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Oh yes, it kicks much booty - Just ripped my whole CD Collection to MP3 with RipDigital

August 03, 2004 Comment on this post [12] Posted in Musings
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I'm sorry my friends, but darnit, I'll spent a buck it if will save me time and hassle.  Ripping CDs was en vogue back in the day, but I've got hundreds and I'm sorry, there's no way I'm going to sit and swap discs.

So, I sent my stack (pictured at right) to RipDigital.com and they sent me back DVDs with all my music on them.  I had mine ripped at 224kpbs CBR MP3, but they'll even do lossless if you're an audiophile. 

The whole process was fantastically smooth.  They sent me that box and CD Spindle (pictured) and an already filled out FedEx slip.  Put the CDs on the Spindle and drop the FedEx box at work in the mail room.  A week later (I'm in Portland and they are in New York) the DVDs and my CDs (insured for $1000) showed up.

I love it when a plan comes together.

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Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

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August 03, 2004 13:18
Sounds good, but do they do vinyl, too? ;)
Graeme Foster
August 03, 2004 16:37
I've been thinking about doing this for a while now. Maybe I'll actually do it this time, thanks for the push.
Greg
August 03, 2004 17:43
good
mobile
August 03, 2004 19:09
Nice news... I haven't found such a service in France until now, too bad. I know the pain it is to rip the CD by yourself. So far, I've just reached something like 100 hours of music, and much of my CDs remain to be processed.
Christophe Lauer [MS]
August 03, 2004 20:14
That sounds like a sweet deal. Wish I waited, before I sat down and ripped almost 1000 CDs on my own. I had 4 drives ripping at once, though, so I had a whole assembly line thingy going. All in all, it's awesome having all my music at the click of a mouse. Don't know if I'll ever open up one of these jewel cases again. They're basically backups. I'll only need to if I have to "reinstall".
Mark Freedman
August 03, 2004 20:15
Couldn't resist the joke.
Judging by the screenshot you now have 23.9 GB worth of garbage LOL.
The way things are going, sonn you'll be able to send your CD's and receive them back along with an already loaded iPod.
Sergio Pereira
August 03, 2004 20:20
Actually ;) you can send the CDs to these folks and they'll send back a Firewire Drive if you like!
Scott Hanselman
August 04, 2004 11:31
What _exactly_ is the "unique identifying mark" they put in each file?

That's one thing that lept out to my mind - outside of that it looks like a really nice service.

JasonM
August 05, 2004 6:01
What do you bet that RipDigital keeps a massive databased repository of MP3's and use the CD that you send in as a license of your right to get a copy of songs from that repository. If you send in some obscure CD then they add it to their repository. Over time it would allow them to minimize the amount of ripping they had to do and expedite the turnaround time.
Shawn Swaner
August 05, 2004 13:22
Thats what I thought. They do specifically say in their faq that they don't do this though.

If they were to do this, wouldn't it mean that they themselves would need a license for the tracks?

Would be pretty sweet to just take a copy for your own personal use though...

Pete
Pete Bassett
August 06, 2004 19:16
Am I the only one who thinks that >$1 per CD is a bit expensive? I have more than 500 CDs and really don't want to spent $500 getting them ripped. I guess I'll just keep going with my "a few a week" approach.
Peter Provost
August 11, 2004 19:51
Too bad they do not have a repository of CDs already ripped. They could add to their service that ability to recover scratched CDs, which may add a lot of value to their service.

Any idea on what happens if you send them a CD in poor condition?
theCoach

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