was thinking I could rip the music to my desktop and then just copy it to the external drive. Is there any way to do this in iTunes? Rip here and play from there? Of course, I know I could just change the setting for the music folder in iTunes each time, but that seems a little more tedious than merely copying.

This all hinges on the precise sequence and nature of CD rips in iTunes. If you rip a whole CD, then my assumption is (I don't know 100% about all these steps) :
1. the read is local, from the CD drive
2. the conversion of a particular track is done in RAM
3. once a track is processed (and while the next one is being read and converted) it is written out to your Library.
This means that even with slow USB, iTunes can still read and convert a track, while writing the previous track to disk. But I don't know what happens if iTunes finishes the second track while the first is still being written. I'm guessing that all converted tracks "back up" into a queue waiting to be written (hypothesis only - I have never been faced with this particular problem).

Problems ripping with an external DVD Burner

Hello Everyone,
Recently I purchased a Liteon External DVD Burner off of newegg (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106011) -- It's a Liteon SHW-1635SX -- I bought this because the DVD-ROM drive thats in my tower natively is REALLY slow and I wanted to get a new one that I could use with a laptop that I`m going to purchase in the future. Whenever I try to rip a CD into iTunes using the burner, It says that it's ripping the disk, however it doesn't spin up the cd and it takes about 2 seconds to "rip" all the songs. I know this drive is soposed to be faster than my old one, But two seconds is a little TOO fast. Plus, I know that it's not copying the songs because when I try to listen to them in my library, the song won't play. (Under time it says "789:54..." for all the songs on the cd, in my library) However, the burner rips perfectly in Windows Media Player... Is this perhaps some kind of glitch with iTunes??? Basicly, the only way I can rip a CD into iTunes is to use my old DVDROM drive, but that defeats the purpose... below is the CD Diagnostic log that I got from iTunes::::::::
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
HP Pavilion 05 P9859A-ABA 533w
iTunes 6.0.4.2
CD Driver 2.0.4.3
CD Driver DLL 2.0.3.2
LowerFilters: PxHelp20 (2.0.0.0), AFS2K (3.1.21.0), DRVMCDB (1.0.0.1), SSCDBHK5 (1.0.0.1), PFC (2.5.0.196),
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.0.4.3),
Video Driver: Intel(R) 82845G/GL Graphics Controller\Intel(R) 82845G/GL Graphics Controller
IDE\DiskMaxtor4R060J0_________________________RAMB1TU0, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
IDE\DiskST34323A_______________________________3.02___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [1,0]
IDE\CdRomCOMBIRW16x10/DVD_______________________H1.0___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
USBSTOR\CdRomLITE-ONDVDRW_SHW-1635SYS0Y, Bus Type USB
If you have multiple drives on the same IDE or SCSI bus, these drives may interfere with each other.
Some computers need an update to the ATA or IDE bus driver, or Intel chipset. If iTunes has problems recognizing CDs or hanging or crashing while importing or burning CDs, check the support site for the manufacturer of your computer or motherboard.
Check the Windows Update website to verify that you have the latest service packs and patches for your OS. Service packs affect the performance of USB and firewire CD / DVD drives.
Current user is administrator.
E: COMBI RW16x10/DVD, Rev H1.0
Drive is empty.
F: LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-1635S, Rev YS0Y
Audio CD in drive.
Found 9 songs on CD, playing time 42:13 on Audio CD.
Track 1, start time 00:02:00
Track 2, start time 03:30:07
Track 3, start time 08:44:33
Track 4, start time 12:03:74
Track 5, start time 17:55:53
Track 6, start time 22:14:31
Track 7, start time 25:32:60
Track 8, start time 30:13:01
Track 9, start time 35:59:06
Audio CD reading succeeded.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 8 16 24 32 40 48.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 8.
The drive DVDR speeds are: 8.
The drive DVDRW speeds are: 8.
The last failed audio CD burn had error code -128(0xffffff80). It happened on drive E: COMBI RW16x10/DVD on -128(0xffffff80) media at speed 0X.
Your replies are greatly appretiated!
--Aric--

hi Aric!
hmmm. we'd better check on the usual suspects with that. (the incredibly long song times can also be associated with these sorts of causes.)
You can't import or play music from an audio CD in iTunes for Windows
... and the following resources might be helpful with that. (check on firmware and drivers even though it's a brand new unit.)
Using CD Diagnostics in iTunes for Windows to troubleshoot CD/DVD drive issues
iTunes for Windows: Updating the firmware on your CD or DVD drive
Updating the drivers on your Windows PC
Where to find firmware for your CD/DVD drive
love, b

