Best way to Rip?

[rickmcinnis]

I will give that a try.

I am using the initial format so far - haven't erased anything, yet.

SDTrans uses fat and fat32, only. At least that is what they say.

They sent along a copy of the HP Fat formatter with the player, which is what I had used but this has to have something going for it. Can't wait to try it.

I agree with you about SSD for ripping. I have been using SSD but will see if the thing will still allow me to make a change this evening to the laptop HDD.

I ithink what is gained from the ripping process would be just as important for computer based playback.

[rickmcinnis]

I made the mistake of writing about my ripping experience on the SDTrans thread at DIYAudio and have had the misfortune of catching the attention of the legendary (in his own mind) Julf.

MAN, is that guy smart. I think he knows everything. Just ask him, he will tell you.

Can't even write about it without this guy doing his best to assure (his word) that there is no need to re-rip your CDs. Won't make any difference at all.

I can understand people not wanting to re-rip their collection but the idea of this fellow YET AGAIN pontificating about something he has never tried or heard, well, it is just so typical.

Thank Providence for Tir Na. I should have known better.

Even though it seems there is not much interest here one doesn't make to read those completely expected posts.

[Diapason]

Rick, fwiw I think you're nuts, but I also think that it's entirely irrelevant what I think, because this is your hobby, your enjoyment, your life. Basically it's nothing to do with me, and that's that. We're all nuts in the grand scheme of things...

[seeteeyou]

FYI - there's an easy solution to take care of that kid's stuff:

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/profile. ... e&u=194528

I also posted something about ripping back in January 2015 here:

http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f8-ge ... post390317

We could still watch how he's refuting everything but I already added him to my Ignore List thanks to the his (and my) willful ignorance. LOL

I've been looking at MSI H81M-P33 and those PS/2 ports should be good for 31MB barebone XP without USB support. Another fun option would be Gigabyte GA-H81TN with LVDS as shown below, pictures are huge so I'm just posting hyperlinks instead of displaying below:

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No PS/2 ports whatsoever and maybe I could keep C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\serport.sys for the serial port, then convert that into PS/2 with this adapter?

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=19986164983

This Haswell processor from the Xeon E3-1200 v3 Product Family with 13W TDP looked interesting to me, of course 4130T does cost much less so I'll have to make a decision between 13W and 35W:

https://octopart.com/cm8064601481914s+r ... l-31036989
http://www.google.com/shopping/product/ ... 9325394870
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http://ark.intel.com/products/75051/Int ... e-1_10-GHz

I also wondered how Nano Server (Windows Server 2016) would sound since they completely got rid of WoW64 (Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit) support. Both dBpoweramp and Batch Ripper R2 do have 64-bit version so we're good to go:

https://www.dbpoweramp.com/batch-ripper.htm

It's stripped WAY down in the first place and it has no local logon capability. We could follow the instructions and run everything as a service, then run a batch file to get each CD ripped and copied afterwards:

https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread ... ws-service
https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread ... atic-start

Some folks claimed that playing music under Core Server mode of Windows Server 2012 R2 would sound better when compared to the Windows 8.1 counterpart, not sure if ripping music were any good if that were done in 64-bit only when compared to 32-bit Windows?

[rickmcinnis]

Thanks, seetoyou.

Would the ignore thing make his posts disappear from my browser?

I do not know why I responded. I wish I would ignore him. It is always the same old thing. Even though I think I cajoled some new nonsense from him. My favorite "ninety years of settled science" - I have no idea what he meant by that.

I used to be a big fan of Gigabyte boards since cics thought highly of them but what I have got from them recently is not good. Short lived, etc. MSI boards are pretty good but my FAVORITE is ASROCK - they did not have one with 2 PS2 ports that suited me. Most had too much extra stuff. ASROCK has the best BIOS of the boards I have used recently.

I will have to explore your ripping posts in detail.

I must say my approach to audio is diametrically opposed to the fellow who wrote BUGHEAD EMPEROR. I think he is going in the wrong direction WAY too much code. Does not appeal to me aesthetically.

Most adapters mean more drivers. I did not yet look at your links. So at this point I do not understand your point.

One thing I liked about the SATA SD writer was no drivers. The pcie one needed a huge file for the driver. Glad I destroyed it at this point. I might never have tried the SATA one otherwise.

Had no idea there was a 13 W CPU. But you must consider that the 4130t running at 0.144 volt. That is miniscule wattage.

Whatever they do to one of the newer versions of windows is never going to get it close to 31 mB in total size. dBpoweramp is a 32 bits program so why go for added complication for no reason whatsoever.

Using the dBpoweramp cdgrab.exe as a shell, and that has been minimized using PE Explorer. I would worry you wold still need a shell to get to command prompt, otherwise.

My home email address is popquisling@gmail.com.

Send me an email and I will send you the SNAPSHOT image of what I am using. It is only 17.6 mB. It can go by mail.

You will need to download DRIVE SNAPSHOT which is a great program. He will let you use it for free for a couple of weeks.

You will need to make a 2100 mB FAT32 partition on an old SSD since you cannot install XP on one much smaller. You will need to download nLite. You take out EVERYTHING except for about 6 things. I need to get that list to you.

But once this installs (takes about ten minutes even with a CD) you copy the image onto this partition and it should come right up. You might have to fiddle around if you are using a different CD-ROM drive and your destination for the files might need changing.

I recommend using a motherboard with nothing else connected other than the OS disks (I use two, one for copying and one for ripping) the MUSIC disk. Of course, there is the CD-ROM drive. I recommend using an old video card since this removes the video duty from the CPU. I am using an OPTIMA battery for P4 and the video card.

I assume you are comfortable with playing with the registry. You might need to do this. Of course, you will need a host machine, in my case the copy machine, for doing this.

The SATA SD writer is very important and very cheap.

Let me know if you are interested. Send me a note.

Randy T is going to give it a try since he was the one who inspired the project!

I need some folks to try it and verify whether what I am hearing is real or a very satisfying placebo. I am very confident it is not a placebo.