Questions tagged [ripping]
The act of taking the content of a CD or DVD and putting it into a file or files.
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MusicBrainz Picard not writing album directory name
I am new to MusicBrainz Picard and am trying to use it to write the correct album directory name and song file names of files ripped from a CD that is unrecognized by Asunder (which is using gnudb....
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Why do ripped music files start with a number? Is there a way to remove in bulk or prevent these from occuring in future CD rips?
I just ripped 90 CDs to my PC, and each of the music file titles begin with a number like so:
Why are these numbers present?
Is there a way to remove these in bulk?
Is there a way to prevent these ...
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Unable to re-rip CDs in Windows Media Player
Using Windows Media Player to rip my CD collection I had noise issues with MP3 even at highest quality. I have a few dozen ripped this way. I started using WAV format and all is great. I have plenty ...
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Specifying other MusicBrainz entry in `abcde`
abcde automatically searches MusicBrainz to find a match for the CD track tags. I've ripped twelve CDs in a row and it works fine, but now I have a CD for which no MusciBrainz data was found. However, ...
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Where does `abcde` output files?
I ran abcde on an audio CD, when in the working directory $HOME. Now I can't find the outputed files in my home directory. Where do they go by default? I'm using the default abcde installation on ...
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What is the "0x00000000" region mask on locally ripped DVDs?
The region mask appears to be changed to 0x00000000 when using various ripping software which can decrypt (i.e. remove the DRM) the discs.
mpv reports:
libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region ...
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Having issues attempting to backup some old CD Roms [closed]
I've been trying to find a way to back up some of my CD Roms by copying their files onto my computer, but that doesn't actually let me use them when I remove the CD, as it seems to check whether the ...
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Rip all video clips from a DVD using VLC Windows 10
I have some old DVDs with family videos on them. When I play one of the DVDs, I get a menu where I can play one of many video clips. However when I use VLC’s ‘Convert/Save’ tool to rip the DVD ...
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Unique ID for ripping CD-Rs
I'm involved in a project where we are ripping thousands of CD-Rs that contain music. These are (usually) one off recordings and not in any music database etc. but we need a way to uniquely identify ...
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Ripping or downloading large number of selected pages from wikipedia
I require only subject related articles from wikipedia i.e. ,not the entire database but specific pages, for offline viewing and reference purpose. the download page of wikipedia allows download of ...
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Re-ripping CD with Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player shows track already ripped. I have deleted the previously ripped files, changed the destination for new rips, and re-started my laptop. But still the album (all except one track!...
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get `abcde` to put different formats in different directories
I want to rip audio CDs to both mp3 and flac format using abcde. I want the files to be in completely different directory trees, e.g. ~/Music/mp3/<artist>/<album>/<track>.mp3 and ~/...
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Windows Media Player not correctly copying Japanese text in track information when ripping DVDs
I'm ripping some DVDs I bought lately. When the track contains only English text in places like "Album" and "Artists", everything gets ripped nicely. But when there's Japanese text, it gets copied as ...
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Unable to get functional menus in exact ISO rip of DVD without mounting it
I'm running Windows 7.
I have a collection of DVDs that I'm trying rip to my PC so I can finally bin the physical discs and free up some space. Most of the attraction of these DVDs for me is the ...
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What happens if a scratched CD is ripped to MP3?
If a CD is damaged (e.g. if placed in a CD player it would stutter etc.), if you rip it on your computer to create an MP3, how will the damaged data sound?
Would it be just a "blank" in the middle ...
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