Question about ripping CDs to HD

[maddogkf]

OK - I'm starting to rip my CDs onto my hard drive.

I have 179 GB drive w/ 169 free. I have around 180 CDs. am I going to be in trouble w/space?

Thanks

 

[Djaughe]

OK - I'm starting to rip my CDs onto my hard drive.

I have 179 GB drive w/ 169 free. I have around 180 CDs. am I going to be in trouble w/space?

Thanks

 

[FischerKing]

OK - I'm starting to rip my CDs onto my hard drive.

I have 179 GB drive w/ 169 free. I have around 180 CDs. am I going to be in trouble w/space?

Thanks

well - on average, the rule of thumb is 10 megs per 1 minute of music.

if you do MP3, you'll be okay - but lose quality.

shawn

 

[maddogkf]

I'm ripping in wma format - over 50 cds ripped already - less than 2 gb used - so I guess it will take ~ 5-6 total - not too bad I guess

 

[Djaughe]

I'm ripping in wma format - over 50 cds ripped already - less than 2 gb used - so I guess it will take ~ 5-6 total - not too bad I guess

Don't ferget to burn me one!

:maddogtunes:

 

[Ryanwb]

I'm ripping in wma format - over 50 cds ripped already - less than 2 gb used - so I guess it will take ~ 5-6 total - not too bad I guess

WMA format uses WAY less memory, but not a lot of MP3 players will work with WMA. if you are just going to play them on your PC, you are fine

 

[Djaughe]

WMA format uses WAY less memory, but not a lot of MP3 players will work with WMA. if you are just going to play them on your PC, you are fine

ugh....so making burning CD's ain't gonna happen with the WMA format?

 

[maddogkf]

WMA format uses WAY less memory, but not a lot of MP3 players will work with WMA. if you are just going to play them on your PC, you are fine

no mp3 player - just on the computer & on the wireless Soundblaster

 

[Ryanwb]

ugh....so making burning CD's ain't gonna happen with the WMA format?

Yeah you can burn them in that format, you just have to make sure the device you are going to play it on supports the format

 

[Djaughe]

Yeah you can burn them in that format, you just have to make sure the device you are going to play it on supports the format

cd player in 2004 tahoe....what are the chances?

 

[Ryanwb]

cd player in 2004 tahoe....what are the chances?

Probably pretty good....

:burnoneandfindout:

 

[Djaughe]

Probably pretty good....

:burnoneandfindout:

maddog?

 

[FischerKing]

maddog?

it probably killed him...

should we send out a search party?

shawn

 

[Chaz]

You should be fine. Just keep it all under one folder like C:\music\ where you can keep track of how much space it is using.


I am a big fan of having seperate partitions or drives for system and storage rather than 1 big C: drive. Of course this is easiest to do when setting up the computer. It is a little more advanced after the fact. With seperate drive letters if you run out of space for storage it doesn't effect your system operation.

 

[bratwurst]

Maddog did you get a dvd burner?