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Rip CDs Directly to Your iPod

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-ready-for-someone-to-toss-a-lawsuit dept.

Kevin writes "A company out of Taiwan has released a device that rips audio cds directly to your iPod. It converts them to MP3 and even does all the tagging for you." Zettabyte, the company producing the units, hopes to hit market within the year and while it could work for any MP3 player, it is being marketed exclusively for the iPod right now.

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  1. Re:How Long by GmAz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And I didn't realize that the logo on the device uses the iPod logo with a "u" "l" "a" inserted into it. Talk about trademark infringement. These guys are brave.

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  2. Now the big question: by Doctor+Memory · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Will it cost less than the iPod itself? I mean, yeah it's cumbersome dragging out the laptop and stuffing CDs in it, but I already have it. I'm not going to shell out US$200+ for yet another device to clutter up a desk drawer during the 98% of its life that I'm not using it...

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    1. Re:Now the big question: by jedidiah · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Back in the day, I did my ripping just fine on a 486.

      A 486 with a CDrom drive is hardly an oppressive systems requirement for an ipod.

      I bet there's some sicko out there that could do this on an Amiga.

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  3. Auto-tagging? by Saige · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Oh great, more crappily-tagged songs. I don't think there's a CD tagging service out there currently that's not half-crappy. I sure as hell wouldn't want stuff on my iPod until I've been able to run it through MusicBrainz and get things cleaned up and presentable.

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  4. What we need is...... by ericdano · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What we really need is a hardware device that can rip MOVIES to iPod video format quickly. Waiting hours to rip a DVD is just insane. Why can't they come out with a super fast way to rip them to an iPod??

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