Ripping

Is there a way where you can hookup an external dvd writer/player, put a movie in it, insert a blank DVD into the superdrive, and burn the playing movie AS it plays; realtime (kind of like how you would copy a DVD with an actual DVD burner)? Because i currently use HandBrake to rip all my (legal) DVDs, but it takes about 5 hours just to copy the data to the computer, and it seems pointless because I delete it right after i transfer it to a DVD...
If not, are there any faster alternatives or ways around saving a file to the computer, or burn it straight to a DVD without the saving?

You did not provide much detail on what you wanted to do. It sounds like you want to create archival copies of commercial DVDs that you own. (A controversial topic) Handbrake does rip the content off encrypted DVDs but it's primary job is re-encoding the MPEG-2 to MPEG-4. That is what is taking all the time. Visit www.ripdifferent.com for other solutions.
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Ripping tracks from a CD do not show up on my NAS drive

I have an IOMEGA IX200 1TB NAS for backup and an IOMEGA 1TB Media Player that I have transferred my Itunes library to for storage and playing music. I have checked the setting to move all imported songs to the Itunes library located on my IOMEGA Media player that is attached to my home network. Purchased songs from Itunes store will be inserted into the NAS Media drive, but I rip songs from a CD, they will not be placed there, I can't find them anyplace. My IOMEGA IX200 NAS drive that i use for backups is lasted as 'shared' on my Itunes window, but
my IOMEGA Media NAS drive is not. Should the Media player be listed as shared?
Why do Itunes bought songs get placed in the proper place but not CD ripped songs? Has anyone else had success transferring all the Itunes music to an external storage drive on their home network?

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Making an iTunes library protected against ripping onto CD, listen only

Hi there
we have a security issue with itunes. We are a secure college within an HMP&YOI and we use 16 imacs in two rooms. We have installed the same master music library (currently 8500 tunes)on each machine and all students have access to it under their own account.
Our problem is this. 1 (How) is it possible to make a library read only, i.e. so it is not burnable onto a CD, for copyright protection. We want the lads to be able to hear the music without being able to 'rip' it to CD.
2. Is it possible to split the library into two libraries, making the content of one burnable and the content of the second not burnable. This way we can offer them instrumentals and original titles for burning and commercial copyright protected titles for listening only.
NB None of the content has been downloaded from the itunes store.
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Mark Anderson
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Hi Patrick
Your solution to the problem seemed to be the answer but I now have another problem: not all the macs in the music room can 'see' i.e. share the new intel mac.
They are all connected via a Belkin switch using ethernet and sharing is enabled in all machines. Some of the iSite white iMacs can be seen by the new intel mac but they cannot 'see' the new intel mac. How can an ethernet connection work only one way ? We are using standard ethernet two way cable. All machines are running 10.5.3 apart from the new mac which is happy running 10.4.11.
If I could get all the macs in the room to 'see' the new intel machine, then we could run the intel machine as the Master iTunes Library and share it as you suggest 'read-only' to the other machines.
Has anyone any suggestions as to why this is happening ? Is there something other than turning sharing on in system prefs that one has to do to enable two communication between all machines ?
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Marco

HT1391 I have accidantally created anoth iTunes library file and ripped a lot of music in it. Than I discovered that this music was not arrived in one library file. Know I would like to merge all my music in one library file but don't see which library is

Hi,
Regarding my Itunes library:
I'll try to explain my situation (sorry for my english).
I have a networkdrive where all my music is stored on. Itunes is installed on my macbook and I entered the network drive as my media file location.
I use my macbook to rip music and buy itunes music assuming it will all be placed in the media folder that I once entered.
Recently I found out that itunes had changed the location of my media folder to the local drive.
Since a time now (I can't exactly say when) I'm ripping many of my music collection to itunes.
Today i discovered the change of my media file location by itunes after I ripped some collections. When clicking the info button on some of the ripped files I see that they are not stored on my networkdrive, very normal, since the location of the media file is changed to local computer.
When I look in the finder I can find a local libray file (xml file) from 13 april and also one on my network drive but the date is from March. So this one is even older.
I suppose that the libray file is updated each time I add a song in itunes. So there must be anonther library file somewhere?
Is there a way to see which libarary file is used in itunes? I know you can start Itunes with the option key to select another library file but is it also possible to view in itunes which library file is used so I can consult the path of the library file in use?
What should i do to put all the local music to to my network drive and update the correct library to the new location of these files?
Why is there no alert when Itunes changes the location of the media files path?
Thanks

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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).

When Ripping CD, iTunes Displays Wrong Artist & Wrong Album

Thanks for looking at my post! When I try to rip a CD, iTunes thinks it's a different CD. Even when I change all of the song tracks, artist, and album name . . . I can't change the time. Of course the two CD's have different song lenths, so the songs are split across the wrong CD.
Is there any way to fix this?

