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#187752 - 03/11/2003 07:03 project rerip update
thinfourth2
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okay converted loads of my CDs into flacs and then into mp3s

Now i have 26gig to upload Now if memory serves me correct emplode sticks each upload onto the disc with most space so if i was to do it one hit would i end up with one very full drive and one very empety drive.

Also how long is this going to take to squirt into empeg over ethernet
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#187753 - 03/11/2003 07:14 Re: project rerip update [Re: thinfourth2]
peter
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Now i have 26gig to upload Now if memory serves me correct emplode sticks each upload onto the disc with most space so if i was to do it one hit would i end up with one very full drive and one very empety drive.
Each track. You would end up with two drives with the same amount of free space.

Also how long is this going to take to squirt into empeg over ethernet
In ideal circumstances (Linux, cross-over cable) at 800K/s, 26,000,000Kbytes / 800Kbytes/sec / 3600sec/hr or 9 hours. Under non-optimal circumstances (Windows), say 500K/s so 15 hours.

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#187754 - 03/11/2003 07:27 Re: project rerip update [Re: peter]
thinfourth2
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okay looks like i shall use the worlds best computer acclerator

Cup of tea and bed and maybe the telly.
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#187755 - 03/11/2003 07:50 Re: project rerip update [Re: thinfourth2]
Roger
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Bear in mind that if you're doing a continuous upload, the empeg will be running its hard disks constantly. It'll get quite warm. It should be OK at room temperature, but make sure that it's not anywhere too warm.
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#187756 - 03/11/2003 07:54 Re: project rerip update [Re: Roger]
thinfourth2
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no danger i live in scotland but shall keep that in mind
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#187757 - 03/11/2003 07:58 Re: project rerip update [Re: peter]
skibum
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In ideal circumstances (Linux, cross-over cable) at 800K/s, 26,000,000Kbytes / 800Kbytes/sec / 3600sec/hr or 9 hours. Under non-optimal circumstances (Windows), say 500K/s so 15 hours.




Hey Peter are you in marketing? Surely 26gb is 27,262,976kbytes

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#187758 - 04/11/2003 05:51 Re: project rerip update [Re: thinfourth2]
thinfourth2
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Oh look i found another big pile of Cds

Why did i buy so many CDs oh yeah because i own an empeg

They should really come with if not a health warning at least a sanity warning
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#187759 - 04/11/2003 07:35 Re: project rerip update [Re: thinfourth2]
stuart555
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i too am contemplating the whole re-rip to flac and then to mp3/wma. which programs did you use for it?

the only problem i have is that since getting an empeg i have become very disrespectfull to my cds and generally just let anyone borrow them and never get round to getting them back. consequently i don't have a clue where they are.

but i do believe that FLACing the whole lot is a very good idea. imagine how good it will be in future when a new compression format is released and you can just press a button, wait a very long time, and have all your music in that format.

btw, who do you fix big engines for in aberdeen? one of my friends (also an empeg owner) is living there at the moment - works for schlumberger - although he spends most of his life off shore as opposed to in aberdeen.

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#187760 - 04/11/2003 11:06 Re: project rerip update [Re: stuart555]
furtive
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What is the advantage of re-ripping everything in FLAC and then converting to MP3?

Unless the advantage is huge, I really can't see myself bothering
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#187761 - 04/11/2003 11:12 Re: project rerip update [Re: furtive]
Roger
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What is the advantage of re-ripping everything in FLAC and then converting to MP3?

Because when another compressed format comes out, you don't need to re-rip everything again. You just convert the FLAC files (which are lossless) to the new format.
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#187762 - 04/11/2003 11:14 Re: project rerip update [Re: furtive]
robricc
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What is the advantage of re-ripping everything in FLAC and then converting to MP3?
The advantage of ripping to to FLAC is that you will never have to re-rip your CDs again. FLAC is lossless so once you collection is in that format you can re-encode to anything.

Suppose your empeg has a 10GB drive in it today. You may encode your MP3s to 128k so you can fit your whole collection on there. Once you upgrade your drive to 80GB you would now have room for higher quality MP3s. Would you rather re-rip all your CDs or just run a batch re-encode on your FLAC files?
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#187763 - 04/11/2003 14:39 Re: project rerip update [Re: Roger]
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Because when another compressed format comes out, you don't need to re-rip everything again. You just convert the FLAC files (which are lossless) to the new format.
which encoding programs accept flac input btw? the way i see it, it seems to me that when a bleeding-edge compressed format comes out, we're going to have to convert back to wav format first.... just a bit more of a hassle. actually, probably in linux, you can pipe the native flac exporter to any commandline encoder.... but still its trouble.

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#187764 - 04/11/2003 14:50 Re: project rerip update [Re: image]
robricc
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which encoding programs accept flac input btw?
dBpowerAMP Music Converter
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#187765 - 05/11/2003 11:54 Re: project rerip update [Re: robricc]
furtive
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Ok, thanks. But my MP3 collection currently takes up 30Gb. If I FLAC my CD's I'm guessing the FLAC files will take up much much more room.

