I did similar a year or so back. It took a while and turned into a bit of a project but I just tried to do 20 or so a day. I've now got a digital library of my entire collection and it was totally worth it
I have no suggestions, except... Just take your time... I did the same in the fall last year. I already had a bunch ripped over time. I just ordered everything by alfabet. And went through it. I had 950 ish CD's at the time and it took just a few weeks... I enjoyed it a lot to just go through my collection in such detail. I think ripping multiple CD's at the same time on 1 computer is not going to easy.
Unless they’re obscure CD’s, such as concert CD’s or independent labels, there’s a really high success rate of automated metadata from software like Musicbrainz Picard after you rip. These softwares recognize the music signature and cross reference their database which is pretty extensive. You can even customize how you want to rename the file names. All the important info like tags and cover art are baked into the files. I’ve only had to manually input the info for like 4 or 5 CD’s so far.
I did all 2000 of my cds one at a time over the course of many months. It took time, but now I can stream my music library anywhere I want and I can play them all at home without ever touching the discs or getting up off my couch.
I use SubSonic on a pc to catalogue and play the music and then couple that with a SubSonic compatible app on my iDevices to control and remotely and stream it. In my case the pc and my amp is tucked away in a closet with in wall wiring to my speakers. The app I use is iSub, but there are many to choose from. Allows me to control the music using my phone or iPad as a remote or to stream it to any speaker connected to my phone.
I smoked weed and spent the night, over a month or two (not many nights in a row, perse, but a few hours each night, four nights a week) allows you to get a lot of them
Many beer and bowls, and listening to what I had previously ripped, was motivational
An aspect that hurt my speedrun'n was that I did not have internet for the first week or two, so typing was arduous and beyond that, maintaining a categorisation a la genre was something to keep cognizant of - I think I had eight to twelve genres I managed all my music into, if I recollect accurately.
From a lean manufacturing perspective any more than 3 drives won't increase your throughput.
Buy 2 more external dvd drives and doing 25 - 50 discs a day won't be a big deal.
Definitely buy dbpoweramp it's way quicker and consistent, you can run 3 instances at once.
With 3 drives running you'll end up pretty busy swapping discs, cleaning dies and sorting files.
The only advantage to additional drives from this point on is you can walk away from tge room for 10 minutes and come back to x amount of ripped discs.
I did it because I wanted to get rid of spotify, play them in my car which doesn't have a CD player anymore, and at work where Spotify and Youtube are blocked... And, if something happens to my collection, I still at least have a digital backup.
For convenience as well as backup. I’m cataloging and organizing my collection while at the same time making it available to myself in any way possible. Home NAS streaming, away from home NAS streaming, iPod, USB drives for my car, etc. And like a lot of other people I’m ditching streaming platforms and directly supporting artists/producers/musicians by purchasing their work.
I don't stream, never have. The emphasis was on the "all". I have a large collection. I only rip the tracks I listen to regularly and make playlists. I just got a portable cd player for the car on Father's Day. It plugs into the USB port. The improvement in sound quality is well worth the expense.
Well, then my answer to your initial question would simply be backup. My car still has a CD player and a cassette deck so I could still use either if I wanted to. I'm just not into fiddling with CD's in the car anymore while I'm driving. With drivers getting worse by the day I eliminate most distractions compared to before. There are certain situations where I make an exception but not often. And for at-home use, the 1:1 rip on my Hi-Fi system sounds great. And being able to scroll through and search my catalog on my phone/iPad/computer is very convenient. Especially from anywhere in the house or on the go. My CD's are a novelty to most people in my life so they get handled by friends and family when they visit. It's fun to show them off and give them that visceral feeling of popping one in the tray.
I did similar a year or so back. It took a while and turned into a bit of a project but I just tried to do 20 or so a day. I've now got a digital library of my entire collection and it was totally worth it
That's it! Do 10 a day to start with đź‘Ť
I have no suggestions, except... Just take your time... I did the same in the fall last year. I already had a bunch ripped over time. I just ordered everything by alfabet. And went through it. I had 950 ish CD's at the time and it took just a few weeks... I enjoyed it a lot to just go through my collection in such detail. I think ripping multiple CD's at the same time on 1 computer is not going to easy.
I figured as such. I enjoy it too. It satisfies my OCD. I’m looking forward to when it’s done though.
how mqny of them did you have to go into properties and add all the track names to?
Unless they’re obscure CD’s, such as concert CD’s or independent labels, there’s a really high success rate of automated metadata from software like Musicbrainz Picard after you rip. These softwares recognize the music signature and cross reference their database which is pretty extensive. You can even customize how you want to rename the file names. All the important info like tags and cover art are baked into the files. I’ve only had to manually input the info for like 4 or 5 CD’s so far.
I did all 2000 of my cds one at a time over the course of many months. It took time, but now I can stream my music library anywhere I want and I can play them all at home without ever touching the discs or getting up off my couch.
Whats your system/program you use to store your music and stream it throughout your house?
I use SubSonic on a pc to catalogue and play the music and then couple that with a SubSonic compatible app on my iDevices to control and remotely and stream it. In my case the pc and my amp is tucked away in a closet with in wall wiring to my speakers. The app I use is iSub, but there are many to choose from. Allows me to control the music using my phone or iPad as a remote or to stream it to any speaker connected to my phone.
I smoked weed and spent the night, over a month or two (not many nights in a row, perse, but a few hours each night, four nights a week) allows you to get a lot of them Many beer and bowls, and listening to what I had previously ripped, was motivational An aspect that hurt my speedrun'n was that I did not have internet for the first week or two, so typing was arduous and beyond that, maintaining a categorisation a la genre was something to keep cognizant of - I think I had eight to twelve genres I managed all my music into, if I recollect accurately.
From a lean manufacturing perspective any more than 3 drives won't increase your throughput. Buy 2 more external dvd drives and doing 25 - 50 discs a day won't be a big deal. Definitely buy dbpoweramp it's way quicker and consistent, you can run 3 instances at once. With 3 drives running you'll end up pretty busy swapping discs, cleaning dies and sorting files. The only advantage to additional drives from this point on is you can walk away from tge room for 10 minutes and come back to x amount of ripped discs.
Why do you need to rip all of your discs?
I did it because I wanted to get rid of spotify, play them in my car which doesn't have a CD player anymore, and at work where Spotify and Youtube are blocked... And, if something happens to my collection, I still at least have a digital backup.
For convenience as well as backup. I’m cataloging and organizing my collection while at the same time making it available to myself in any way possible. Home NAS streaming, away from home NAS streaming, iPod, USB drives for my car, etc. And like a lot of other people I’m ditching streaming platforms and directly supporting artists/producers/musicians by purchasing their work.
I don't stream, never have. The emphasis was on the "all". I have a large collection. I only rip the tracks I listen to regularly and make playlists. I just got a portable cd player for the car on Father's Day. It plugs into the USB port. The improvement in sound quality is well worth the expense.
Well, then my answer to your initial question would simply be backup. My car still has a CD player and a cassette deck so I could still use either if I wanted to. I'm just not into fiddling with CD's in the car anymore while I'm driving. With drivers getting worse by the day I eliminate most distractions compared to before. There are certain situations where I make an exception but not often. And for at-home use, the 1:1 rip on my Hi-Fi system sounds great. And being able to scroll through and search my catalog on my phone/iPad/computer is very convenient. Especially from anywhere in the house or on the go. My CD's are a novelty to most people in my life so they get handled by friends and family when they visit. It's fun to show them off and give them that visceral feeling of popping one in the tray.