DBpoweramp and External Optical Drive

Posted by: mackb3 on 19 June 2015

All,

 

I have a MSI gaming laptop that has USB interface only and no internal optical drive. I want to install DBpoweramp to batch convert all my WAV files to FLAC. MinimServer is installed on my QNAP NAS and will be the server to my NDX. For future rips to the NAS is a USB drive optimal or should I look to install DBpa on one of my Mac's and use the Firewire drive I already have. I have a small collection of HDCD's that the PC version of DBpa will convert which could be a bonus.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

M

Posted on: 19 June 2015 by Graham Clarke
Originally Posted by mackb3:

All,

 

I have a MSI gaming laptop that has USB interface only and no internal optical drive. I want to install DBpoweramp to batch convert all my WAV files to FLAC. MinimServer is installed on my QNAP NAS and will be the server to my NDX. For future rips to the NAS is a USB drive optimal or should I look to install DBpa on one of my Mac's and use the Firewire drive I already have. I have a small collection of HDCD's that the PC version of DBpa will convert which could be a bonus.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

M

My initial thought was that USB may be slow compared to Firewire but in reality it should be plenty quick enough for ripping CDs provided you have USB 2 or later.

 

What speed is your external optical drive?  If you have a lot of CDs to rip this may end up being your bottleneck although modern drives typically do 32x which makes it pretty quick.  Then DBpa speed is typically limited by the quality of the actual disk.

 

 

Posted on: 19 June 2015 by mackb3

The external Firewire drive is plenty fast if I went the Mac route or I could use the internal drive of the iMac or MacBook Pro I have. Only have to rip as I buy CD's as I've already ripped to WAV the 800 or so CD's I have via UnitiServe. Converting to FLAC I suppose I could press my sons gaming machine into action and that puppy has serious horsepower but would rather keep the software on my machine. lola20124, I'll give the software you mention a look as well.

 

Regards...

Posted on: 19 June 2015 by mackb3

Regarding a USB drive I would have to purchase one. Any recommendations for a quality brand and model for optimal ripping would be appreciated.

 

M

Posted on: 19 June 2015 by Stampie

I've used DBpa with a Samsung SE-506BB on my Sony laptop without incident