[iriverdude]

Just typed in my music directory.

Del *.mp3 /s
Del *.ogg /s

Lots of 128kps waved goodbye to. Now to replace them with flac

 

[chinesekiwi]

Good luck 'finding' some albums in lossless. I dare you.

 

[insyte]

Yep. You should have backed up those hard to find albums

 

[ph0rk]

I can't disagree with removing 128k stuff, but some things just aren't worth the disk space for lossless - 200+ kbps aac/mp3 is just fine.

Newer lame or coreaudio 128k encodes have gotten damn awesome, though. Amazing how good they've become.

 

[krmathis]

About time!
I regret one thing from the time I switched from lossy to lossless.... why didn't I do it earlier?

 

[ecclesand]

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Originally Posted by ph0rk /img/forum/go_quote.gif I can't disagree with removing 128k stuff, but some things just aren't worth the disk space for lossless - 200+ kbps aac/mp3 is just fine. Newer lame or coreaudio 128k encodes have gotten damn awesome, though. Amazing how good they've become.

I couldn't agree more! I can't tell the difference between most 256+ mp3 and flac files. And when I can tell the difference, it certainly isn't shocking. Of course, this is my experience and ymmv.

 

[Squirsier]

I'm in the process of doing pretty much the same thing. I had to re-organize my CD library (had about 800 of them). Now, I have around 300 for sale, 250 as "keepers" and 250 as "I like them, but wouldn't cry if I saw them go".

All the 250 keepers are going into ALAC, the 250 "I like them" are going to stay as is (most are 192kbps or 320 kbps mp3s) since I don't really listen to them on a regular basis.

I would completely get rid of anything lossless, but I love eMusic too much

 

[kwitel]

The thought of converting my whole library over to lossless is a terrifying one.
With over 1300 cds it would take a very long time.

What kills me is that in a another or two we'll all have access to relatively inexpensive solid state/flash terrabyte+ drives and lossy will become a thing of the past.

 

[iriverdude]

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With over 1300 cds it would take a very long time.

With a fast computer it won't. Just do 10 a day, and you'll soon do them. You could have two or three computers ripping at once, so put a stack next to each computer.

I ripped/encoded 15GB of singles music casually whilst watching a few things on the computer, whilst encoding over a couple of evenings.

 

[Al4x]

being limited by my laptop and its relatively small hard drives and collection of mp4 dvds i have no room or desire for lossless, high quality mp3 is fine for me

 

[Al4x]

i been converting dvds recently [ifo+ vob files in handbrake via h264] into .mp4s
leave it going over night lol

 

[Billyk]

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With over 1300 cds it would take a very long time.

I can say from experience that dBpoweramp with Accurip and a subscription to Perfectmedia ($5.00/year) will make it quick and painless. Accurip allows for fast accurate ripping and Perfectmedia uses a very large database for album, track and other info and cover art.
2000 CDs later I am very happy with it.

 

[Benaiir]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billyk /img/forum/go_quote.gif I can say from experience that dBpoweramp with Accurip and a subscription to Perfectmedia ($5.00/year) will make it quick and painless. Accurip allows for fast accurate ripping and Perfectmedia uses a very large database for album, track and other info and cover art. 2000 CDs later I am very happy with it.

God, I love dBpoweramp! Best converter ever.

 

[Suicide_Sound]

lossless is far harder to find....I stick to MP3s or MP4s

 

[chinesekiwi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billyk /img/forum/go_quote.gif I can say from experience that dBpoweramp with Accurip and a subscription to Perfectmedia ($5.00/year) will make it quick and painless. Accurip allows for fast accurate ripping and Perfectmedia uses a very large database for album, track and other info and cover art. 2000 CDs later I am very happy with it.

Or use Freedb for I dunno, free!?.
I try and get lossless when I can though. FLAC becoming more and more popular = great.
FLAC getting easier to find tbh if you're in the know. Remember, second hand CD stores are underrated.....
Bought some CDs there that you will not ever find on the Internet. EAC ripped to FLAC = sweet.