RE: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

[Oggy]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Hi Paul,

I rip directly to my NAS drive, so when I first started ripping my first CD, I had to read up about mapping a network drive. So my profile is z: rather than c.

Originally I had a couple of false starts, as I wasn't using a naming scheme, that automatically handled multi CDs

Now, I rarely make mistakes, but if I do, either edit the tags, or delete and re-rip, after the correction; whichever is the quickest or easiest. Because I rip directly to NAS, and the process can be very quick, I try and "get it right, first time", and spend a minute, or two, checking the tags and sometimes searching for alternative cover art. This check is the only reason, I rarely (now!) make mistakes.

Once I've displayed the cover art, full size, on my player, I may occasionally trim any rough bits from the edges.

As always, whatever works for the individual.

[garym]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Thanks a lot Gary,

I will try and have a mess later on.

I am definitely going to use an external-HD instead. 10 x CDs is already over 3GB!

Maybe I will try ripping one and then see how it turns out. I would like to rip directly to the external-HD (because that's where the FLACs will be staying). So, will I have to edit my 'dBpa' PROFILE, in order for it to perform the latter mentioned please?

Paul

In the lower left corner of the ripping string, change the path location to point to your external drive (click the SET button at right of the location, then browse to the top folder on your external drive an select it). Right now it's probably "c:\my music".

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

I rip to my local C: drive (a folder I call c:\tempflac). Then when I'm happy with the files (I may twiddle with the tags, etc. after ripping a few discs), I copy these files (the entire artist/album subdirectory) over to my permanent storage which is in an external drive (and delete them from c:\tempflac). And of course I have numerous backups of all these files too on other external harddrives.

But if you want, you can rip directly to the external harddrive. Just point the dbpa ripper to that location (e.g., E:\name of music directory). Either way works, and dbpa won't care where the files endup once you're done ripping. The LIBRARY and PLAYER you use will care where they are located, but once ripped, dbpa is done with them.

Thanks a lot Gary,

I will try and have a mess later on.

I am definitely going to use an external-HD instead. 10 x CDs is already over 3GB!

Maybe I will try ripping one and then see how it turns out. I would like to rip directly to the external-HD (because that's where the FLACs will be staying). So, will I have to edit my 'dBpa' PROFILE, in order for it to perform the latter mentioned please?

Paul

[garym]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

I rip to my local C: drive (a folder I call c:\tempflac). Then when I'm happy with the files (I may twiddle with the tags, etc. after ripping a few discs), I copy these files (the entire artist/album subdirectory) over to my permanent storage which is in an external drive (and delete them from c:\tempflac). And of course I have numerous backups of all these files too on other external harddrives.

But if you want, you can rip directly to the external harddrive. Just point the dbpa ripper to that location (e.g., E:\name of music directory). Either way works, and dbpa won't care where the files endup once you're done ripping. The LIBRARY and PLAYER you use will care where they are located, but once ripped, dbpa is done with them.

[monsterjazzlick]

Hi folks,

I recently joined the forum and also purchased 'dBpa' and 'PerfectTunes'. I have ripped - so far - 10 x CDs and now something has crossed my mind.

I created a profile ('monsterjazzlicks_FLAC') wherein all of my ripped files are stored in a dedicated folder in 'My Music' (on my PC-HD). Now, I am wondering if this is a good idea or not because eventually the size of the 'monsterjazzlicks_FLAC' folder is going to be 100+ GB, and counting! (I am 99% sure that 'dBpa' used 'My Music' as a default folder when I first set it up?). So, would it be better to have a dedicated external-HD for saving my FLAC CD collection on, please? I actually have a spare unused 'Dell' 1TB drive in my office!

Now, I know a little about 'file-paths' and from experience I have learned that often - when you drag&drop/relocate file(s) - once moved, then the software is no longer able to detect where the folder is! Meaning, if I 'CTRL+X' everything over to the 'Dell' 1TB, then 'dBpa' may no longer be able to pick-it-up.

The 10 x CDs I have already ripped may well need to be ripped again because I can make a couple of significant improvements (and I don't mind because I want to get them 100% correct - plus it's good practice). Therefore, I am wondering if it may be wise to simply start over and substitute using my PC-HD as the SAVE location.

Many thanks in advance for any kind assistance offered here.

Paul David Seaman