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Do It Yourself CD Changer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the surprisingly-elegant dept.

SuperDuG writes "This is a true homebrew solution to saving a few bucks when it comes to cd changers. And to make it even better the whole setup is controlled by none other than linux. Seems like a nice setup to do batch burns without user interaction. Source is provided if you wanted to build your own." Not sure if this is very practical, or even if it would be cheaper than buying a changer, but it sure looks cool.

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  1. Oh no! by mgcsinc · · Score: 5, Funny

    How long until the RIAA sends out a cease and desist for the publication of this "device to potentially increase the efficiancy of copryright-infringment?"

  2. Great! by sebi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not sure if this is very practical, or even if it would be cheaper than buying a changer, but it sure looks cool.

    Nothing spells chick-magnet like a wooden contraption designed to require less movement.

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  3. Made out of wood? by MCMLXXVI · · Score: 5, Funny

    What kind of geek are you?
    Geek code 101: You are supposed to make things like this out of Legos.

  4. Actually... by UncleBiggims · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wouldn't a "do it yourself" CD changer be where you actually get up and change the CD yourself?

  5. how to improve it by calethix · · Score: 5, Funny

    " If I wanted to, I could SSH log into it while at work, load a CD in the tray, burn it, and remove it all remotely. Of course, the CD would still be in my basement, so the exercise would be somewhat pointless!"
    That's simple. Just build an add on that carries it up stairs, sticks it in an addressed envelope and drops it in the mail. :)

  6. Other goodies by vasqzr · · Score: 5, Informative



    Be sure to check out the rest of his page. Fun stuff.

  7. I always wondered... by Esion+Modnar · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...what a CD changer would look like if it was built by the Amish.

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    They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
  8. This actually addresses a very serious need by TerryAtWork · · Score: 5, Interesting

    We really need a cheap CD/DVD jukebox. I've seen them at Comdex etc for $25,000. The hell with that.

    Someone get a carousel CD player at Target for $100 and wire it up to a computer. There's 70,200 megs nearline.

    Anyone up for that?

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    It's Christmas everyday with BitTorrent.
  9. Re:Usefull for a small inde band. by Esion+Modnar · · Score: 5, Funny
    but tropically managed less than that.

    Yes, in the tropics I'm lucky to have the ambition to burn even 3 CD's per hour. (It's not the heat, it's the humidity.)

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    They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
  10. Color Coding by Medievalist · · Score: 5, Informative
    From the article:
    Luckily, the cable manufacturer followed the black - brown - red - yellow - green - blue - violet colour numbering convention, so I didn't have to probe around with the ohmmeter too much
    In the days of the dinosaurs, when I was in 6th grade, we learned the mnemonic "BLack Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly" which reduces to black - brown - red - orange - yellow - green - blue - violet - grey - white.

    They probably don't teach that particular bit of doggerel any more...