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More => Old Versions => Media Jukebox => Topic started by: mp3nick on February 24, 2003, 04:25:53 am

Title: Maybe off topic - loads of cds to rip
Post by: mp3nick on February 24, 2003, 04:25:53 am

I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask this but I need a way of converting my music library of about 2000 cds into MP3s.  Does anyone know of some sort of cd autochanger that I could buy which would perhaps  interface with Media Jukebox and automatically rip multiple disks without needing human intervention?  Will Media Jukebox automatically rip from multiple cd drives if I have, say, 6 ide cd roms connected to a pc?

Any ideas greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: Maybe off topic - loads of cds to rip
Post by: WolfWalker on February 24, 2003, 07:04:15 am

I have manged to get my two cd -rom drive to rip it is one at a time but one right after another then they open atthe end and I insert two more cd and march on from there.

Title: Re: Maybe off topic - loads of cds to rip
Post by: KingSparta on February 24, 2003, 07:10:40 am

I had A 18 disk jukebox once, it was supported in windows 95, but not since

it worked well, each disk seen as a drive

it was abit over $2,000 i put it in the trash in 2001 since it was no longer supported.

Title: Re: Maybe off topic - loads of cds to rip
Post by: mp3nick on February 24, 2003, 11:59:31 pm

Thanks for the ideas.  How many cd roms will Media Jukebox rip from?  If I built a system with, say, 8 cd rom drives on a couple of pci-ide interface cards would it rip from the 8 drives in turn?  What is the max number of cd drives it supports? Does anyone know?

Title: Re: Maybe off topic - loads of cds to rip
Post by: rogowar on February 25, 2003, 05:57:58 am

There are a host of "CD Server" options available which mount a CD or DVD drive and make it available to the OS.  I've had my lustful eye on a 200 DVD networked read write drive from Powerfile, but they're a bit over the top.  The jukebox/software should allow you to work your way through several disks in succession, though I'm not sure how you script Media Jukebox to record each as it becomes available.  Something to think about.