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  1. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    I started out ripping purely with Windows Media Player all those years ago at 128Kbps. Then I discovered 192Kbps MP3 and then lossless.

    I'm celebrating 4300 posts - but not watching the Olympics, however I read the Australians are doing quite well.


    They are indeed. But they always do. We rarely do, and are actually turning in some good performances this time.
  2. Originally posted by djrlewis[..]

    They are indeed. But they always do. We rarely do, and are actually turning in some good performances this time.


    I watched a couple of the swimming championships. That was compelling.

    Edit: Checking out the articles on BBC about the GB cycling gold on Super Saturday. Nice job.
  3. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    I watched a couple of the swimming championships. That was compelling.

    Edit: Checking out the articles on BBC about the GB cycling gold on Super Saturday. Nice job.


    The swimming's been awesome.

    Yeah, we've done well on the bikes
  4. Originally posted by djrlewis[..]

    The swimming's been awesome.

    Yeah, we've done well on the bikes


    The BBC site is great for Olympic coverage as well as other stuff.

    15 more CDs to go - and now I have auto-track retrieval, meaning I don't have to fill them out!
  5. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    The BBC site is great for Olympic coverage as well as other stuff.

    15 more CDs to go - and now I have auto-track retrieval, meaning I don't have to fill them out!


    hi Drew

    i see your still doing your CDs
  6. Originally posted by U2sBiggestFan[..]

    hi Drew

    i see your still doing your CDs


    I did have a sleep, go to work and come back within that time (so I haven't gone non-stop), so I've done about six or so tonight. They should all be done in about two more hours time - god, it's a pain in the arse and next time I will backup everything!

    I'm glad I'm not this guy though: http://club.cdfreaks.com/f7/please-help-me-rip-10-000-audio-cds-41537/

    But the automated track grabber is brilliant and helps a lot.
  7. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    But the automated track grabber is brilliant and helps a lot.


    do you have one of these, and what is it exacty
  8. Originally posted by U2sBiggestFan[..]

    do you have one of these, and what is it exacty


    In Foobar2000, which I use for all my ripping stuff, it's a small software plug-in which identifies the ID of your CD. For example, I'm ripping War Remastered now (single disc), and the ID embedded into the disc is passed through to a company called FreeDB, the program returns that data and a whole lot of other possible matches and then adds them in - if it has them.

    iTunes can do a similar thing, but only for iTunes-ripped CDs and files - and Windows Media Player is pretty poor at it - it doesn't even identify classical stuff properly.
  9. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    In Foobar2000, which I use for all my ripping stuff, it's a small software plug-in which identifies the ID of your CD. For example, I'm ripping War Remastered now (single disc), and the ID embedded into the disc is passed through to a company called FreeDB, the program returns that data and a whole lot of other possible matches and then adds them in - if it has them.

    iTunes can do a similar thing, but only for iTunes-ripped CDs and files - and Windows Media Player is pretty poor at it - it doesn't even identify classical stuff properly.


    ok thanks

    my itunes doe's that
  10. Originally posted by U2sBiggestFan[..]

    ok thanks

    my itunes doe's that


    Last time I used iTunes every single song came out corrupted from brand-new CDs. But it gives you great artwork and excellent quality too, I'll give it that much.

    Have you tried Foobar before?
  11. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    Last time I used iTunes every single song came out corrupted from brand-new CDs. But it gives you great artwork and excellent quality too, I'll give it that much.

    Have you tried Foobar before?


    my itunes dose'nt give me album art

    no i'v never used foobar before
  12. Originally posted by U2sBiggestFan[..]

    my itunes dose'nt give me album art

    no i'v never used foobar before


    If it's a standard CD available on the iTunes Store, it should.
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