#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Today I started converting my entire CD collection to Apple Lossless.Started with John Williams Jazz Beginnings and am now up to 1941 (Johnny Express bootleg).Anyone else doing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I rip all my CD's as flac but what ever score I want to put onto my iPod I convert it as apple lossless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Ok I'm doing something similar. Whatever I want on my iPod will be converted too 192 Kbps AAC.I'm also adding album art to every file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 What took you so long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Considering I have to rip some 500 CD's, which is a big job, I never took the time to start.Ripping TESB (1997 SE) now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 On my recent trip back to New Jersey, part of my goal was to get my CDs encoded losslessly. By the time I left, I had over 400 albums done, complete with artwork. I've been slowly encoding a box set I have of everything written by Mozart. That's taking awhile. But my terabyte drive isn't even half full, and I have my entire CD collection on it now lossless. It's quite startling. I should post a picture of my drive in the "Post Your Collection" thread.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 That's a lot of CD's. I need to get a terabyte drive in a couple of months. I only got a 300GB hard drive (partitioned) and I'm nearly out of room.On my recent trip back to New Jersey, part of my goal was to get my CDs encoded losslessly. By the time I left, I had over 400 albums done, complete with artwork. I've been slowly encoding a box set I have of everything written by Mozart. That's taking awhile. But my terabyte drive isn't even half full, and I have my entire CD collection on it now lossless. It's quite startling. I should post a picture of my drive in the "Post Your Collection" thread.NeilThat should be interesting to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I had my entire collection on a HDD, in 320kbps. Unfortunately, said HDD decided to commit suicide late last year, so I'm going to redo it in lossless very shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 On my recent trip back to New Jersey, part of my goal was to get my CDs encoded losslessly. By the time I left, I had over 400 albums done, complete with artwork. I've been slowly encoding a box set I have of everything written by Mozart. That's taking awhile. But my terabyte drive isn't even half full, and I have my entire CD collection on it now lossless. It's quite startling. I should post a picture of my drive in the "Post Your Collection" thread.NeilYes, I'll be getting a 1 TB harddrive soon.I considered ripping in WAV actually.Raiders (Polydor release) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Steef,You'll probably be spending the rest of the day if not the next couple of days ripping all of your CD's to lossless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Hmmm...for some reason my DVD-rom burner can't read the E.T. SACD, even though it is multichannel.Steef,You'll probably be spending the rest of the day if not the next couple of days ripping all of your CD's to lossless.I would love to, but I'm sure both my girlfriend and my boss will have something to say about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I would love to, but I'm sure both my girlfriend and my boss will have something to say about it.Sometimes you have to think about what's really important in life, Mr. Cosman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 I bet you are single.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I bet you are single....Not yet, but, you know, I hope to be one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I would love to, but I'm sure both my girlfriend and my boss will have something to say about it.Good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Not yet, but, you know, I hope to be one day.And how about unemployed?NR: E.T. SACD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Sometimes you have to think about what's really important in life, Mr. Cosman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM 1 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 For right now, I rip everything in 320 kbps mp3, simply because I would not have enough hard drive space to hold it all in lossless. As soon as I upgrade to a terabyte drive, it's all going to FLAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Not yet, but, you know, I hope to be one day.And how about unemployed?Anything that gets in the way of collecting soundtracks needs to go. Life is short; you don't want to spend it on that which is of little ultimate value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 But is Welfare enough to pay for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Not yet, but, you know, I hope to be one day.And how about unemployed?Anything that gets in the way of collecting soundtracks needs to go. Life is short; you don't want to spend it on that which is of little ultimate value.Damn straight, I made that pefectly clear to my wife when I married her. She comes second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Must remember that if I get married.NR: Temple Of Doom (original Polydor Release) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Why the hell would I want to rip to the Apple format ? I will never make that mistake again to rip to an exclusive format (that includes WMA ) that some software won't read and music editors won't accept .itunes is only for my ipod and not the central music hub of my computer .FLAC is no good either,I have to convert to WAV if I need a track to use for editingI ripped all my JOHN WILLIAMS c.d.'s in WAV to an external drive for "archival" purpose and editing resource (it takes up 71.4 GB of space for scores and Williams exclusive pieces from Boston Pops c.d.'s and concert works)for itunes everything is ripped in 224kbps VBR MP3 or 320k MP3 (LAME encoder)K.M.who think only Apple fanboys will blindly trust the apple codecs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Apple Lossless can now also be played on players other then iTunes, like VLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Typical Applefanboyish response. It still won't play on most software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Said one fanboy to the other........