CD format support in xxhighend

[ivo]

Hi Peter,

I am just curious if you plan to support CD playback directly without ripping?
I think there are still lots of people with unripped CDs needing this feature. I myself have several hundreds of CDs that just do not get ripped as of lack of time. I think others will agree that there are CDs which you play once a year and it is just fine to have it insert your PC's tray and enjoy via xxhighend?

Thanks!

[PeterSt]

Hi Ivo,

Yes, I actually do. I will combine it with the ripping though because both require similar procedures new to me. However ...

I plan to make ripping fast as, well, light, but check for errorneous ripping the same time. Just because I didn't do/try it yet, I think I can .
Next is : during playback the same process will happen. Why not ? if anything must be good it is the ripping, so if it's good I can use it for playback as well. Now ...

Assumed ripping indeed is faster (anyway net, compared to normal speed of playback, and after some prebuffering), there won't be a difference compared to playing back a file from disk, right ? One thing : you must have an outboard CDRom player, like mine which connects over Firewire.

Now, who wants to rip CDs ?
Actually, those who don't want the convenience of computer stored music. But I can tell you, I ripped many many CDs only because I have to listen to them before I can decide they are worth nothing. I don't even throw them out anymore because it would be a waste of time already spent.

So ... good idea ?

Peter


PS: Nice topic for a board named "Music storage *AND* convenient playback" !