by Musicmatters2me » Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:54 pm
Hi,
I am a new user and don't know where to begin. I run a dual-boot system with a 250GB hard disc drive using Windows Vista Home Basic; a 160GB hard disc drive using Windows XP Home, and I recently purchased two 2-terabyte external hard drives, one of which I connected to my computer. I also run MM Gold 3.2.5.1306.
I want to rip my entire collection of more than 1,700 CDs to the 2-TB drive. I have the drive set up with empty folders for Compact Discs (main folder) and a folder for each music genre. For classical music I want to organize my music by composer, artist(s), orchestra and tracks. For non classical I want to organize by artist and album title, and tracks. Compilations would be broken down by genre, title and tracks.
One problem I'm having is that the Freedb database doesn't recognize most of my CDs. Another is Digital Rights Management, which doesn't give any rights to the consumer to archive his own collection. An example is that on my copy of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's four-CD set of his complete string symphonies on the BIS label, MM won't convert the .cda (compact disc audio) file of disc 3, track 7; or those of disc 4; to MP3, showing the track listing(s) in red. The explanation is that either the file name is too long, or the file cannot be created. Furthermore, it seems that the default file path assumes everything, even non classical CDs, is a string symphony.
How do I get everything the way I want it? There doesn't seem to be any way through MM to circumvent the DRM. Any help would be appreciated.
Jim
Hi,
I am a new user and don't know where to begin. I run a dual-boot system with a 250GB hard disc drive using Windows Vista Home Basic; a 160GB hard disc drive using Windows XP Home, and I recently purchased two 2-terabyte external hard drives, one of which I connected to my computer. I also run MM Gold 3.2.5.1306.
I want to rip my entire collection of more than 1,700 CDs to the 2-TB drive. I have the drive set up with empty folders for Compact Discs (main folder) and a folder for each music genre. For classical music I want to organize my music by composer, artist(s), orchestra and tracks. For non classical I want to organize by artist and album title, and tracks. Compilations would be broken down by genre, title and tracks.
One problem I'm having is that the Freedb database doesn't recognize most of my CDs. Another is Digital Rights Management, which doesn't give any rights to the consumer to archive his own collection. An example is that on my copy of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's four-CD set of his complete string symphonies on the BIS label, MM won't convert the .cda (compact disc audio) file of disc 3, track 7; or those of disc 4; to MP3, showing the track listing(s) in red. The explanation is that either the file name is too long, or the file cannot be created. Furthermore, it seems that the default file path assumes everything, even non classical CDs, is a string symphony.
How do I get everything the way I want it? There doesn't seem to be any way through MM to circumvent the DRM. Any help would be appreciated.
Jim