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Dark Knight

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  1. I hear you and agree. I debated a long time with myself about this. I know that the other formats are of much higher quality. My main listening system is a vintage stereo system that I taken a long time to restore and step-up for my more audiophile mood. Then, there is my computer system which I believe is rather common place. I am not sure that my computer set-up would allow me to discern the difference in quality. It may, I just do not know. The digital library is mostly for working with a simple speaker system, or synching with my Google phone for listening with earbuds. Once in while I have ported the output to Yamaha amplifier for the fun it. I did my first rip using JRiver and used the lossless option for a file type I did not recognize. I looked for a "higher" quality mp3 but it was not an option. So, I guess I am now in the world of lossless now anyways. This is going to be an interesting change. Even though it will take time. I may invest the time to "re-rip" everything in lossless for the future. At least, I will get all the meta-data right now that I am more aware of what I am doing and the organization I would like. DK
  2. Done. I have formatted my externals to the Mac OS journaled (case insensitive). It is all good. You all were right it is very easy. Everything is up and running great. Album art for only three CDs were not transferred and easily recovered. I guess now it is time to "play" with the the finer points of working with JRiver, which I find enjoyable. DK
  3. I am continuing this morning. A further word about J River that blew me away. As far as recovering the very few lost album art that could not even stick in Windows Media Player. I just had it search for it within the file itself and it appeared like magic. It found everyone one problem and I do have some very obscure stuff. I think I have settled on running the Mac J River from my external hard drive formatted as a FAT 32. I really appreciate your help and suggesting. It will be fun to hear how these files play on my vintage stereo system. DK
  4. OK. It is the weekend now and I can continue to make progress. Before continuing on my mac, with everything backed-up, I performed a dry run on the original PC the digital library on Windows Media Player. With great trepidation, I installed the trial version of JRiver Media Centre 21. It is love at first site. I transferred all of my data and organizational preferences as existed in Windows Media Player. It has kept all the work done by hand on obscure albums. The album art that did not transfer was album art that I for some reason just cold not get to "stick", even in Windows Media Player, no matter how many times I changed it. An odd album or two in either the Decca, Living Presence, to similar box sets. I can't remember now. At any rate, I will down load the mac version and continue. It says on the website that a newer build is on the Mac 21 board. Should I go there? And, rather than transferring the library to the Mac, how is to run J River on my Mac but directing it to music on a dedicated external drive? DK
  5. The Mac OS does reads the NTFS fine. It takes/took about 6 hours for a backup on my current NTFS hard disk on the Windows PC side, using the dual boot. I purchased an external hard disk and partitioned it 1/3 a FAT32 and the other 2/3 as HFS. So, I am copying my music library to the 1/3 FAT32 external tonight. Maybe it is unnecessary but baby steps to moving to the HFS side. DK
  6. Paul R, Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I great appreciate it. I was thinking that the post was so basic that it was going to languish. I will give it a try. I do have the library backed-up on an NTFS external hard drives. Don't know why there is so much apprehension. I guess it is "change". I have been using Windows Media Player for all of this for a long time and the though of figuring out another program's peculairities is not appealing. But, if it is easy as you say, I have the back-ups so I might as well try. It is towards the end of the night here (for me). It may take a couple of days to take the plunge but I will let you know how it goes. DK.
  7. Greetings all. It has been years since I have posted. I want to consult the collective wisdom. I can only imagine that that this is a typical Newbie question. Background. I have spent the past several years ripping a large CD collection to create a my own digital library. It was a very simple approach in Windows Media Player, ripping everything as high quality mp3s. When that had trouble identifying albums, art, and tracks, I just manually fixed it. Until I last posted here, I was totally unaware at the the time of third party products to help ease the pain. I am sure there are many who know the countless hours. But, I was really happy with how Windows Media Player let me organize my digital library. I am simple: Album, Artists, Genera. I am not a complicated user but a meticulous curator. I do transfer a few albums as needed to my Google Phone Nexus 5 where Google Music is the manager and player. I can drop my album by directory straight to the phone through a USB connection and that has been great so far. Current Status. I have had to move to a Macbook Pro for work reasons. I actually like it. So far I am not having any work flow issues. But, now I have this large (for me, approx 1500 CDs) digital library sitting on my PC and backed multiple times (paranoid to lose all that work). I am looking for a Window Media like product for my Macbook (El Capitan). My "interweb" searing by no means complete has revealed several possibilities so far: Swinsain, Tomahawk, and Ecoute to name a few as these few names keep reoccurring. I like the way Google Music organizes and plays mp3s on my Google phone but do not like fighting the constant ads and fighting the redirection to the music store. Does anyone have a suggestion of a music player and manager that will help me convert to working in the Mac OS? Hopefully it will keep all my hard work in tact when I convert. What is the best way to convert? Any pitfalls to watch out that I may learn for your experience? I am also willing to pay for a program if is worth it in your opinion. Best Wishes, DK
  8. This has been the easiest ripping ever. It is finding all the metadata and album art covers. DK
  9. Bingo! I purchased it and it is working perfectly. I am so happy. Thank you so much for your continued patience DK
  10. Is it the free version or the reference version. I am using the free version which I have read normally puts things in one directory until you upgrade to the fully paid version. DK
  11. I actually love everything about DB poweramp except one thing: it does not put the cd files within its own directory. Now I could probably force the save by creating folder then directing the save there (have not tried it yet). But, I am still looking at options. By the way, ted_b, it was a great tutorial video. I will be experimenting today. DK
  12. Thanks ted_b! I have already downloaded the videos and I watch them later tonight. It has been great. DK
  13. OK. DB poweramp just ripped the worst of CDs with all Japanese or Korean writing and all the track listing. It is a miracle from where I stand. I am very happy. I will now look at J River to see what that can do for the already ripped. This forum has been great. DK
  14. I am a simple user. I use the windows media player on windows 7 based pc. Does this help. DK
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