SD Cards?
Posted by: u5227470736789439 on 03 June 2009
The other day I played a film off an SD card with the VLC replay software I use on my PC, getting some of the best video results I have ever seen ...
The software is robust, and will play anything from WAV to MP3 in audio and in video would work on DIVX, and does work splendidly on DVDs, so I guessed that whatever format the film on the SD card would work well, and it did.
Don't ask the technical stuff, as I just dopn't know. I did not transfer the film.
But it got me thinking along the lines of solid state file storage for music.
The SD card did none of the usual spinning disc things that DVDs do such as momentary frame freeze and so on.
Would WAVs stored on SD cards be a viable method of storage for recorded music files, specifically CDs ripped and thus stored?
I ask because it seems to me that Hard Drives of the conventional sort are more or less horrible in every way, and somehow if one could transfer CDs to the higher capacity cards then one could say have a card with a Beethoven Piano Sonatra Cycle on, or another with Bach's Organ Music on, another for Mozart Operas [etc]. - so reducing the count by perhaps a factor of twenty - for me something like reducing the 400 plus CD count to 20 or so SD cards for prime use plus eventually at least one complete back-up copy set?
A most simple PC could be arranged with the lightest possible software platform and OS but with an excellent digital out to feed my Lavry D10 ...
This could be cheaper than I thought, and eventually the rips stored on the SD cards could be housed in solid state hard drives when such become possible, good, and affordable ...
Only an idea?
What does anyone think?
ATB from George
The software is robust, and will play anything from WAV to MP3 in audio and in video would work on DIVX, and does work splendidly on DVDs, so I guessed that whatever format the film on the SD card would work well, and it did.
Don't ask the technical stuff, as I just dopn't know. I did not transfer the film.
But it got me thinking along the lines of solid state file storage for music.
The SD card did none of the usual spinning disc things that DVDs do such as momentary frame freeze and so on.
Would WAVs stored on SD cards be a viable method of storage for recorded music files, specifically CDs ripped and thus stored?
I ask because it seems to me that Hard Drives of the conventional sort are more or less horrible in every way, and somehow if one could transfer CDs to the higher capacity cards then one could say have a card with a Beethoven Piano Sonatra Cycle on, or another with Bach's Organ Music on, another for Mozart Operas [etc]. - so reducing the count by perhaps a factor of twenty - for me something like reducing the 400 plus CD count to 20 or so SD cards for prime use plus eventually at least one complete back-up copy set?
A most simple PC could be arranged with the lightest possible software platform and OS but with an excellent digital out to feed my Lavry D10 ...
This could be cheaper than I thought, and eventually the rips stored on the SD cards could be housed in solid state hard drives when such become possible, good, and affordable ...
Only an idea?
What does anyone think?
ATB from George
Dear George,
Well done for posting this topic. Although I enjoy the convenience of my music stored on a NAS device, somehow the idea of something a bit more tangible but without the faff of CDs really appeals!
Now if only I could have the USB sticks stored in nice jewel boxes with little booklets and artwork...
Well done for posting this topic. Although I enjoy the convenience of my music stored on a NAS device, somehow the idea of something a bit more tangible but without the faff of CDs really appeals!
Now if only I could have the USB sticks stored in nice jewel boxes with little booklets and artwork...
I guess this is the Naim USB Memory Stick!
ATB from George
ATB from George
quote:Originally posted by tonym:
Now if only I could have the USB sticks stored in nice jewel boxes with little booklets and artwork...
I hear this a lot.... I scanned any art I wanted, and peruse on my monitor, so I could stow away all of my CDs and vinyl. I dont have room for it, nor all of my books.
But seeing some of your places, you could easily have your cds on a shelf even though you are not using the actual discs. You could pull out your art whenever you want while listening.
quote:Originally posted by pcstockton:quote:Originally posted by tonym:
Now if only I could have the USB sticks stored in nice jewel boxes with little booklets and artwork...
I hear this a lot.... I scanned any art I wanted, and peruse on my monitor, so I could stow away all of my CDs and vinyl. I dont have room for it, nor all of my books.
But seeing some of your places, you could easily have your cds on a shelf even though you are not using the actual discs. You could pull out your art whenever you want while listening.
This is exactly what I am doing.