I've been downloading music all day.

[Madrone]

And boy, is my broadband connection tired!

;)


Hopefully there's some GOOD stuff in there - although I rarely, if ever, seem to pick any stinkers.


I have a HUGH!!11 cd collection that needs to be ripped as well. Not looking forward to that task. Not at all.


Carry on.

[GOPisEvil]

1. Back up your files.

You do NOT want to do this again. Trust me. :)

[ghostsofgiants]

2. I'll second that.

Something I learned the hard way.

[Madrone]

3. No worries!

I haven't started backing up *yet* - but I will. Dual layer DVDs - as well as the new Terrabyte raid NAS box that's yet to be taken out of it's box and set up.

Holy SHIT I can't believe how much I've downloaded though. Never been into downloading music - but I recently got a device that connects to my home stereo system and streams my music wirelessly from the pc. So now I've started downloading a bunch of stuff and found a massive amount of music I wasn't aware of and love. I just ordered 16 cds last week - most of which resulted from discovering a bunch of new artists via downloads.

[GOPisEvil]

4. I'm officially jealous.

I think I'm in love. :D

[Madrone]

5. Heh.

Get in line.









:P









I keed. I keed! :D

[GOPisEvil]

6. I've got my ticket.

:silly:

[Madrone]

7. LOL

My goal is to get all my cds ripped and pack them away. I'm using FLAC as my encoder, so it will all take up a lot of space. With all the downloads I'm wondering if the TB will be enough once I get my collection ripped!

[GOPisEvil]

8. That must be some collection you've got.

I've got all the CDs I really listen to a lot in iTunes, but I haven't come close to filling my 20GB iPod. Of course, I'm not using FLAC as my encoder. If you ask what I am using, you will get a blank stare in return. :)

[Madrone]

9. FLAC compresses by about 50% -

So a cd is usually around 300MB once it's been compressed - average.

[GOPisEvil]

10. Ahhh...finally, some useful FLAC.

Have this dicussion with a history geek, and this is where it goes. I'm not proud.

[Generic Brad]

11. Watch out for the RIAA

They are not pleasant people if you are not giving them their cut.