"I've got you under my x5"

FrankCinatra · 09-05-2005, 07:28

I'm new to the mp3 game, while trying to prepare for a Wednesday 09/07/05 delivery of my new x5l. I've been ripping my cd collection to my pc using Windows Media Player. Is there an easier or better way to do this? Can someone please guide me through the best process to copy my cd's to pc, and then extract to x5.
Looking for best quality files, and ease of use. Please help!! Thanks in advance...

Aquatakat · 09-05-2005, 10:05

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Use ogg vorbis q4 or something.

Smigit · 09-05-2005, 10:21

Exactly what's difficult about WMP. Say what you like about the format (I love it), but all you do is insert the cd, it automatcally updates the CD info for you and you just hit the RIP button.

I doubt any program will make it "easier" and alot of the ones doing higer quality like CDExact Copy (or whatever it's called) are harder to setup. If you ID3 tags arent updating automatically check to make sure the WMP settings are correct and not to stingent.

Regardless of what program or format you use it will take ages to do I'm afraid. I did 100 cd's the other week. Took me about 10+ hours of my weekend in total.

In terms of quality Lame is the best but it will result in quite large files. Ogg is supposedly good, I prefer WMA but although using WMPO you are limited to 192Kbs (the format can go higher if you use other tools).

DRehm · 09-05-2005, 11:16

I suggest ripping all your music to FLAC, that way you only have to do it once. Of course I run a batch converter to convert everything to smaller, lossy files like OGG when I put them on my player. But always keep the original FLAC files so you can convert from that to whatever new format becomes flavor of the day w/out having to go back through and re-rip all your discs.

idiotekniQues · 09-05-2005, 11:51

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Originally Posted by DRehm

I suggest ripping all your music to FLAC, that way you only have to do it once. Of course I run a batch converter to convert everything to smaller, lossy files like OGG when I put them on my player. But always keep the original FLAC files so you can convert from that to whatever new format becomes flavor of the day w/out having to go back through and re-rip all your discs.

thats a good idea, dependin if u have the room, and how big ure collection is.

i have just over 20 gigs of mostly 192kbs mp3 some 128 mp3 and some 192 ogg. if that was all FLAC i wouldnt have room. as it is i keep the 20 gig of music backed up on one of my other 2 hard drives, so if one crashes i still have it. FLAC, id need a whole hard drive for that.

DRehm · 09-05-2005, 12:02

Absolutely true about the size issue, although I think that if your time is worth anything at all and with hdd prices as cheap as they are, its still better to buy that extra hdd and do it all in FLAC up front.

SoundsGood · 09-05-2005, 12:07

So do people prefer mp3 or ogg here? Or a little of both? I rip all my music to FLAC, and I run mostly FLAC files on my X5L 30gb. Though, I have a few ogg files. I have been thinking of using more ogg files now though, to save a little space.

PropagandaX · 09-05-2005, 23:16

Just curious what level of flac do you encode your files to? Guess there is a range of 0 to 8. I have been encoding my music to mp3 at 320 kbps and and now having second thoughts.

idiotekniQues · 09-06-2005, 00:17

i got 20 gigs of mostly 192kbs stuff so anything higher is out of the question for me. i like having all my music available to sample not having to transfer and change it too often.

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Aquatakat Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 39	cdexos.sf.net Use ogg vorbis q4 or something. __________________ Uhh

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PropagandaX Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 188	Just curious what level of flac do you encode your files to? Guess there is a range of 0 to 8. I have been encoding my music to mp3 at 320 kbps and and now having second thoughts. __________________ President of the Sticky Zcover Support Group

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idiotekniQues Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 688	i got 20 gigs of mostly 192kbs stuff so anything higher is out of the question for me. i like having all my music available to sample not having to transfer and change it too often. __________________ x5L 30gb > Westone UM1

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09-05-2005, 07:28	#1
FrankCinatra Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 6	I'm new to the mp3 game, while trying to prepare for a Wednesday 09/07/05 delivery of my new x5l. I've been ripping my cd collection to my pc using Windows Media Player. Is there an easier or better way to do this? Can someone please guide me through the best process to copy my cd's to pc, and then extract to x5. Looking for best quality files, and ease of use. Please help!! Thanks in advance...

09-05-2005, 10:21	#3
Smigit Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 514	Exactly what's difficult about WMP. Say what you like about the format (I love it), but all you do is insert the cd, it automatcally updates the CD info for you and you just hit the RIP button. I doubt any program will make it "easier" and alot of the ones doing higer quality like CDExact Copy (or whatever it's called) are harder to setup. If you ID3 tags arent updating automatically check to make sure the WMP settings are correct and not to stingent. Regardless of what program or format you use it will take ages to do I'm afraid. I did 100 cd's the other week. Took me about 10+ hours of my weekend in total. In terms of quality Lame is the best but it will result in quite large files. Ogg is supposedly good, I prefer WMA but although using WMPO you are limited to 192Kbs (the format can go higher if you use other tools).

09-05-2005, 11:16	#4
DRehm Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 210	I suggest ripping all your music to FLAC, that way you only have to do it once. Of course I run a batch converter to convert everything to smaller, lossy files like OGG when I put them on my player. But always keep the original FLAC files so you can convert from that to whatever new format becomes flavor of the day w/out having to go back through and re-rip all your discs.

09-05-2005, 12:02	#6
DRehm Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 210	Absolutely true about the size issue, although I think that if your time is worth anything at all and with hdd prices as cheap as they are, its still better to buy that extra hdd and do it all in FLAC up front.

09-05-2005, 12:07	#7
SoundsGood Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 10	So do people prefer mp3 or ogg here? Or a little of both? I rip all my music to FLAC, and I run mostly FLAC files on my X5L 30gb. Though, I have a few ogg files. I have been thinking of using more ogg files now though, to save a little space.