Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

[winopener]

Re: Kodak Kiosks?

Does anybody know what happened to bhoar? He seems to have fallen off the face of the earth ~2 months ago.

The Kodak Kiosks he was selling sounded like a great option ($300/50-disc), and far more affordable than any of the Primera offerings ($1500/20-disc). I think the only way to use the Kiosks with dbPoweramp was to use his drivers, so if he's disappeared, I can't even pick one up on eBay.

Ideally I'd like a 50-disc loader for less than the $1500 that Primera's asking. Are there any other decent options?

The drivers for the Kodak Kiosk are on the download page of dbPoweramp. Mounted today a replacement for the logic board and it works like a charm.

[Drivein]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

I am new here and need help. I am not too technical but am trying to get a software program to work with my TRACE AFFEX APS 2002 autoloader. Anybody know about this? It is a SCSI as far as the drives are concern but am thinking about changing this out to USB or the like. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance for any help.

[pjc2]

Kodak Kiosks?

Does anybody know what happened to bhoar? He seems to have fallen off the face of the earth ~2 months ago.

The Kodak Kiosks he was selling sounded like a great option ($300/50-disc), and far more affordable than any of the Primera offerings ($1500/20-disc). I think the only way to use the Kiosks with dbPoweramp was to use his drivers, so if he's disappeared, I can't even pick one up on eBay.

Ideally I'd like a 50-disc loader for less than the $1500 that Primera's asking. Are there any other decent options?

[Spoon]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

It should be automatically supported by the new drivers.

[tommyd]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Officially (will be more public soon) we recommend:

http://www.primera.com/

I have been impressed by the build quality of their systems, internally we use them for 1000's of DVD duplication, all without a hitch day and night.

In batch ripper you can get a disc sequential number, also there is a DSP effect called Run External - these two could potentially (with some clever scripting) allow a list of UPC numbers to be applied to filenames.

For Batch Ripping I also recommend ripping to a lossless format (such as Wave, or FLAC), then overnighting the conversion to mp3/wma - possibly you could do it in one step (you would have to use the multi-encoder, but this complicates your filenaming by x25

Can you confirm which models are supported for batch ripping? (Maybe it's easier to state which are NOT supported.) I am primarily interested in the Bravo XRP, BravoProXi2 and perhaps the Bravo II, in that order. We're a small software company with occasional dupe needs and our old machine is beyond servicing - so time to buy a new one. I have over 7000 CDs to rip and want a reasonably affordable, robust unit that will serve both purposes.

TIA for any help!

--Tom

[tommyd]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Can anyone confirm if the batch ripper works with the Primera BravoPro Xi2? This is a newer, faster version of the Bravo series, and I'd like to use that for ripping if it is supported. Thanks in advance!

[olskool]

DTP-1000 scsi to serial conversion notes

Thanks to DarkBane I was able to get my dtp-1000 running off the serial port yesterday. Here is the link in case anyone wants to follow along.

http://blog.tinyenormous.com/2009/09/28/cd-robot-v-2-0-adding-serial-control-to-an-old-scsi-cd-duplicator/

I have a few questions:
Has anyone figured out a bigger command set? Especially the disc loaded command.
Has anyone else run into a problem where the machine stops responding to the serial port after issuing the "R" command?
And lastly, how many people are out there working on these things? I was amazed to see that not only did other people still possess these, but that they were also working on modernizing them!
Keep it up dBPoweramp forums!

[flodderator]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Hello,

i got a cheep Panasonic LF-J100 Jukebox (4 CD drives and robotic for 100CDs)
It is SCSI controlled.
Are there any possibility to use it with Batch Ripper?

Flodderator

[skolapper]

Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Id actually love to get in on this if theres any possibility of doing so i.e. if someone wants to back out. Im going to have plenty of time for maybe the next 6-7 weeks after which Ill be off for a while.

[fphredd]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

What's the name of the driver you're currently using again?

-brendan

The driver might work as-is with these other units.

If they don't: cost of driver (if any) will depend upon status of previous payment, whether you resell service, if you plan to use multiple machines etc. Contact me via email.

-brendan

when/if this machine dies (any day, week, month, "hangs on" forever) I will. Just wanted to be sure it can be done in case the need arises for another purchase.

Thanks Brendan!

[bhoar]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

"_MF-Digital Ripstation Two or Four Drives (Test For Bill Sxxxxl 2)"

xxxx'd out part of my name...

The driver might work as-is with these other units.

If they don't: cost of driver (if any) will depend upon status of previous payment, whether you resell service, if you plan to use multiple machines etc. Contact me via email.

-brendan

[fphredd]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

What's the name of the driver you're currently using again?

-brendan

"_MF-Digital Ripstation Two or Four Drives (Test For Bill Sxxxxl 2)"

xxxx'd out part of my name...

[bhoar]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Well, the above issue seems to have resolved itself, so feel free, Spoon, to delete my previous two posts if you see fit.

As my machine seems to be having occaisional "issues" and I still have about 3,000- 4,000 discs to rip, I'm wondering if it's possible to use the MF Digital EC Series or the MF Digital Scribe SA Series.

Thanks for any feedback.

What's the name of the driver you're currently using again?

-brendan

[fphredd]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Well, the above issue seems to have resolved itself, so feel free, Spoon, to delete my previous two posts if you see fit.

As my machine seems to be having occaisional "issues" and I still have about 3,000- 4,000 discs to rip, I'm wondering if it's possible to use the MF Digital EC Series or the MF Digital Scribe SA Series.

Thanks for any feedback.

[fphredd]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Brendan,

Ooops, forgot to mention in the "suddenly" part, it did have some issues with some purchased from the band live Phish discs that ended up loading two at a time at some point. Don't know if this makes a difference, but wanted to mention it.

Thanks again...