Re: Mum proof ripping of CD's

[Simon McCaughey <simonmcc@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/26/05, Kevin Hawkins <lists@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I am thinking of setting my Mum up with a Sonos music system.  What
she
> could do with though is to pop the CD in the slot and the albums
> available to the Sonos - no Windows - no application interaction,
> probably no monitor - foolproof - just works, ejects CD at the end.
> Doesn't have to be even Windows based I guess. So has to rip to a
> folder/library structure and do CCDB lookup for tags / album art etc
and
> ,ake a shared volume network accessible.   Tagging possibly done later
> as she would only have dial up internet access.  I accept she will
have
> to run a library scan from the Sonos controller.   Sort of the do it
> yourself Escient/Imerge system
>

Your dialup issue is perhaps a problem with my solution, although you
could set the computer to dial automatically when needed, and check
that nothing makes it dial except IMDB lookups (although timeouts may
be an issue....)

Anyway, after many software trials our kitchenpc has ended up as a
windows media player machine, with an MP3 codec installed. It is
currently set so that it auto-rips cds, so as soon as a new disk is
inserted, the IMDB lookup hppens (broadband) and it rips the cd to a
network share, and then ejects it.

I have used a lot of ripping software, and I like WMP the best, its
very configurable, reliable, fast .....etc

Hope that helps a little.....

Simon