How to rip CDs into iTunes from several machines, simultaneously

I have about 300 CDs that I'm re-ripping into my library for two reasons (1) I had a hard drive failure that corrupted / lost some of the files and (2) I'm shifting from MP3 to Apple Lossless format.
Setup: MacMini is linked to entertainment center for iTunes playback but I ahve 2 other Macbooks on network. iTunes library is on an external hardrive connected to mini via firewire --accessible to macbooks via network.
Issue 1: Can I load the iTunes library from the external hard drive on each of the three machines, then have each of the three re-rip CDs simultaneously to overwrite the old files? After the CDs have been re-ripped, I'd just tell iTunes on the MacMini rebuild the library so that it knew the actual file types for the CDs imported by the macbooks.
Issue 2: I want to overwrite existing songs (1) to avoid duplicate files and (2) I've misplaced / stored a couple hundred other CD's, so I can't just erase the old library, rip from three machines, then import into the mini b/c that would be a large loss of CDs.
My plan would as follows, but I'm not certain if it will work or if it's the best way:
1. Erase the iTunes library (not the files) on all three machines for a clean start.
2. On Each machine, Preferences -> Advanced -> General: Set the iTunes music folder to the external drive where the current music files are located. Also set each computer to "Keep Music Folder Organized" and "Copy files to iTunes Music Folder..."
3. on Each machine, select File -> Add to Libary: to add all of the current music files.
4. Start simultaneously shoving my CDs into the three machines and re-importing using lossless / telling it to overwrite existing files when prompted.
5. When done re-importing the CDs, erase the macbook libraries (I don't listen to music on them), tell the mac mini to erase it's library, then re-add all the newly ripped files and the preexisting/not-overwritten files to the library to rebuild it, so that the mini becomes aware of the files that were added / rewritten by the other two machines.
While none of the three machines would be ripping the same CD or trying to overwrite the same music files at the same time, my concern is that all three machines would run into problems if trying to update / write to the same iTunes non-music file, for example the iTunes Libarary Database file of the iTunes Library.xml file on the external drive.
Comments? Suggestions? Experiences?
Thanks,
mjc

I have about 300 CDs that I'm re-ripping into my library for two reasons (1) I had a hard drive failure that corrupted / lost some of the files and (2) I'm shifting from MP3 to Apple Lossless format.
Setup: MacMini is linked to entertainment center for iTunes playback but I ahve 2 other Macbooks on network. iTunes library is on an external hardrive connected to mini via firewire --accessible to macbooks via network.
Issue 1: Can I load the iTunes library from the external hard drive on each of the three machines, then have each of the three re-rip CDs simultaneously to overwrite the old files? After the CDs have been re-ripped, I'd just tell iTunes on the MacMini rebuild the library so that it knew the actual file types for the CDs imported by the macbooks.
Well, yeah, this wold work, in 1/3 the time. If you have changed ANYTHING about a song title, album title or artist, iTunes will not see it as a duplicate.
Issue 2: I want to overwrite existing songs (1) to avoid duplicate files and (2) I've misplaced / stored a couple hundred other CD's, so I can't just erase the old library, rip from three machines, then import into the mini b/c that would be a large loss of CDs.
So, some of the MP3's won't be AAC's in the end?
My plan would as follows, but I'm not certain if it will work or if it's the best way:
1. Erase the iTunes library (not the files) on all three machines for a clean start.
Right Click/Duplicate first, just in case. OR (better method) hold the Option key while opening iTunes and choose create new library.
2. On Each machine, Preferences -> Advanced -> General: Set the iTunes music folder to the external drive where the current music files are located. Also set each computer to "Keep Music Folder Organized" and "Copy files to iTunes Music Folder..."
3. on Each machine, select File -> Add to Libary: to add all of the current music files.
4. Start simultaneously shoving my CDs into the three machines and re-importing using lossless / telling it to overwrite existing files when prompted.
If you have changed ANYTHING about a song title, album title or artist, iTunes will not see it as a duplicate.
5. When done re-importing the CDs, erase the macbook libraries (I don't listen to music on them), tell the mac mini to erase it's library, then re-add all the newly ripped files and the preexisting/not-overwritten files to the library to rebuild it, so that the mini becomes aware of the files that were added / rewritten by the other two machines.
On the three machines, hold the Option Key while opening iTunes and choose the original library, then delete the new library file you created for this adventure. Then do the same to create a new library on the MacMini. If you have created playlists, first export each playlist as a .xml file and import it when finished.
While none of the three machines would be ripping the same CD or trying to overwrite the same music files at the same time, my concern is that all three machines would run into problems if trying to update / write to the same iTunes non-music file, for example the iTunes Libarary Database file of the iTunes Library.xml file on the external drive.
They will each be creating their own unique library database, missing what the other two machines are adding to the iTunes Music Folder. They will not be re-writing the .xml file on the external hard drive. Each computer will have it's own .xml file on it's hard drive.
Tracy

Itunes 7.6.1.9 - ripping cds using too much cpu!

