The mother of all cd rippings - which program and settings to use?
Hi,
having collected more than 800 cd's within the family over the years we would like to rip them once-and-for-all on a dedicated computer. Since it's a lot of work it would be nice to get it right the first time...
- Apple - Windows hardware? - does it really matter?
- Which software? - many have recommended iTunes, is it really the best?
- Ripping settings? - audio file format???? - hard disk space needed?
The objective is to make one great database of our cd's ripped in the best possible quality and without any unnessesary clutter (playlists etc. personal data) - only the music and basic cd data and cover picture. This would then be the base and every time one of us would like to use any of the music he/she would first copy the needed files or folders to his/hers own computer and only then make playlists etc. Also all file conversions (for iPAD, mobile phone etc.)would only be done outside of the base collection.
The resulting database should be as high-quality, barebone and easy to use with any player/software in the near future as possible.
TIA!
Harmac95 wrote:>
- Apple - Windows hardware? - does it really matter?
Either.
- Which software? - many have recommended iTunes, is it really the best?
iTunes is most definitely not the best ripping tool. It has no flexibility in file naming, and does not have as good error correction as Exact Audio Copy or Audiograbber.
- Ripping settings? - audio file format???? - hard disk space needed?
This is where it gets a little tricky. Given what you are trying to, an uncompressed audio format like WAV or AIFF would fit the best, and AIFF is probably the better choice since it allows tagging of the files. Figure 10 MB per minute of music, or about 500 MB per CD that you rip. For 800 CDs, allow at least a half TB.
A compressed lossless format would be about half the size, but unfortunately iTunes does not support the leading uncompressed lossless format (FLAC), and the proprietary one that iTunes does support (Apple Lossless) has very little support outside of Apple products. So that is too much of a gamble given your requirement about "use with any player/software in the near future."
That is my opinion! Given that you have pretty strict requirements, and that you only want to do this once, do a little more research before you decide...
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