Keen but confused Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 I have a substantial collection of music recorded digitally on an MZR50 and JE520. I listen to music now on an Aiwa AM NX9 (although not connected to my PC and I have not recorded any using this machine). I am however attracted by the idea of carrying all my music around with me, rather than swapping discs.For about a year I have ripped my new music to MP3 and have around 5gb on both my laptop and desktop computers. I do not however have an appetite for re recording 150+ CDs, especially as many of my MDs are of CDs that I have lost, given away or are compilations, for which I do not have the CDs any more.The basic question - is there some way of transferring the music from my MDs to either an MP3 format or on to Hi MD, so I can carry all or more of my around with me? I am also not very technical and need things explaining simply (sorry). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) I understand you perfectly well. The most plausible way I can think of is to get the RH1, upload your recordings/music, then retransfer all of them onto Hi-MD. This would cost money but is the fastest way, and anyways you are planning to switch to Hi-MD so spending money wouldn't be an issue. If you don't want to spend all that money for the RH1 then you can try to find previous generation units and transfer them via line-out to line-in (which is nuts IMHO). Anyways good luck. p.s.welcome to MDCF Edited December 31, 2006 by Sparda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pata2001 Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 I wonder the time spent uploading from the RH1 and re-transfer/transcode the tracks is any faster than re-ripping the CDs, unless you don't have access to the CDs anymore. I would think it's faster to just re-rip the CDs, plus you will get better quality than transcoding and you don't have to spent more money to buy the RH1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 I wonder the time spent uploading from the RH1 and re-transfer/transcode the tracks is any faster than re-ripping the CDs, unless you don't have access to the CDs anymore. I would think it's faster to just re-rip the CDs, plus you will get better quality than transcoding and you don't have to spent more money to buy the RH1.Exactly, that is why he can't just rip them off from his CDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 (edited) Thread resurrection sorry.I still think it would be quicker and better to re buy the CD's (2nd hand) and re-rip them. Or you can join one of the online Mp3 stores and do it that way. Doing everything via line in/out is too slow. Buying a RH1 is too expensive unless you want to invest in HiMD. I'm in a similar dilemma with my cassettes. But its made easier because of deterioration many of them aren't worth saving, so I've gone the route of 2nd CD's. Edited March 17, 2007 by Sparky191 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strungup Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 But That IS the Fune of it , any MD nut ( Like myself) the actual ACT of recording , the capturing of the non catchable . Good beer , coupla freinds , Concert on the DVD player , cables and cords everywhere and copies being made.......yes I still have fuzzy dice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 But That IS the Fune of it , any MD nut ( Like myself) the actual ACT of recording , the capturing of the non catchable . Good beer , coupla freinds , Concert on the DVD player , cables and cords everywhere and copies being made.......yes I still have fuzzy dice. Yes indeed it is. Some of favorite music is stuff I#'ve recorded. But what's that got to do with ripping new music CD's, MP3's and not swapping discs as the OP asked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strungup Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 (edited) Yes indeed it is. Some of favorite music is stuff I#'ve recorded. But what's that got to do with ripping new music CD's, MP3's and not swapping discs as the OP asked? I belive it was mentioned (or maybe I missed) that he wanted an Alternative to recording from one disc to the other, he said he had made these Digital copies , so they will be scmp protected , so the only other way without buying the RH1 is to Go from MD player To MD recorder . So break out the beer and cables."The basic question - is there some way of transferring the music from my MDs to either an MP3 format or on to Hi MD, so I can carry all or more of my around with me? I am also not very technical and need things explaining simply (sorry)."He wants to get them to HI MD so he can tranfer them to computer and convert to MP3 Three options#1 MP3 recorder #2 Record to the HI MD then upload and convert.#3 Record directly to the comp with sofware from the MD player. Read the post before you attack someone. Edited March 19, 2007 by Guitarfxr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 (edited) ... Read the post before you attack someone.Its not an attack simply a question. Anyways why is it an attack to query someones post? A forum is meant to be a discussion ...I am however attracted by the idea of carrying all my music around with me, rather than swapping discs......I do not however have an appetite for re recording 150+ CDs...Is there some way of transferring the music from my MDs to either an MP3 format or on to Hi MD......so I can carry all or more of my around with me?...You're not going to get 5GB+ on to a HiMD without disk swapping.OP doesn't want to rerecord them, so then why suggest recording them and putting them on HiMD disks? I don't understand. A side issue is that rerecording them is transcoding which will further degrade the quality from the originals. Rebuying the CD's sounds like a pain but in fact you won't buy them all, as most likely you won't be still interested in all of them. The CD's form your archive/backup and you can rip whatever you like from them, in maximum quality, tagging is all automatic and you can remove DRM this time around. You could rip them to FLAC or similar and then you'd never need to rip them again. Its just an opinion, anyone's free to disagree or question it. I came across this post searching for info on the JE520. Seemed quite similar to what I'm doing with my cassettes. Rerecording old stuff is a not as much fun as recording new stuff. Mind you its nice to listen to old music I had on cassette on a MP3 player in the car. Edited March 19, 2007 by Sparky191 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strungup Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Its not an attack simply a question. Anyways why is it an attack to query someones post? A forum is meant to be a discussion You're not going to get 5GB+ on to a HiMD without disk swapping.OP doesn't want to rerecord them, so then why suggest recording them and putting them on HiMD disks? I don't understand." What does that have to do with......" it sounded a bit more like a retort than a question ,sorry and if he encodes evrything to mp3 at 128kb or uses mp3PRO at 64kb ( Audion 3 will let him do that) he could fit quite a bit on a 1gb disc. It doesnt sound like he is interested in absolute quality , but just decent enough to listen to , and to have a lot of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 You just confused me tis all. I'm not a fan of 64kps/128kps MP3 pro, so its not a route I would take myself. Even with my dire quality music. Some people are ok with it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strungup Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 (edited) You just confused me tis all. I'm not a fan of 64kps/128kps MP3 pro, so its not a route I would take myself. Even with my dire quality music. Some people are ok with it though.Me neither , I will do 192 but 320 is usually what I do . Hey by the way , I posted a " treat for everybody " in I think Live Recording section, mp3 of some Taiko drums , cruise over and tell me what you think , I gave a descript of the basics. I had to do it at 128 to keep it small enough to upload here.TChttp://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=18772 Edited March 19, 2007 by Guitarfxr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Me neither , I will do 192 but 320 is usually what I do . Hey by the way , I posted a " treat for everybody " in I think Live Recording section, mp3 of some Taiko drums , cruise over and tell me what you think , I gave a descript of the basics. I had to do it at 128 to keep it small enough to upload here.TChttp://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=18772Couldn't download it so I recorded it. Sounds cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strungup Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 (edited) Right klik didnt work ? when I kliked on it it opened in a new browser with QT , is that what it did for you?On the Macbook Control+ klik, and I got the download link, I am still learning how to use this forum , at the moment there is a buttload of house construction going on , the parts I cant do by myself we hired a company to do it, so I am sitting up in my room with my comp all day , to loud downstairs to do anything. Edited March 19, 2007 by Guitarfxr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 No It says I need quicktime pro to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strungup Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 No It says I need quicktime pro to do it.Must be the way the board is setup , it is a normal mp3 , so I dont understand why it wont download from the link, I am on a macbook , and still dont know all the board controls yet . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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