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Originally Posted by fjtorres
I hear you.
My to-do list includes re-ripping everything to a high bit-rate for the home audio systems. I keep running into interesting reads that derail that plan...  |
It's off-topic... but hell. Maybe this post will help you a bit.
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I started ripping my first CD's almost 15 years ago. Being an audio n00b back then, I started out at 128 kBit MP3's, slowly climbing to 320 kBit VBR0. Even though FLAC and other lossless formats emerged at some point, I just didn't have the space. Now, I've decided that I want to be able to reconvert to any format I ever may need, without ever having to do a re-rip. Therefore I've started over, and I now rip everything in FLAC. To be especially safe, I only use the official libFLAC reference implementation. (It received an update, just 2 months ago, but it didn't change anything in the format.)
Look at these programs:
CUETools / CUERipper (Converter and secure ripper)
MP3Tag (Tagger. Does more than MP3.)
Album Art Downloader (Finds album art at many sources.)
Still, even when using the automation that these programs provide, it's a hell of a job.
My advice? Do 5 CD's a day, religiously. Not too much work, and eventually, you'll be done. (I actually do 10 a day, but I have two CD/DVD drives.)
Back to books again
If need be, split off fjtorres' post and this reply into a new topic in the Off Topic forum or something
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