Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

[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!

[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

[Spoon]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

It should be automatically supported by the new drivers.

[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?

[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.

[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.

[pjc2]

Re: Kodak Kiosks?

The drivers for the Kodak Kiosk are on the download page of dbPoweramp.

Really? Where? The Batch Ripper page doesn't offer a download link for Kodaks that I can see.

And where can one find these loaders now?

[winopener]

Re: Kodak Kiosks?

Really? Where? The Batch Ripper page doesn't offer a download link for Kodaks that I can see.

And where can one find these loaders now?

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showpost.php?p=85911&postcount=168

For finding these loaders, there are a couple of references in the forum. Sometimes these shows on Ebay too.

[pjc2]

Re: Kodak Kiosks?

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showpost...&postcount=168

That's interesting. I'm surprised Brendan was pointing to the Batch Ripper page, since he appears to be selling the driver now. But, perhaps unsurprisingly, the Batch Ripper page doesn't appear to provide the Kodak driver now.

But it sounds like Brendan has been spotted, so I may be able to find out more from him. Thanks!

[ChristophR]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

I have a Dexpresso (aka Roboracer) and i have write .bat files for it, for the ULCLI Driver from Brendan.

My question is what´s the trick to run the .bat files with the Batchripper, or is there any chance to write a driver directly for the batchripper ?

since there is no response from brendan there is no chance to get his driver

[Spoon]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

cmd.exe /c your.bat

[Sir Dancelot]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Hello everyone!

I have a Datatronics Mini Cubis (DA5600) and want to use DBPowerAmp to rip my collection, but there seems to be something wrong.

It loads the CD just fine, but on unload it doesnt 'close' the CD pickup pin and doesn't pickup the cd.

pressing the longer button right next to the center of the underside of the pickup arm during load mode (I.E. What a CD would normally do) will stop the arm moving and close the pickup pin, locking the CD in place. Pressing the same button during unload mode does nothing. The arm just goes down, stops under some pressure and then goes up again, leaving the CD in the tray and then the light on the arm will blink red.

Opening the tray myself and issuing the load command will pickup the CD from the tray just fine, but obiously will allso put it back in...

However, that seems to point in the direction of a missing command or something like it in the unload script???

I tried XP/Vista/W7 and the behaviour is allways the same. The driver i am using is the one that came with it on CD : 02/01/2004 ver 1.0.1.0 with DBPowerAmp R13.3 + latest batch ripper and mini cubis loader.

Any help would really be appreciated!

[Spoon]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Does the robot work in anything else, because the drive only issues a unload command to the robot, and it does the moving and releasing.

[Sir Dancelot]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

I am not sure what you mean, but as stated the robot does the complete loading movement flawlessly. The only thing it doesn't do is lock the cd onto the arm during the unloading process.

[Spoon]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

It is the robot which controls this (or driver) not the PC software.