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 But that will not be required. NR: SpaceCamp (yes even THAT one will be preserved) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Calm down, KM. Alan you're a complete idiot. Apple lossless doesn't take up nearly as much room as a wav does and plus you can add artwork to it when importing the music to your iPod, it's also great for gapless playback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 didn't you give that to Crusher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I just used itunes to load mine onto my 500GB drive. They are mostly encoded at 128kbps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Yes, but I have a CDr back-up.60 CD's in one day, not to bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Apple lossless doesn't take up nearly as much room as a wav does and plus you can add artwork to it when importing the music to your iPod, it's also great for gapless playback.hmm, but itunes also makes MP3's gapless playback...And WAV is only for my John Williams collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 MP3 is 80's technology KM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Sometimes you have to think about what's really important in life, Mr. Cosman. It's a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 yeah,but over 192k MP3 is good enough ,especially VBR and Lame encode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 You just blasted me for using Apple Lossless, and now you are saying MP3 is good enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 well for ipods yes. I said I ripped my JW in WAV too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 I can hear a difference between 192 kbps MP3 and 192 kbps AAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Since I got an iPod circa 2006, I've used iTunes as primary music player. I'm not a fanboy, the only Apple technology I use is the iPod, iTunes and Quicktime. I rip my music Apple Lossless and have no complaints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Sometimes you have to think about what's really important in life, Mr. Cosman. It's a joke.Not a very funny one...and my sense of humor is just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 It was clearly a joke. It can't be considered otherwise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 While 192kbps MP3s suck, VBR MP3s made with LAME sound great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,686 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I started off with mp3s - I don't think there has ever been a period when CDs have been my primary listening media. Actually, if I go back to pre-2000 when I still performed magic, I edited my own performance track from various synth stuff and reburnt it as a wav. Digital manipulation and organising is just in me.I'm buying more CDs at the moment for some reason, but once I've digitized them, they just go on my shelf and collect dust. There's just something about being able to cart my entire music collection (which is actually pretty small compared to many here) to work. It's also why I so strongly believe in recording sessions being available in flac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Anyways ,my whole hate of Apple format is because of these 128k DRM wrapped AAC's they sell at the itunes store.I also hate WMA and Sony ATRAC.They are all a pain in the ass at some point when you least expect it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,686 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Indeed. Selling heavily compressed files you can only play on an ipod for the price of a CD is just stupid. You actually have to break laws to get fair use out of it too.In fact, I'm sure Apply has acknowledged at some point that burning to a CD and re-ripping is a way of getting the music DRM free. There's a direct admission that the system isn't foolproof, so why the f**k try to keep the smokescreen up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Alan you're a complete idiot.I love you, too, Trent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 In fact, I'm sure Apply has acknowledged at some point that burning to a CD and re-ripping is a way of getting the music DRM free. There's a direct admission that the system isn't foolproof, so why the f**k try to keep the smokescreen up?If you re-rip you either lose quality or have a much larger file to transfer. It's more of a speed bump than a deterrent.Of course, are these opinions still valid since Apple also sells many DRM-free files that are also higher bit rate?Neil - happy with his current library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,686 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Yeah, I know you lose quality, that's beside the point anyway.I think the increased bitrate is just a big con for those less technically minded among us. I helped a friend at work put mp3s on a pen drive for her car stereo, and had go to through the bitrate/quality/size explanation. Someone like that will be taken in by Apple's 'higher quality' buzzwords.There's an article here where this guy digs out some music he bought ages ago and tries to play it. He jumps through all sorts of hoops, downloads programs, and eventually gives up. Then you've got Microsoft shutting down some music service it used to run, but instead of giving DRM-free versions, it just advises customers to take the CD burning loophole.Just makes me want to weep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Most of my CDs encoded in Apple Lossless and are in my iTunes library. There are a few odds and ends I still need to rip, as well as a sizable collection of classical CDs that are just lying around the house.Of course, are these opinions still valid since Apple also sells many DRM-free files that are also higher bit rate?iTunes Plus should supercede the regular iTunes Store. That's the first step. Digital music downloads won't satisfy me, though, until they're lossless. I really hope there's enough demand for high sound quality - certainly with ever faster Internet connections and larger hard drives the size won't be an issue - because digital downloads are sure to replace physical media eventually. It would be a pity if this led to a permanent reduction in quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I agree. And in fact, lossless can exceed the CD limitation of 16 bit/44.1!Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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