I'm gonna need a bigger boat
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#187766 - 05/11/2003 12:09 Re: project rerip update [Re: Roger]
Taym
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Because when another compressed format comes out, you don't need to re-rip everything again. You just convert the FLAC files (which are lossless) to the new format.


Or because you may want to consider using directly flac files on your empeg when you get a large enough hdd - so that you keep cd quality music in your car - and convert from those to mp3s for other players (except for karma ) which do not support flac (yet?). That's what I am planning to do when I upgrade my empeg drives, for example...
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#187767 - 05/11/2003 12:19 Re: project rerip update [Re: Taym]
robricc
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Or because you may want to consider using directly flac files on your empeg when you get a large enough hdd
This sounded like a good idea to me until I tried uploading 16GB of FLAC files to my Karma over USB 1.1. I don't know exactly how long it took because I fell asleep before it was finished.

If only the empeg's USB was 2.0 and the NIC was gigabit....
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#187768 - 05/11/2003 12:27 Re: project rerip update [Re: thinfourth2]
thinfourth2
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Update

94.3 gig of flacs 3538 files

31.2 gig of Mp3s 4483 files since some nicked from mates etc over the years

i can say this as the RIAA helicopters can't get past the fireworks tonight
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#187769 - 05/11/2003 14:25 Re: project rerip update [Re: thinfourth2]
RobotCaleb
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fireworks?

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#187770 - 05/11/2003 15:41 Re: project rerip update [Re: RobotCaleb]
Mataglap
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fireworks?



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#187771 - 05/11/2003 17:25 Re: project rerip update [Re: thinfourth2]
thinfourth2
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gentleman start your transfer

and its going

31.1 gig in one shot with jemplode lets see if it craps out
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#187772 - 05/11/2003 18:37 Re: project rerip update [Re: thinfourth2]
thinfourth2
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Then again maybe not

looks like empeg and salvaged 30 gig laptop drive not very happy with each other
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#187773 - 06/11/2003 03:38 Re: project rerip update [Re: thinfourth2]
stuart555
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i'm just thinking, with all this transferring of huge amounts of data going on, is there any way to connect the drive(s) directly to your computer (using a 2.5" -> 3.5" cable) and then copy the data straight across.

i guess the uploading software would require some changes but it would be so much quicker for inital music uploads.

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#187774 - 06/11/2003 03:54 Re: project rerip update [Re: stuart555]
thinfourth2
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I am of the thinking that this is not done very often so time spent buggering around would really be wasted when you can start a transfer and go to bed, walk the dog , watch the telly.

As to my methods i am going to post later what i have been doing. just need to get all the links together etc.
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#187775 - 06/11/2003 03:57 Re: project rerip update [Re: robricc]
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dBpowerAMP Music Converter
i tested this program out. the mp3 output options are really limited. cant do any custom switches.

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#187776 - 06/11/2003 04:14 Re: project rerip update [Re: robricc]
Taym
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Yes I agree that tranferring FLAC to the empeg is going to be a long long process. I think I'd be willing to do that anyway, since it's something you do once. After that first huge upload, adding one cd or two at rthe time shoudl not be that bad, after all...

BTW, has anybody succeeded in uploadiung FLAC files to the empeg with 3.0alpha? I haven't... ?!
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#187777 - 07/11/2003 07:02 Re: project rerip update [Re: thinfourth2]
thinfourth2
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Oh well 13 hrs 2 minutes for uploading 31.1 gig

just need to organise it now
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#187778 - 07/11/2003 08:24 Re: project rerip update [Re: thinfourth2]
mrfixit
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Ok I know that flac is lossless but I tried to make a flac file and a 30 meg song was only cut down too 23 megs am I doing somthing wrong? The same song as an mp3 192vbr is 5 megs, at that rate I will need a BIIIIG hard drive for all of my songs.
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#187779 - 07/11/2003 09:25 Re: project rerip update [Re: mrfixit]
robricc
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Yeah, that's right.

When you have hundreds of CDs, chopping a few megs off every track really adds up.
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#187780 - 07/11/2003 13:02 Re: project rerip update [Re: mrfixit]
thinfourth2
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3500 files and it gives me 95 gig

Me thinks time to rethink plan of putting them on DVD

Options are a raid thingy but this sounds complex therefore more likely to go tits up

Is there a nice simple way that i could build a second machine from bits hanging around and do a back up once in a while over ethernet.

Or should i get another hard disc and every once in a while plug that into computer and squirt across files and then remove and put it back in its box ?
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#187781 - 07/11/2003 15:25 Re: project rerip update [Re: thinfourth2]
tanstaafl.
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Or should i get another hard disc and every once in a while plug that into computer and squirt across files and then remove and put it back in its box ?


Yes.

Cheapest and fastest way to go.

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