It will add another layer to your conversion routine, but that's all. It will
be Much easier to find one dvd than it would be to find several cds.
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From: DJ DOCTOR P
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 1:13 AM
Subject: Re: Output format tips needed:
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
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From: "albert griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 2:00 PM
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> 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]
> 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
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> From: "DJ DOCTOR P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 2:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Output format tips needed:
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>
>> 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:
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>>
>>> 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
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>>> 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. Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>>
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