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I recently ripped all my CDs to WAV files (got tired of the space all those physical discs were taking up). 800+ CDs, some of which dated back to the dawn of t
by chiph 12y ago
I recently ripped all my CDs to WAV files (got tired of the space all those physical discs were taking up). 800+ CDs, some of which dated back to the dawn of the digital music era in 1983. Some of them (music from Eurythmics, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd) required several passes to get a clean copy, but I was able to copy them all.
In my case, I always kept them in their jewel boxes, which were stored vertically, much like you'd store an LP. For most of their life they were kept indoors, but they also spent about 3 years in an unheated storage unit.
The fun part was finding adapters for the few 8 cm CD singles I had, so they'd play in a modern slot-loading drive.
- Pwntastic 12y agofwiw, you could convert those wav files to flac without losing any quality and save considerably on file size. you'd also end up with the added benefit of being able to properly tag them
- chiph 12y agoI converted them to .mp3 (at a fairly high bitrate) so they'd play off a USB stick in the car (it doesn't know flac). It increases my storage, having two copies like that. But I think of the .mp3 files as my "mix tapes" that I wouldn't be upset to lose since I can make another at any time. :) Backups are a requirement, now that I've gotten rid of the physical media. Local storage is on a mirrored drive array. I also have a copy on a Truecrypt'd drive at work, and another copy at a relative's house several states away. Online backup really isn't an affordable option for 350+ gb. :/
- jedberg 12y ago> The fun part was finding adapters for the few 8 cm CD singles I had, so they'd play in a modern slot-loading drive. I had no idea such an adapter even existed.
- chiph 12y agoThe one that worked came with a Rhino Records mini CD of Little Richard. Luckily I didn't have too many of them, and was worried every time that it would get hung up inside the drive... Edit: Found a pic of it: http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTYwWDEyODA=/z/s3YAAOSwxCxT76G9/$_57.JPG http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTYwWDEyODA=/z/s3YAAOSwxCxT76G9/$_...
- ZoFreX 12y ago> Some of them (music from Eurythmics, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd) required several passes to get a clean copy, but I was able to copy them all. Did you use something like Exact Audio Copy? It has options to automatically try try and try again if it reads a bad sector, which really reduces the amount of (human) time required to rip a disc.
- chiph 12y agoI did. I noticed those discs because they took a lot longer.