I just finished up the same task. I converted my CDs to MP3 format for use in a home-jukebox type application.
I think that a CD changer would be far too expensive for such a limited task (unless you're going to start a business doing it for others). The best bet is to find a fast encoder and flip disks by hand.
I found that CD2WAV32 (found here) worked the best for me. I did manage to stumble on the gogo.dll, which encoded MP3's in very short order. I had been using BladeEnc to start, and was waiting more than an hour per CD. GoGo was fast enough to cut that time to about 15 minutes/CD.
The other major issue that bugged me was the CDDB process. In most cases CDDB information is correct (properly spelled, formatted, etc). In other cases, some fool had misspelled things or put everything in lowercase characters, which caused about 25% of CDDB info I recieved to need editing.
It's not simply enough to rip the tracks. You need to preserve some sort of information about the tracks. If you're a (near)perfectionist like me, you'll want the info to be correct...
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Actually, I just assumed that people had eaten a lot of sashimi and "baited" was intentional.
I think that a CD changer would be far too expensive for such a limited task (unless you're going to start a business doing it for others). The best bet is to find a fast encoder and flip disks by hand.
I found that CD2WAV32 (found here) worked the best for me. I did manage to stumble on the gogo.dll, which encoded MP3's in very short order. I had been using BladeEnc to start, and was waiting more than an hour per CD. GoGo was fast enough to cut that time to about 15 minutes/CD.
The other major issue that bugged me was the CDDB process. In most cases CDDB information is correct (properly spelled, formatted, etc). In other cases, some fool had misspelled things or put everything in lowercase characters, which caused about 25% of CDDB info I recieved to need editing.
It's not simply enough to rip the tracks. You need to preserve some sort of information about the tracks. If you're a (near)perfectionist like me, you'll want the info to be correct...
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