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When I rip a CD to iTunes. All goes well until I click on All Albums. If there are other artists named with the Title Artist they are shown as different albums so I end up with 16 albums containing 1 track instead of 1 Album with 16 tracks. Can I fix this

When I rip a CD to iTunes all goes well until I click on All Albums. If there are other artists named as well as the Title Artist, I end up with what appears as 16
Albums with 1 track instead of 1 Album with 16 tracks. Can I fix this ?

Had a similar problem with two tracks from a cd being segregated in a separate list, but with the same album title and artwork as the other 19 tracks. I found that by double clicking the artist field next to the album icon you can then edit that info. In your case it sounds as if you might want to erase the artist info altogether. Once you have done that, all the tracks magically group together, as they should have done in the first place. Oh there might be a dialog box first, asking if you really want to do this.
Hope this helps.

Ripped TV Shows from DVDs do not show up in iPod TV Shows category/folder

I have ripped some DVD TV shows and want them on my iPod. I have properly used the ID tag (Under Show Info, Options tab) to choose TV Show as the correct "Video Kind". But still they don't show up on my iPod in the TV Shows folder. Other videos that are from music CDs I have labeled Music Videos but they show up on my iPod in the Movies Folder.
Does anyone know how to fix this?

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Ripped CDs wont show up in iTunes library

I've recently got an iPod touch 5th generation, mainly because my MP3 player doesn't have enough space for my music. I've tried looking on the internet but nothing has really helped my situation.
As I found out, you can't sync the iPod with Windows Media Player, which is where all of my music is stored. I found out that you had to download iTunes and then sync all of the songs from there to my iPod. Most of my songs showed up in my iTunes library after installing it (ones that had been converted to MP3 files on the internet for personal use for free via online websites).
When I ripped some CDs to WMP on my computer, I was quite excited that I could have all of my favourite music on my iPod. All of the music that I want on my iPod is in one playlist together, so I thought I could just transfer them to iTunes and then sync them.
After it had finished syncing to my iPod, I noticed that my ripped CD albums had not showed up in my iTunes library and had therefore not been synced to my iPod.
I would really like for these to be put onto my iPod, for that is the whole reason of getting it, not just for the social media.
I have about 4 CDs which I've ripped to WMP that I want on my iPod, but I cannot figure out any way of getting them onto it. They wont show up in my iTunes library but I can't understand why and I've searched the internet for solutions and nothing has helped me.
Does anyone have any ways of helping me add my ripped CDs onto my iPod? I don't want to have to waste money on having to buy them all again from the iTunes store when I already have them in real life.

From iTunes Help:
If you have audio or video files on your computer, you can import them into iTunes so they appear in your iTunes library.
To add media from MusicMatch Jukebox or Audible Manager to your iPod, iPhone, or iPad, you need to first import it into iTunes.
Add items from your computer to your iTunes library
Do either of the following:
Drag a file or folder from the desktop to the iTunes window.If you add a folder, all the files it contains are added to your library.
In iTunes, choose File > Add to Library, locate a file or folder, and click Open.
By default, adding items to your iTunes library places a pointer to each file in the iTunes folder; the original file remains in the current location. For information about copying files to the iTunes folder instead of creating pointers to them, see Change where your iTunes files are stored. If the file is an unprotected WMA file and you have Windows Media Player Series 9 or later installed, iTunes makes a copy of the file and adds it to your iTunes library. The original WMA file remains unchanged. You can’t add protected WMA files or protected WMV files to iTunes.

Effect of sound card quality on ripping m

I am trying to capture audio played over my sound card and rip right to mp3 with a program called Tunebite. I am wondering what effect, if any, my sound card has on the quality of the resulting mp3 file? Somebody told me this is all done in software and it does not matter that I only have the basic Sound Blaster PCI. thanks.

You must really like that program!
Actually, with the new method, you can make MP3's without a sound card! It bypasses the whole analog/digital conversion step, and it will make MP3's sound BETTER then the old method, even if you had the best card on the market. This is because it reads the sound data exactly as it is on the CD. Oh yea - it's probably 3 times faster too! (Depending on many factors... Can be 0X faster!) You don't have to wait for the songs to play!
Ya don't know what yer missin!
PD

ITunes Match fails to match recently ripped CD. Can I avoid matching this CD?

I have a CD from a band that is not available on iTunes that I've loaded to my MacBook Pro. As expected iTunes Match can't match this album. As a result, iTunes Match fails to proceed past the third step of the matching process and continously loops. How can I stop this album from being part of the match process?

