Advice wanted: preparing to RE-Rip my CD collection

[raz]

One wrinkle…

I usually plug a usb drive into my car’s audio system. It won’t play Apple formats.

[Wags]

raz wrote:
One wrinkle…

I usually plug a usb drive into my car’s audio system. It won’t play Apple formats.

Works in my Toyotas. Doesn’t display the artwork, however. It’s probably how I’ve got the files organized.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

ka jowct wrote:
I also did Apple Lossless. I started ripping my CDs as AIFF but they wouldn't play properly on my iPod Classic, so eventually I went with Lossless. Probably should have done both, since I have no desire to rerip hundreds of CDs.

Any lossless format can be converted to any other lossless format on your computer using just the ripped files - no need to re-rip discs.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

anonymouse1 wrote:
IIRC, there are error correcting ripping programs that supposedly fix jitter and/or other problems. That’s 20 year old knowledge, though.

XLD is the app of choice for ripping on the Mac.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

RAMd®d wrote:
What is an easy way to batch convert some AIFF to ALAC, instead of re-ripping some CDs.

XLD will do this, too.

[decay]

I like FLAC for archiving (about 50% size of WAV or AIFF) and those files can be converted to other formats. But playing them back is limited for sure.

Also, check out Foobar2000 for playback on a computer
https://www.foobar2000.org/

[davemchine]

I store my files in Apple’s lossless format. It is compatible with everything Apple, its open source and it can be converted to FLAC in the future if needed. Playback has been simple and easy but if you are an audio purist watching the display of your fancy DAC it can be a rabbit hole to get the best results.

Files are organized by Apple’s Music software which strangely still has a good interface unlike their TV software.

Playback is via Plex which allows me to have access anywhere. I believe it can re-encode on the fly for places with poor internet.

Thumb drive for car is fantastic and much better then fooling with Bluetooth but not all cars support them equally. Here is what I do: 1) Make folders on thumb drive that correspond to Music playlists. 2) From Music choose favorite playlist, select all, copy, then paste into directory. 3) Convert all files to MP3 at 320kbps. I use ffmpeg but there are many utilities.

[S. Pupp]

I use JRiver Media Center to rip my CD’s and to convert aiff, wav, and ALC to flac. Installed on my home theater PC, I use it to play back the flac files.

[Harbourmaster]

keep it coming folks!