rip CDs without a compute

crunchman

There are second hand desktop PCs on gumtree for as little as £30.  You should easily be able to find one with a keyboard and mouse for £50.

Older ones will often have a CD/DVD drive as well so you won't need to buy an external one.

By far the cheapest option.

Just use your TV as a monitor.

english_bob

sev112 said:

english_bob said:

sev112 said:

We haven’t run a computer for years now, how could I go about ripping CDs to a USB stick or memory card ? Are there any gadgets etc out there ?

"I need to crack a nut but I haven't owned a nutcracker for years and now I don't want to. What's the best sledgehammer?"

I fear we are missing each other’s point?  I don’t want a sledgehammer as I don’t have any fence posts to bang in or walls to demolish .  I want a modern nutcracker

The "modern nutcracker" you seek is a computer with a CD reader and a USB socket, but you've decided you don't want one. 

sev112

Thanks all for the suggestions

guitartango

I once went into the apple store, downloaded a torrent then copied it to my USB stick..... talk about Apple Service Thanks. 

I mean who lets someone off the street walk in , download torrrent software, go to a Dodgy site, stick in a USB Pen and then copy it.... Nothing locked down. 

Got to love Steve Jobs. 

Had it been Curry's nothing would work

darthed1981

What about a teeny tiny pc?  Plug it in your TV, portable cd drive in one of it's usb ports, wireless KB/Mouse gadget...

sev112

The whole “get a pc as they are cheap” just fills me with dread again - operating systems, new accounts and malware software,  hence why I was looking for something simpler, but obviously not much out there in this case.

I was quite tempted by the Brennan kit as I was toying with getting a CD player anyway. But their forum is full of people moaning about it breaking and poor customer service, and the Ripping takes as long as it takes to play the Cd so very slow  so I might just give it a bit of time and monitor that.  

ta again all

thermionic

https://ripcaster.co.uk/cd_conversion_service

PetGerbil

Usb to ide adaptor. Then get a cheap ide DVD drive from somewhere. (Your local computer repairman's  probably got half a dozen in a box somewhere)
Plug into phone with an otg  cable

guitartango

PetGerbil said:

Usb to ide adaptor. Then get a cheap ide DVD drive from somewhere. (Your local computer repairman's  probably got half a dozen in a box somewhere)
Plug into phone with an otg  cable

This may work with the correct android software (not sure about Iphone)

sev112

I've got an android phone

guitartango

PetGerbil said:

Usb to ide adaptor. Then get a cheap ide DVD drive from somewhere. (Your local computer repairman's  probably got half a dozen in a box somewhere)
Plug into phone with an otg  cable

Think you mean USB DVD Drive 

Sporky

What software would you use? 

mrkb

Have you tried a magnifying glass and typing in the sequence of pits on the CD into the phone? Might be easier just to use the right tool (aka a PC) or buy the MP3s directly from Amazon Music,etc

guitartango

Sporky said:

What software would you use? 

DISC LINK Platinum works (not tried myself)

For me I would use a Raspberry Pi and a USB CDROM, Once they are ripped then stream them through the house or copy the MP3 to USB stick 

Using a Mobile Phone to rip CD's sounds too much hard work 

Or just buy them from Amazon /Google etc

scrumhalf

How much would it cost to rent a PC for a few weeks? 

Sporky

guitartango said:

For me I would use a Raspberry Pi and a USB CDROM, Once they are ripped then stream them through the house or copy the MP3 to USB stick 

The RPI plan sounds good. 

maharg101

+1 for the Pi - install fre:ac to rip to mp3 (or flac, if you want lossless, or both, or ...) and Picard to improve the metadata (if you're exacting about that side of things). With Microsoft out of the equation, you might just rediscover a liking for computers.

Emp_Fab

Do you have any friends?  It's a trivial job for someone with a laptop or computer.

Rocker

DuploLicks said:

Currys have a laptop for £170 (refurbished,1yr warranty) add an external drive £25. It’s not the answer you’re looking for but I’d be surprised you could get an all-in-one CD ripper to mp3 on external USB thing for much less than £200 if it exists. 

EAC (exact audio cop) has access to a database for naming the songs before they’re ripped

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/asus-e510ma-15.6-refurbished-laptop-intel-celeron-64-gb-emmc-black-excellent-condition-10251538.html

Recently bought this drive & seems solid so far

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rioddas-External-Portable-Rewriter-Desktop/dp/B07JGWBLVH

EAC on my computer, no longer has the database link it had when I first installed it.  It might be possible to reinstate it or add the address of another database, if so please let me know what address it is at.  Now when I rip a CD [to FLAC] I manually type in the song names and use MP3TAG [a free app] to 'attach' a scanned image of the CD album cover to each track.  A bit slow but it works as I like to see the album cover on my iPad when I play the tracks.

Thanks.

PetGerbil

Is copy protection still a thing with cd's ? Might put a spanner in the works...