Hi,
What format have you ripped the CD? There are problems with some ALAC and AIFF files.
If the cd is in your iTunes library, there is no way of stopping match process. Once cd has been uploaded there is a workaround to make remove the tracks from the cloud and not your library.
However, to resolve your current problem you may need to delete the tracks.
Jim

Mac Mini struggling to copy/rip some older audio CDs

Hello,
I have a 2012 Mac Mini, 2.6Ghz Quad-Core i7, 1TB Fusion Drive and 16GB of Crucial memory. Some months back I made a decision to re-rip my CD library as Apple Lossless, for streaming to the Apple TV connected to my receiver. I started with my newest CDs and worked backwards, but when I got down to the oldest of my CDs there were some (but not all) that the Mini struggled to rip cleanly or at all. With those troublesome discs, the results varied. Some discs would simply flat-out fail to rip or even copy to the desktop directly from the disc. Others would struggle to rip or copy but appear to succeed, only for the tracks to be riddled with millisecond audio drop-outs (this is actually more of a hassle, as it requires manually proofing every track for flaws). What's really bizarre is that even a directly copied file from disc to desktop would suffer the same audio drop-outs, even though it's a digital file going through no conversion and should be identical in every way.
So the logical conclusion would be that these discs have just gone bad due to age; but there-in lies the catch. Not only do the discs play without issue in other CD players, but I was able to successfully copy the same CDs on three other Macs (even using the same external optical drive in one case) successfully. The disc I ripped yesterday on my Mac Mini whose tracks were full of audio drop-outs now sounds flawless when ripped on my Mac Pro at work.
Obviously I have a workaround for getting these discs loaded - rip them on another computer - but now my bigger concern is what on earth if wrong with my Mac Mini? Is it a hardware issue? Something with the USB ports? Or the Fusion drive? The Operating System? Does anyone have any suggestions to try prior to me making a second backup of all my data and dragging it to the Genius Bar? Thanks.

I have both:
- an internal slot-loading drive in my mini, like you, and
- an external USB-connected 5.25" mains-powered tray-loading drive. A "proper" drive!
I too have problems sometimes reading/writing with the internal. I've always assumed they have to make LOTS of compromises and shortcuts with the design and specification of the slim, low-powered internal drives, which are really intended for laptop/battery use- and always failing, as reading threads here will show.
I suggest you beg/borrow/buy a "real" external like mine for your old-CD rips. They're not expensive, and you can always sell it on when you've ripped your CD collection.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/VLU2SD24XS/
Alternatively, these days, you might have to buy an enclosure and drive separately and combine them, or get a used one off eBay.

How do I transfer the music I ripped from cds I own to a new PC with iTunes?

Greetings y'all.
Some one I work with uses iTunes, and he wants to transfer all of his music from his old computer to his new computer. I went to the apple website trying to find answers. They have some pretty decent tutorials on how to transfer your music from one PC to another PC.
However, here's the curve ball, my co-worker has much music that they ripped from CDs. Whenever I tried some of the methods detailed on those tutorials they would simply not transfer the ripped music, all of which he legitimately purchased.
One of the methods details simply going to the folder that iTunes stores the music and copying it to an external then copy pasting it on to the other computer. When I tried this it not only did not copy the ripped music, it deleted it off of the external. Only the music which he purchased on the Apple iTunes store transferred over successfully.
He still has his old computer and won't get rid of it until we know for certain that his music is safely on his new computer.
Do you guys have any thoughts on this dilemma? Would home sharing work better on this?
The iTunes version on both his computers is the same. He is running Windows 7 on his new machine, and Windows XP on his old machine.

I don't know Windows, so all I can suggest is how one moves the iTunes folder to another machine via an external drive. Now, if he added tracks but did not have them stored into the iTunes library then they are stored elsewhere on the old computer or he's just going to have to re-rip them from the CD. BTW, if he rips them using iTunes, then they should not require any conversion. iTunes rips as MP3s. They shouldn't require any conversion.

How can I get songs (from CDs) on my Nano onto my laptop? Do I have to rip all the CD's again just becasue I'm using a different computer?

How can I get all my songs (from CDs) onto my laptop from my Nano?
Do I have to rip all those CDs again even though they are on the Nano?
I thought I was allowed to have multiple PCs and use the sync feature. Yet when I plug in the Nano the message says it will sync to what's on my laptop which are only a few songs I've purchased!!
I thought Apple was better than that?! And to think I was going to purchase an iPad! But if I can't synch my music to other devices, why bother.
In order to get my music to iCloud via iMatch, I guess I have to rip them all again! What a pain in the butt...:(

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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How can I move my PC (Windows 7) iTunes library (with my cps ripped) to my Mac iTunes library?

Just for my curiosity and knowledge,
I have a PC (Windows 7) and a Mac (OS X 10.10).
Both of them with the latest version of iTunes.
Both of them with the exact music library (genre, artist, album, etc).
All my music is coming from iTunes Store, so very easy to re download at any time I want with my Apple ID
My PC (Windows 7) computer has a CD/DVD drive. I would like to RIP some music from my CDs and add them to my PC (Windows 7) iTunes library.
Once I finished, how can I move my PC (Windows 7) iTunes library (with my cps ripped) to my Mac iTunes library?
Thank you so much

If you've downloaded the media idependently to each library so far then thet won't be exactly the same as there are different naming rules for the files and folders in OS X and Windows. See Make a split library portable for some general advice. You can move a portable library between Mac and Windows, but there is a delay opening the library after each change of OS.
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