1kyle Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Just a question here -- do any of you backup your music collection and if so with what --and how do you restore it again.How do you copy your minidiscs -- optically in real time or analog in real time or re-create from the original music source.Or do you simply not bother and hope you'll never have a computer failure or hard disk problems --- Have you NEVER had to re-install windows or restore a computer from a backup.For Ipod users --How do you re-create your music if and when you buy another Ipod (same for you people with the Hard Disk based players).One thing I always do now is if I'm ripping a CD for example I always make 2 Minidisc copies so I've got a duplicate CD collection on minidiscs.I don't download or purchase music online so most of my stuff come either directly recorded (digitally) from DAB (digital Audio Radio - Uncompressed sound --really great) or from Satellite Radio (Sky on Astra)Link Here http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalradio/ or from Live recordings or CD's.Cheers-K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael1980 Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 I use CDR's to backup my music, and store them in a dark place away from scratches.Oh and DAB is not uncompressed sound, but rather something like 128kbps mp3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Eddie Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 And some stations are even lower than that.Most of my music is on CD, and I rip them to minidisc with sonicstage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1kyle Posted February 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 (edited) I use CDR's to backup my music, and store them in a dark place away from scratches.Oh and DAB is not uncompressed sound, but rather something like 128kbps mp3.←Some Classic FM stuff is transmitted uncompressed --- that's the stuff I'm Interested in not the other "Dance" stations etc.128kbs MP3's DO sound horrible but the good stuff is almost CD quality.On Sky satellite you also get some uncompressed stuff as well. You have to look for it but it's out there.Cheers-K Edited February 20, 2005 by 1kyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streaml1ne Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Rip with EAC -> Compress with Monkeys Audio -> Copy to biiiig file server -> Backup .APE's on DVD+RW.No more MP3/OGG/whatever needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 I usually use :* FLAC with cuesheets for CD layouts,* FLAC with tags for files* Anything already compressed lossily backed up in its original state* Backed up to DVD-R or CD-RI don't worry too much about my SS library. The only potentiallly unrecoverable things in it are my own recordings, which I immediately back up by converting to WAV or FLAC.Since it takes about 4-6 minutes to rip a CD with SS, I basically don't care about the rest of the library. What I have on HiMDs already is pretty much my main [portable] listening collection, and I don't store anything that's actually important on HiMD or MD. For all other purposes I consider the media as intermediary only; not for permanent storage of any kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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