Storing Music

emerald21

jayme1 wrote: »

no I mean you are not allowed to rip the CDs to the computer then get rid of (either by throwing away or selling) the CDs.

ie if you have ripped the CD you need to then archive it and if you then decide to sell the CD you are supposed to delete the ripped copy as you no longer own the CD.

Oh i see. You learn something everyday. It was just so that i could have more space. Ive amassed that many over the years i cant find what i want half the time. Must either get round to filing them in some order or try to do whats been suggested.

emerald21

Dave_C wrote: »

A few points:

• Strictly speaking it is a civil offence (not illegal) to rip a CD then sell on the CD. I think It's OK to rip onto a player as long as you have the original
• To store CDs on a PC you need to convert to MP3 files. If you want quality or FLAC or OGG files if you want lossless conversion.
• However you do it I highly recommend storing the files under a folder structure of Music/Artist/Album/songs This makes the music files so much easier to find and manage.
• PCs and disks fail, what better means of backup than the original CD? If you are concerned about space plastic wallets are cheap.
• Unless you have an iPod/iPhone, iTunes is a waste of disk space. WMP goes just as good a job and is already installed. Media Monkey comes highly recommended.
• Don't forget that this is a two or three stage process.
  1) First Rip the CDs on to the PC into the proper file structure as above.
  2) Play them back.
  3) Load the songs onto a player.
  You don't have to use the same software for all three. In fact you can chop and change as you like.
  On my PC I use WMP for 1 and 2 and drag and drop the files to my players using Windows Explorer.

Dave

Thank you. Its a bit complicated for me

ada1988

Music from your CDs to some music devices,however you need to rip them to Mp3 first.
Then there are lots of choices you can choose to putin your music,sucn as Sony Mp3 player or Samsung ones.