When ripping new cds, itunes starts hogging the cpu like no tomorrow. it will get to 99% at times! I have a 1GB ram, and have NEVER had this problem with any other application or version of iTunes for that matter. I consistantly run multiple programs at the same time, such as Photoshop CS, Firefox and itunes all at the same time with not even 30% of the cpu being used. This is ridiculous.
In addition to basically fearing my machine will crash if i want to put a new cd on my computer, now songs hang up / skip randomly (including itunes purchases!) and this also NEVER happened before the upgrade.
What is the deal?

Hey folks, there is a DEFINITE bug in version 7.6.029 which is causing a variety of problems, including massively slow time to rip CDs, and frequent hangs of iTunes. I just upgraded from 7.5 to 7.6.029 after ripping about 200 CDs relatively quickly using iTunes.... IMMEDIATELY after iTunes "auto upgraded" itself to 7.6.029, I started seeing massively slower times....rips that took 4 minutes previously now take over 20 minutes. I tried a variety of other suggested fixes (deleting video files, deleting podcasts, upgrading quicktime, etc).... not a bit of it helped.
Here is what DID fix the problem:
1. I copied my already ripped music files to another disk for safety,
2. then I deleted version 7.6.029 from my PC via add/delete programs.
3.deleted quicktime via add/delete programs
4.killed ituneshelper via task manager
5. rebooted my pc,
6. installed version 7.5.0.20 by using file I found at:http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iTunes7/Win/061-3 902.20071105.G6edS/iTunes75Setup.exe
7. manually delete "iTunes Library.itl" in the ..My Documents/My Music/iTunes directory
8. I then got the 'old' iTunes to come up by selecting "repair" on the iTunes restart
9. I then did "file->add folder to library" on iTunes menu (pointing at the saved music files from step 1.) to re-import all my music. Of course, I logged onto iTunes beforehand with my AppleID so that iTunes would re-retrieve all the album art. I did NOT manually delete any files at any time in the except the iTunes Library.itl file in the ....->My Documents->My Music->iTunes folder.
That has completely fixed my problem. Disks are now back to being ripped in the 3 to 5 minute range...CPU usage is still as high as it was in 7.6, but iTunes no longer locks up, and the program is now properly managing my multispeed CD disk drive...operating it at 10x speed to rip discs (as opposed to 1.2 to 2x speeds under iTunes version 7.6)
So, sorry Apple, I won't be upgrading iTunes until I read that you have really fixed this problem...comments everywhere point out this performance bug, and I don't see any coherent response from you guys...just misplaced blame on disc drives, cpus, etc.....but the code is BAD... Hey, you didn't just outsource the iTunes coding effort did you? Sure looks like it.

ITunes unknown error -50 when ripping CDs

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Recent problem ripping

In the past month or so I've been ripping CDs from discs to replace songs I've downloaded off the internet. Problem is, on a CD with say, 4 songs, it might rip 2 or 3. I haven't seen this discussed in any other threads, what should I do?
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Do you think it's because you don't have enough room on your computer? a while ago i noticed that if songs are in mp3 format, they take up much less space on your computer...songs from audio cd's are usually bigger files...try deleting songs off of your library as soon as they're on your player. that way you have them, but they're not clogging up space on your comp. and you should be able to fit at least an entire cd at a time in your library.
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Can't play or rip CDs with 5.0

Well, I was able to install iTunes 5.0 with no trouble. Lost a couple of songs I downloaded, but not a huge problem. My concern is that I cannot Rip CDs. Can't play them either. This is why I went back to 4.7 after attempting 4.8. I thought maybe 4.9 would have fixed the problem, but no...so I had to uninstall that, too. I keep trying, but keep failing to get the results I need.
Basically, iTunes will only play the first 1-3 seconds of each track on a CD. Same goes for ripping tracks. (Is this Apple's way of saying, "don't use Windows," Or perhaps, "buy music from iTunes store?") Although the first three seconds of the tracks are generally nice...I'd much prefer to hear the whole song. I'm sure you understand. Anyone have any suggestions?

