Monday, September 08, 2003

Burn, Burn, Burn

Or is that "turn, turn, turn" around and change CDs in the CD drive? Think I've ripped about 1/5 of my CDs so far... this time I'm boosting to 160Kbps MP3s instead of 128Kbps MP3. (160Kbps is a trade-off, 224Kbps+ is over-kill for MP3, 128Kbps is slightly noisy, 192Kbs seems slightly over-kill since it would seriously impact the amount of music I can fit on a CD... so I'm splitting the difference.)

Once I finish ripping the CDs, I'll be putting them back in storage. Rubbermaid makes a 12qt container called a SNAPtopper which is just the right depth to put CDs in vertically. I used to use the larger 30qt size, but those containers would get to heavy once they're loaded up with CDs. (On a side note, the entire SNAPtopper product line are my favorites for storing all sorts of different stuff.)

I did consider switching the tracks to .ogg format, but my in-car audio player only supports MP3s. My portable CD/mp3 player might be upgradeable to use .ogg - but I'm not 100% sure off-hand. OTOH, .ogg files are smaller and the audio is clearer - but I'm not audiophile enough to tell the difference (majority of my listening is either through the laptop speakers or in the car).

posted by Wuphon's at 9:55 AM