Ripping Yarns
Posted by: Tog on 02 February 2011
Whilst I'm fiddling with the latest incarnation of my music server - anyone out there use a RipNAS?
Tog
Tog
Posted on: 02 February 2011 by Rockingdoc
I think it's called an HDX
Posted on: 03 February 2011 by Mike Smiff
Or a Unitiserve 
Posted on: 03 February 2011 by gmischol
I did, but my 500GB were soon full, as well as the same happened to the HDX and with the HDX I don't need the ripping possibility, so I purchased a AssetNAS (the same as the RipNAS but without CD-reader). I was very happy with the RipNAS, very quiet, works without problems, the same experience with the AssetNAS (2TB)
Posted on: 03 February 2011 by Geoff P
Not a RipNAS but I run "RipNAS Essentials" software on my WHS NAS ( sits inside WHS as an add-in) using a USB attached DVD-rom drive. Works the same as a RipNAS but has 4 TB in it.
It is nice being able to rip direct to the NAS rather than via a networked PC. Most of the time "Essentials" pulls in the album art but if you have some less well known CDs it might not find it even though it will rip and add metadata no problem. Occasionally have to get dBPoweramp running on my PC to hand edit artwork for the odd recalcitrant CD.
Otherwise very happy with it.
Geoff
It is nice being able to rip direct to the NAS rather than via a networked PC. Most of the time "Essentials" pulls in the album art but if you have some less well known CDs it might not find it even though it will rip and add metadata no problem. Occasionally have to get dBPoweramp running on my PC to hand edit artwork for the odd recalcitrant CD.
Otherwise very happy with it.
Geoff