stymie miasma

I like what I am reading about dbpoweramp. Looking forward to getting this project started

Great advice guys! I'm seriously considering the dbpoweramp drive and a Windows Home Server. It will cost a little extra over a NAS, but I think it will streamline the process greatly.

RipNAS Essentials My goodness, this almost looks like it would be fun!

Thanks for the replies, and for moving to a more suitable locale Excuse the naive questions, but can I use EAC or dbPoweramp to associate artwork with the ripped audio files in a way that Squeezebox will recognize?

That's two votes for iTunes.

Thanks Dusty, Yeah, i think iTunes will be the easiest route. Do you use iTunes for ripping? Cheers!

Hi all, So I'm going to jump on the Squeezebox train, and looking for advice on the best way to do it right, from the get-go. Right now, my computer audio situation is languishing in the 90s, as I am a big Sony/ATRAC fanboi. I have a bunch of stuff ripped to Sonicstage which I will most likely keep in the immediate future for portable use only. As for the Squeezebox thing, I want to rip my entire CD collection (350+ last count) into a lossless format and store it on an external HD or NAS/RAID setup. I'll be using a 1 year old Dell desktop, running Windows XP. I plan to hook everything up via ethernet. I suppose my main question concerns library management: What program works best for my intended application? I have read that Squeezebox can talk to an iTunes library, but are there other alternatives worth considering? My collection is album-based, so I won't have any DRM'ed songs or similar floating around. I would also like get album artwork that will be visible when using Squeezebox. I also have a lot of compilations that I would like to stay as compilations at the end of the day, not as individual tracks by the corresponding artist iTunes looks to be the easiest solution, and I like the interface for the most part. As I really have no ties to Apple, I am open to suggestions. I don't mind shelling out a little dough for a good program either. Cheers!

A few cool "dark" albums I've had on high rotation lately: Earth "Hex, Or printing in the infernal method" Earth " The bees made honey in the lion's skull" Bohren und der Club of Gore "Black Earth" These are very very mellow records, so it might be best to try before you buy!