Sunday 20 March 2011

The Great CD Rip is Over

Well it's taken a week or so of swapping CD's whenever I remembered, but it's done.

244 discs
76GB of space
8+ days of music
3400+ songs
65+ Genres

It was boring as hell!

But hopefully it's the last time I need to do it, as it's lossless encoded now!  And it does sound wonderful on the new system, soooo worth it!

What does that much music look like?

This:




Stace

10 comments:

  1. This could be the last time, This could be the last time. Maybe the last time, but I don't know...

    Caroline xxx

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  2. Well the theory is that as it's ripped in flac I can just convert it any time I need to, without loss of quality.

    In theory...

    Never say never :)

    Stace

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  3. I take it you've backed it all up too. :-)

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  4. I hadn't at the time (no time to do it) - but I have now!

    But I have no off-site backup storage... Hmm, feels like something is missing :)

    Actually joking aside I would love some off site storage for those things that I can't replace (like the 115GB of photos that I have)... They are all backed up (3 times, on different physical discs). And then stored next to each other (not quite right...)

    Stace

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  5. I did the same thing with my cds and a few friends. Placed it all on a media server device I have. Its great having all my digital media in a centralized device able to be accessed on the network.

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  6. I keep looking for a media centre but haven't found one that I like yet...

    The search continues :)

    Stace

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  8. Hey Eleanor,

    Wow, that makes my 3500 (more or less) look a little limited :)

    It took a week of mind numbing CD swapping - but it was so worth it.

    Hopefully I'll get my replacement laptop tomorrow that should more easily talk to the TV so I can use the music without having to balance the laptop on the edge of the sofa :)

    Stace

    PS No problem - I know the feeling too well at the moment!

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  10. Another 150000 to go! And how many new ones will you have brought in 4 years! Does the remaining actually get smaller over time :)

    Good luck!

    Stace

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