I want an online store that will allow me to take in my crapped out CDs (I just tried ripping a 250+ CD collection to flac -- I am unhappy with the results, as many of my discs have errors DESPITE using a quality drive/ripper) to a local site and trade them in for access to their downloadable counterparts (flac or equivalent lossless codec of course). I am so pissed that most of my older disks have errors (you will find the same due to the nature of audio discs -- no CRC equivalent like data discs) due to scratches/rot/etc. CDs are not the investment I once thought they were. The license you get when purchasing a CD should include access to that media in whatever 'lastest and greatest' format is avail. in the future (or, atleast something bit-for-bit identical to original). That way I can stream my stuff from satellite to my mobile player while jogging in 2012. You get the point. Please people, figure out a system in which we can get all of our prior purchases (not just future) in LOSSLESS format. Ever look at a frequency analysis graph for mp3 track? Trash. Consumer support is making this the main format for future devices. Arg. About the trading in my CDs for their downloadable counterparts... couldn't we have some tamperproof device with private key hidden away... governed by whomever (RIAA hehe). Whatever -- I don't care -- I just want what I paid for.
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Nice job Tepples!
Should I have to repurchase the discs that I have scratched? You might say yes, but I would say no.
I want an online store that will allow me to take in my crapped out CDs (I just tried ripping a 250+ CD collection to flac -- I am unhappy with the results, as many of my discs have errors DESPITE using a quality drive/ripper) to a local site and trade them in for access to their downloadable counterparts (flac or equivalent lossless codec of course). I am so pissed that most of my older disks have errors (you will find the same due to the nature of audio discs -- no CRC equivalent like data discs) due to scratches/rot/etc. CDs are not the investment I once thought they were. The license you get when purchasing a CD should include access to that media in whatever 'lastest and greatest' format is avail. in the future (or, atleast something bit-for-bit identical to original). That way I can stream my stuff from satellite to my mobile player while jogging in 2012. You get the point. Please people, figure out a system in which we can get all of our prior purchases (not just future) in LOSSLESS format. Ever look at a frequency analysis graph for mp3 track? Trash. Consumer support is making this the main format for future devices. Arg. About the trading in my CDs for their downloadable counterparts... couldn't we have some tamperproof device with private key hidden away... governed by whomever (RIAA hehe). Whatever -- I don't care -- I just want what I paid for.