HP External Portable Slim Design CD/DVD RW Write/Read Drive, USB, Black (F2B56AA) https://a.co/d/1CihS85
This is the drive I recently bought. Works great.
Ripping CDs
I would like to be able to rip CDs. My streamer, Cambridge CXNv2 doesn’t have that capacity. although it can store CDs. What do I need to rip CDs?
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@ghdprentice Indeed true in my experience as well. You bring up some very good points there. I could not agree more that high-quality streaming has changed everything. For instance, I am working my way through all of Haydn's symphonies. That is something I would never have attempted without HQ streaming. To continue the counterpoint, however, we do not know what the future will hold in terms of which services will carry which titles. I can't help feeling that the current cornucopia may be short-lived and that commercial interests will find a way to rain on the parade at some point. As an analog, consider the ill fate, for instance, of those who wanted to see A Charlie Brown Christmas this year, but could not because they did not have a membership to Apple, who bought up all the rights. I still am glad to know that everything I owned on CD I still have access to via my storage drive, regardless of what Qobuz decides to do. Sadly, I have no way to play DVDs any longer and tossed mine (including A Charlie Brown Christmas) recently. I can, however, listen to the soundtrack regardless of who buys the rights or chooses not to stream it any longer. |
@linnvolk you know you can rip DVDs just the way you rip CDs before you throw them out, right? That applies to BluRays as well as DVDs. 4ks are a little more involved. |
@sandthemall the reason I suggested FLAC or ALAC is to better natively contain any metadata instead of relying on some 3rd party database. If your streamer/ripper or his Vault has that then more power to you, but I just don't trust such solutions and would rather have all that metadata and cover art embedded in the files themselves. YMMV. |
@gowanus, no, I did not know that, but it stands to reason. I have much less interest in movies than in music, and do not miss the ability to watch DVDs. Except I wish I could view the original versions of the three first Star Wars movies (without the CG additions). Out of curiosity, what would I do with the ripped DVD content? What would I play that on/through? |
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