I have a 250 gig hard drive and a 150 gig external drive. At some point, I'm going to want to add additional external drive capacity.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 10:34 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Output format tips needed: Well a couple of things here, I do it all the time for a variety of reasons. I now have a DVD player that plays DVD Discs and all audio formats I've put past it, these include FLAC, MP3 and AAC/M4A and it was quite a cheap unit too, the Pioneers should do the job. Next, I have all my CD'S on DVD'S as Cue/FLAC format, this means that I can use a ripper like EAC, Max or Easy CD DA extractor to copy a file pair and have that pair converted to an exact Audio CD of my source, convert instantly to another format such as MP3 etc so you may wish to consider this. I'm going away myself now from DVD to hhard drive, as has been mentioned before they're so damn cheap these days and the storage capacity is so good but then again, I started with DVD'S and you have to start somewhere <smile>. On 03/09/2007, at 3:13 PM, DJ DOCTOR P wrote: High albert, You may want to rethink that idea. In less you have a DVD player that can play dvd audio discs, burning all of your audio files on to dvd is a bad idea. You may want to stor them on eather CD or MD. It's just something to think about. John Price ----- Original Message ----- From: "albert griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 2:00 PM Subject: RE: Output format tips needed: > Along with the files I have stored on my computer and an external > drive, > I > was considering making a more permanent record with DVD disks. Any > thoughts would be appreciated. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > audio.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Lloyd > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 10:55 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Output format tips needed: > > Yep, with today's cheap hard drive prices, why settle for anything > less than the quality of a purchased music CD? Of course, you can > then create other formats from your perfect lossless masters such as > lower bitrate mp3's to play on portables where disc space is at a > premium. > > Regards. > > Kevin > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DJ DOCTOR P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 2:44 PM > Subject: Re: Output format tips needed: > > >> High Kevin, this is Mr. John Price. >> This is exactly what I do. >> I have Wenamp V5.35, but when I want to rip CDs, I fall back on >> Windows Media Player to do it. >> And I rip all of my Cds in the WMA lossless format. >> And so when I make compilation CDs, they turn out sounding like store >> bought Cds. >> Maybe the others will ketch on. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 9:30 AM >> Subject: Re: Output format tips needed: >> >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> If you're looking to retain exact audio copies of your CD's before >>> selling them then you'll need to use a lossless format. I'd >>> recommend lossless WMA and using windows media player to rip your >>> CD's rather than nero. >>> >>> As you're probably aware, next to MP3, WMA is the most commonly >>> supported format. It's also a proprietary microsoft format and I >>> don't see microsoft going away any day soon so the longevity of the >>> format should be guaranteed over any other. >>> >>> Lossless formats take up around 50 to 75% of the original CDDA >>> equivalent so you'll need a lot of disc space to hold 650 CD's. >>> I've currently got around 700 CD's ripped in lossless format and >>> they're taking up just over 270GB of disc space. You'll also need >>> to back up your hard drive because if you have a hard drive failure, >>> you're going to want to get your music back from your saves. I >>> currently use 3 hard drives, a master and 2 back up drives. >>> >>> WAV files will take up more space than lossless WMA or FLAC files >>> and they don't support ID3 tags so I would disuade you of using this >>> format. >>> They >>> don't sound any better than lossless formats either so I don't see >>> why anyone would waste disc space on this format. >>> >>> If you use windows media player to rip your collection you'll be >>> able to set it up to automatically start ripping when you insert a >>> CD and eject it on completion. I don't think you can do this with >>> nero but I could be wrong. >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> Kevin >>> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "albert griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 3:43 PM >>> Subject: Output format tips needed: >>> >>> >>>> I have 650 audio disks I plan to rip to my external drive. >>>> Since I'm >>>> going >>>> to sell the disks want the sound to be of really good quality but I >>>> can't afford to make duplicates in CDA format. I'd also like to be >>>> in a position to change the format if a new one comes along that's >>>> enough better to justify it. I plan to use, Nero 7 Ultra Edition >>>> and rip to flak but I'm open to all suggestions. also, I've used >>>> Roxio products for years but I switched because the latest version >>>> of their program was less accessible than Nero. therefore, if >>>> anyone has a tutorial or general configuration tips, I'd love to >>>> hear them. 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