They exist in USA and UK, but I don't know what to search for here.
Does anyone know of a CD ripping service -- you know, send off your CDs and have them magically return as MP3s?
any pc can do it
Quite easy to do it by yourself ( I can do it too ).
All you need is a decent PC / Laptop and some CD-Rs and rip them originals using eg Media Player.
try this program.
it is free and portable (no need for installation).
If you want someone to do it for you, I can do it for a small fee.
A question is what quality do you want/need.
Portable device only need a low /medium quality when hifi need only the best.
For myself I rip at top quality because it is easy to downgrade later.
Doesn't iTunes do that for you? I've uploaded my entire CD collection into iTunes.
People pay for that in the Usa and UK? right..next on my list, start up company that rips cd's for money, add that to my " ill write your cv for money " ... ill be rich soon !
on topic : it can be easely done by yourself, i have used " real player jukebox " for years on end, and still happy with it..i think even a simple windows media player can rip cd's for you.
All you need is some time todo so, other then that, nothing to stop you
many software does it, itune, winzip...
technically easy, yes, but it is a question of time - what if you have hundreds of CDs to convert? you'd need to spend an entire weekend on your PC (i guess some people on here may do that anyway ). These services run in the UK and US to cater for bulk conversions. i assume that is what the OP is after. That said, sorry, but i do not know of any swiss comapnies offering this service.
I've ripped plenty of PCs myself. But it's time-consuming and tedious. This is for a friend who isn't terribly tech-savvy, and she needs to rip hundreds of CDs (her entire collection).
She'd happily pay for someone to come, pick up all her CDs, rip them, and return a fully-stocked Ipod. This is an example of the type of service I'm looking for:
Yes, but can any Idiot do it?
yep .. as long as you have a pc with windows media player you can
Or to speed things up, may i suggest using more then one pc?
pff i coud rip the for ya
I offer this service as part of my private pa services. Please PM me.
Even I can do it. (Goes back to rocking chair and her knitting)
If you're really too lazy to do this yourself why not just hire some schoolkid for 10 fr an hour to do this for you?
Not necessarily laziness you know. Time priorities. If you can find someone prepared to spend the time doing it and can afford to pay them, then why not.
WELL SAID! Was thinking of saying the same. It is not nice to make people feel lazy or stupid!
fair point, my apologies.
I converted hundreds of CDs. I did it over the space of a few months, simply by having a stack of CDs by the computer, and whenever I was working on in it (or surfing), I'd put a CD in the drive, click on "Import", and let the software do its work. Obviously starting with my favourite CDs. The software accesses a database and works out the tracks and genre for you.
I did something similar for my audio cassettes, and have done half my vinyl collection... obviously that takes considerably longer as you have to play the music into the computer at real time, clean up the sound etc. So long as you don't need it all NOW it's eminently achievable to MP3/ACC-er-ize your entire collection. ( btw - ACC produces higher quality reproduction than MP3 for the same filesize ).
As part of the process of doing it myself, I rediscovered some albums I hadn't listened to for years.
iTunes has a batch rip feature. Just open the preferences, then pick When you insert a CD: Import CD and Eject . Then all you have to do is swap discs every few minutes. Trivial to do while you browse the web, watch YouTube, etc. I think you realistically could train a monkey or dog to do this. Though training the monkey or dog might take longer than doing the swapping yourself.