I am finally getting around to trying to digitize my excessively large cd collection

[G+_Tyson Vanover]

I am finally getting around to trying to digitize my excessively large cd collection. I have a small media pc with windows and an optical drive. What I would like is a tool that when I put in a cd it:

*Looks in up in a database, (or 3 and uses the most agreed on info)

*rips it to mp3 (or some lossless format)

*saves to the nas

*ejects the disk on success

*on failure sends me a notification (maybe using iftt?)

 

Any suggestions on apps that could do this? Or at least have sufficient hooks that I could script something like this with powershell?

[G+_Rud Dog]

Let us know if you do, interested in such a device/software myself.

[G+_Ben Reese]

Most media players will do most of this (Windows Media Player and iTunes, for example).

 

Windows Media Player

.........

DB lookup: built on

Rips to MP3 and I think WAV (probably not FLAC, but that can probably be converted as a batch later)

Saves to the NAS - or wherever you choose to store the files

Ejects on success (pretty sure that's an option)

On failure, send notification... I don't know that it will do this other than the standard alert and maybe something audible

 

I avoid iTunes as much as possible, but I believe they do it too.

[G+_Daniel Barron]

I gave all mine to charity and now instead just stream Amazon prime and Pandora. Even in the car.

[G+_Tyson Vanover]

I would prefer that this machine does this without a monitor and that I can be informed if something went wrong without having to dig.

[G+_Tyson Vanover]

Daniel Barron For much of my collection that wouldn't work. I tended to buy music from fairs and festivals.  At least 3/4 of my music came from CDBaby, or is weird import stuff from the late 80's and 90's.  so pandora, and even Amazon Prime doesn't have a large share of some of my favorite music.

[G+_Michael Kizer]

Many people swear by DB Power Amp - https://www.dbpoweramp.com/ for this type of task. I explored doing this in the past, but never got around to it (it seemed a daunting task, since I have 2000+ CDs). Some people build ripping machine (PCs with multiple optical drives) in order to process large collections much faster. Here's a good resource on planning out the project - http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/309-computer-audiophile-cd-ripping-strategy-and-methodology/

[G+_Reed Hanson]

Even if you get your information from 3 databases, you are still going to run into, discrepancies. Meaning, you will need to input your information manually. Do it right the first time, saves on headaches later on.

[G+_Dan Clark]

I know you said you have windows on your pc, but vortexbox does exactly what you're looking for (I think).

[G+_Jason Davis]

Do some searching on Patrick Norton and is rip monster. He loves his audio whatever setup he used ensured that the rip was a perfect rip and such.