Ripping Multiple CDs simultaneously

[Kevinktx]

Has anyone had experience with this:

Wife has about 900 CDs. I started ripping them into WMP11. On one PC it was
going to take forever so I began using other PCs with WMP11 on our home
network. Two laptops and two desktops ripping simultaneously to one rip
directory on an external USB hard drive attached to one of the desktops.
Using four PCs at once really helped to speed the ripping process.
When I got done three days later I noticed that some of the albums had
dropped tracks and some albums had extra unknown tracks added. The error rate
was about one bad track (mostly missing tracks) for 70 good ones (about 10%).
It could be higher I just looked through the song list and noted the missing
tracks I could see. So far there are no other issues like sound quality or
anything else with the tracks that came through.
I figure the problem might be that piping all that data into one drive
across the network might have caused some data collisions. I could probably
work around it by saving to local drives first then manually moving the files
over later. Then maybe someone knows a better way.
It would also be nice if WMP could check the rip tracks with the online
database and retry ripping tracks that didn't make it. Maybe WMP12? Maybe I'm
just dizzy from feeding in CDs.
Any comment or suggestions would be welcome.

 

[Bill Graham]

Has anyone had experience with this:

Wife has about 900 CDs. I started ripping them into WMP11. On one PC it
was
going to take forever so I began using other PCs with WMP11 on our home
network. Two laptops and two desktops ripping simultaneously to one rip
directory on an external USB hard drive attached to one of the desktops.
Using four PCs at once really helped to speed the ripping process.
When I got done three days later I noticed that some of the albums had
dropped tracks and some albums had extra unknown tracks added. The error
rate
was about one bad track (mostly missing tracks) for 70 good ones (about
10%).
It could be higher I just looked through the song list and noted the
missing
tracks I could see. So far there are no other issues like sound quality or
anything else with the tracks that came through.
I figure the problem might be that piping all that data into one drive
across the network might have caused some data collisions. I could
probably
work around it by saving to local drives first then manually moving the
files
over later. Then maybe someone knows a better way.
It would also be nice if WMP could check the rip tracks with the online
database and retry ripping tracks that didn't make it. Maybe WMP12? Maybe
I'm
just dizzy from feeding in CDs.
Any comment or suggestions would be welcome.

I can't help you, Kevin, but you might be able to help me.....I am trying to
copy a DVD of a friends band gig, and the software says, "formatting disc"
when I put in a new disc. It hangs up for 20 minutes doing this, until I
escape out and reboot. The package of blank DVD-R discs that I bought says
nothing about formatting at all.....Do you still have to format discs like
you did back in the days when you were writing 1.5 meg floppies? Can you buy
pre formatted discs like you could back then?
Bill G.

 

[Orange]

I can't help you, Kevin, but you might be able to help me.....I am trying
to copy a DVD of a friends band gig, and the software says, "formatting
disc" when I put in a new disc. It hangs up for 20 minutes doing this,
until I escape out and reboot. The package of blank DVD-R discs that I
bought says nothing about formatting at all.....Do you still have to
format discs like you did back in the days when you were writing 1.5 meg
floppies? Can you buy pre formatted discs like you could back then?
Bill G.

What software ?

Cheers,
Jerry

 

[Bill Graham]

What software ?

Cheers,
Jerry

It's called, "DVD Cloner VI". It was recommended by an independent group
that evaluates software, but I find it very difficult to use......

 

[Orange]

It's called, "DVD Cloner VI". It was recommended by an independent group
that evaluates software, but I find it very difficult to use......

You don't have to format a DVD-R, in fact you can't.

Try other software. This is a good freeware burner :

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

Cheers,
Jerry

 

[Bill Graham]

You don't have to format a DVD-R, in fact you can't.

Try other software. This is a good freeware burner :

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

Cheers,
Jerry

This one worked fine, Jerry, and it didn't cost me a thing! I was able to
copy my friends disk of his Dixieland jazz group playing at a senior
citizens residence here in the area. I wish I had known about this
software before I bought the other one, but as long as I got the job done, I
am happy.....
Bill G.