It's a homebuild PC based on the ASUS A7M266 Motherboard. I'm running standard settings (no overclocking or other tweaks)
Here's the CD Diagnostic:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
iTunes 5.0.0.35
CD Driver 2.0.4.3
CD Driver DLL 2.0.3.2
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.0.4.3),
Video Driver: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200\GeForce4 Ti 4200
IDE\DiskIC35L020AVER07-0______________________ER2OA44A, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
SCSI\DiskMaxtor6Y060L0_________YAR4, Bus Type SCSI, Bus Address [0,0]
IDE\CdRomATAPICD-RW_52XMax______________________161D___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
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Current user is administrator.
I: ATAPI CD-RW 52XMax, Rev 161D
Audio CD in drive.
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Track 1, start time 00:02:00
Track 2, start time 01:05:12
Track 3, start time 04:15:42
Track 4, start time 08:01:30
Track 5, start time 12:33:27
Track 6, start time 16:17:12
Track 7, start time 19:58:25
Track 8, start time 23:48:27
Track 9, start time 28:41:47
Track 10, start time 31:22:55
Track 11, start time 34:52:60
Track 12, start time 37:01:17
Track 13, start time 41:05:40
Track 14, start time 44:21:72
Track 15, start time 46:22:25
Audio CD reading failed. Error Code: 1110 1110 1110 1110 1110 1110 1110 1110 1110 1110 1110 1110 1110 1110 1110 1110 1110 1110 1110 1110.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 4 8 12 16 20 24 32 40 48 52.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 4.

How do I rip CDs on windows 8

Just bought a Pavilion touch screen & don't know how to rip CDs to library
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See the Microsoft guide on the following link.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/rip-burn
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Can anyone figure this out?
I've been having this very annoying problem while ripping CD's onto my Zen Sleek using the Media Explorer. Occationally, it will rip all but the LAST SONG. The progress bar shows 00% completion, but instead of finishing off by transfering the final song to the player, it goes back to the initial screen (showing all but the last song as ripped; all but the last are in fact ripped and on my player).
It MAY be that these discs have CD extras (i.e. extra media files for your PC). Has anyone been having this or any problems with CDs that that have extras?
I have had this identical problem on two machines, both using XP.
Please help if you can!

First thing, I would see if WMP can rip a CD in MP3 format.
That would tell us whether it's a general drive problem, or something specific to itunes.

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Hi,
I have a Windows 7 VM on which I would like to play and rip CDs. I defined the CD/DVD drive to point on the physical CD/DVD drive.
When I insert an audio CD, the VM detects the insertion but it is not able nor to play nor to rip files.
On VM I can correctly play MP3 and other media. Only physical audio CD cannot play.
Any suggestion on how to solve the problem?
Thank you.
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I finally found the answer by myself. I start wondering what's the real added value of these forums, since more and more times we end users have to find the solution by ourselves.
To give some value to the time I spent, I would like to share the information.
Under Hyper-V on Wikipedia:
Limitations
Optical drives pass-through
Optical drives virtualized in the guest VM are read-only. Hyper-V does not support the host/root operating system's optical drives to pass-through in guest VMs. As a result, burning to discs,
audio CDs, video CD/DVD-Video playback are not supported. However a workaround exists using the iSCSI protocol. Setting up an iSCSI target on the host machine with the optical drive can then be talked to by the standard
Microsoft iSCSI initiator. Microsoft produces their own iSCSI Target software or alternative third party products can be used
Microsoft target cannot be used to virtualize burners as it does not even support pass-thru or partitions (old String Bean software target MS got in 2006 or so COULD do this), now only VHD and VHDXs on a formatted disks... And it never done any hardware
in pass-thru :) So only third-party software could be used. See:
Share drives over network
http://support.alcohol-soft.com/knowledgebase.php?postid=20309&title=Share+drives+over+network
That's a free product using OEM version of a StarWind (current V6 does not allow burners pass-thru in a free mode but in V8 we'll flex out this feature).
Good luck! :)
StarWind VSAN [Virtual SAN] clusters Hyper-V without SAS, Fibre Channel, SMB 3.0 or iSCSI, uses Ethernet to mirror internally mounted SATA disks between hosts.

Why can't I rip CDs any more in Mavericks?

I am having a weird issue since upgrading to Mavericks -- I can't rip CDs. I am guessing the option is still there, but I can never see. Whenever I insert a CD in, my Mac will recognize it, but iTunes locks up. I've tried restarting my computer as well as rebooting the drive (it's external, as I'm an optical-less retina MBP) and changing CDs.
iTunes *seems* to be the problem, as the drive is working and the Mac is recognizing the discs when I insert them. iTunes is locking up. I am not sure if this is a Mavericks issue. This is the first time I've tried ripping a CD since upgrading.
Any help? Troubleshooting tips?

I think it might be that you created this card using iMessages or something, that tends to not allow me to create a contact picture...
Otherwise what you can do is create a new contact and add the emails in using that application, for an example using iMessages, you can click add to existing contact... That worked for me...

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