[OT] Music CDs

I find Windows Media Player does what I need.

True. But one can still buy CDs and I do.

It's easy to rip CDs into a format that can be used on the move.

I get your point but, IMHO, there is still something special about a real record, removing it from the sleeve and placing it on the turntable. And also the album cover is big enough so you can actually read it.

They are selling "popular" CDs at £1.50 including postage. This is the one off price and it's cheaper for multiple purchases.

Other on-line sellers of second hand CDs have lower prices. Often the postage exceeds that price of the CD.

Thanks for that. Tried a few - ranging from £0.20 to £0.50...

Any ideas why your "Dr and the Medics" CD was worth more?

I'm guessing because they are popular there are lots about.

I guess some are rarer than others like vinyl .

Few bought them, they didn't sell many, I think I got it as a present as I use to be called the Doctor by a few friends one still does.

At one time my flatmate used one nickname for me and her friend used another. It wasn't until I was with both of them at the same time that they reliased I was the sane Dave.

There are many answers to this depending on exactly what you mean and for that matter what you want.

If its ripping and cataloguing you need then my preference is to use Exact Audio Copy to rip the CD to disk. I also use its pattern matching to automatically download track titles etc and cover art at the time.

I have it save into a directory structure that is like:

Artist Name\Album Name\01 Track Name.flac

I have a copy of Plex server that watches that folder, and that will then auto guess at the identity of the material, and download its own meta data.

It seems to work fairly well - I can get at the music from a multitude of devices, and play as I want. I can also search based on artist, track or any number of other criteria.

Now and then I need to give it pointer in the right direction, but usually it manages to identify and classify stuff correctly without prompting.

If its just standalone cataloguing you want then there are some quite nice mobile apps that will catalogue a whole disk based on a quick look at the bar code.

Same here... so I rip the CDs to FLAC files on my NAS and keep the original CD in a drawer.

OOI which album was it? FWIW I've got "Laughing at the Pieces".

Similar. The CD is on a shelf, but rarely gets played. Ripped to FLAC for home or portable, MP3 for the car. When inevitably, the disk or SD card fails, I can rip again.

Do you mean to rip them, or just as a catalogue?

For the latter, I've found Visitax decent enough.

Thanks, John. That sound like the sort of thing I want.

The best place to sell 'decent' CDs (ie stuff that appeals more to afficionados, rather than basic chart material that you usually find in charity shops) is discogs:

I also rip to FLAC and put on a NAS, but that's only because my (rather decent) turntable is in storage...

Think it was that one I'm not sure as I hardly ever played it, I'll check tonight if I remmber and can still find it. It did contain spirit in the sky and got two shoes, or something.

And the dross that's left over is what ends up on market stalls, or job lots of hundreds of CDs on ebay ...

True it seems there;s 29 versions of that one dr & medics CD. I wonder which one I have.

I ripped mine using iTunes to Apple lossless. I don't have that many CD's came to about 65GB IIRC.

-------------------------------------------^^^ "No shoes" ;-)

Yep, that's "Laughing at the Pieces".

That latter (barcode) bit, or the former?

If the former I was toying with doing a wiki article on a DIY music/file/tv recording setup, but was not sure if there would be interest.