Hello Jzzmusician,
updating my earlier advice to confirm that ghosthouse’s advice was very good. iTunes is an excellent all in one music library manager. It’s free, simple, and easily controlled by remote. Bitperfect, as an addon to Itunes, is an excellent way to improve sound quality. Amazing bargain too.
When ripping, there are a lot of variables. Damaged or dirty CDs will take much longer because the software attempts to reread the disc. Start with a cold reboot of your machine/cd drive and only run iTunes while ripping.
You don’t say what kind/age machine your using so I am assuming it is less than five years old. Is the drive internal?
Ripping a libary takes a lot of time even on the fastest machines. Your libary will also require some thought on HD storage as it grows.
Keep us posted.
updating my earlier advice to confirm that ghosthouse’s advice was very good. iTunes is an excellent all in one music library manager. It’s free, simple, and easily controlled by remote. Bitperfect, as an addon to Itunes, is an excellent way to improve sound quality. Amazing bargain too.
When ripping, there are a lot of variables. Damaged or dirty CDs will take much longer because the software attempts to reread the disc. Start with a cold reboot of your machine/cd drive and only run iTunes while ripping.
You don’t say what kind/age machine your using so I am assuming it is less than five years old. Is the drive internal?
Ripping a libary takes a lot of time even on the fastest machines. Your libary will also require some thought on HD storage as it grows.
Keep us posted.