Gigantic, festering CD collection got you down? Need some solution to get all of that music onto a hard drive, but simply don't have the patience or skill to use iTunes and an external hard drive? Well you're in luck, because the Ripserver is here. Acting as a completely stand-alone solution, this handsome black or white box lets you rip and store your music without any additional hardware or software. The RAID 1 device comes in 500GB or 1TB configurations, rips as FLAC files or MP3s (with adjustable bit rates), functions as a NAS device with UPnP support, supports connectivity with additional USB drives, and is DNLA compliant. The Ripserver runs a Linux build atop an Epia 1GHZ CPU, with 512MB of RAM, and boasts VGA, USB, and PS2 ports. The 500GB will run you £599 (or around $1,189), and the 1TB £699 ($1,388) -- both are shipping now.
posted Mar 5th 2008 7:43AM
White with rounded corners and it uses electricity; blatantly some sort of apple product rip-off.
whatever dude.
I just wish it was ~$500 cheaper.
you dont think the world needs more of that?
agreed, very apple-esque
and why wouldnt someone want to be a like a successful company?
capitalism woot woot!
@AutoTom
Personally, no.
I like Apple design but I don't want to see it everywhere, I would rather companies spend money on their own tasty designs. There are very few pc cases out there that are aesthetically pleasing (most look cheap). The Ripserver does look sweet though.
My CD collection was history 5 years ago.
at $1,189, why wouldn't I just use my computer/laptop I already own?
because this was actually made by PSILE
http://mini-itx.com/store/?c=30
It would help if they changed the logo on the case at least.
But, since they look like retail prices, closely matched to the pricing on http://www.mini-itx.com they don't appear to be making a bunch of money.
Maybe making NEW photos of the device could help.
Anyways, I'm more interested in their MediaGrabber, http://www.ripfactory.com/mediagrabber.html - but I guess that's not as great as this flamebait posting.
Not so much flamebait as an in telligence test and you failed.
It is cheaper! Check out http://www.ripstyles.com they just introduced it in the USA today. $845.00
It looks like an Apple product.
How?? I had a dish washer way before Apple began selling glossy shit products. So take you mask of Steve Jobs, we know it's you.
I meant that in a BAD WAY.
I hate apple and would never buy anything they make.
You mean because it serves a function that has been available for 10 years, yet costs like its some amazing advance in technology?
oooo Burn. =)
It's nice to see companies make really decent products, straight off the bat raid 1 for my music - brilliant.
Holy expensive Batman!
Well, the case by itself is ~£180 from the mini-itx store.
Mini-ITX Case: ~£180
Mini-ITX mobo: ~£90
1TB HDD: ~£160
512MB DDR: £20
Slot loading optical drive: ~£50
So you're probably paying about £200 to have it all built and setup for you...
It's RAID 1, so double the amount of disk drives.
[quote]Mini-ITX Case: ~£180
Mini-ITX mobo: ~£90
1TB HDD: ~£160
512MB DDR: £20
Slot loading optical drive: ~£50[/quote]
ummm look again, you can get it with a slot loading dvd BURNER for £169 right on their website.
and your other prices are extremely high as well.
mostly what you are paying for is their presetup linux distro, which since they have to GPL it, you should just be able to download and compile yourself.
Too bad this wasn't here 4 years ago when most of us made the switch & had to suffer through painful solutions & slow upload times.
AMEN.
I demand Vorbis before I purchase something like this.
Why when FLAC is lossless and you can choose to rip to 320k MP3 which is as good as ogg.
1. FLAC is nice because it isn't lossy but it takes up too much space.
2. 320kbps MP3 as good as Vorbis? MP3 encoded with 256 VBR Lame comes close to a 160kbps VBR Vorbis in my eyes but Vorbis still takes up less space for the same quality.
3. Vorbis is free as it is open-source. Win!
FLAC definately doesn't take up too much space, I can't stand lossy compression.
I'd put a handle on it and bring it to my cd-loving friends' places. Just sit-n-rip. They never like their cds leaving their houses.... this is perfect! (although a little expensive)
This isn't any good without an autoloader for your CDs. Who wants to babysit this thing while they do the initial load?
I'd rather stack in 50 CDs and run it all night so I can stack in the next 50 before I head off to work.
That's totally what I was thinking. Who wants to sit in front of this thing and change its disc every five minutes? Right now the only difference between this (as far as I know) and my computer is that I don't have to click the "Rip" button with the RipServer. There is no way that clicking one less button is worth $1,189.
Same company, your wish granted.
http://www.ripfactory.com/mediagrabber.html
bah, build it yourself, it's a standard nexus psile case...
"Acting as a completely stand-alone solution, this handsome black or white box lets you rip and store your music without any additional hardware or software."
So, how do actually play the music? Attaching a monitor and a mouse? Or from another PC? The've got to be joking. Any Apple/PC with iTunes does the exact same.
Love the case, though...
You didn't even have to click on the Read link to read the post that says it's a NAS device w/ UPnP.
My point exactly. You'll still need additional hardware for playback. This device is just a pricy NAS that rips CD's.
I'm not disputing that it's pricey or useless, but playing dumb is kind of a silly way to get your point across.
You call it dumb. Others call it valid pedagogical technique. Either way this product is silly. As is this conversation. Good bye.
For half the price you could get a mac mini and an extra 500 gig drive that does the exact some thing with about 30 times more function. It looks pretty, but that doesn't mean it's worth it.
This is EXACTLY what I'm thinking.. What's the plan for this thing post-rip? Its a PC that's nothing more then a bad NAS after a month.
I went Mini+Drobo, and guess what? I have a safe backup of my music library AND Videos... And it plays back to my 42" HD LCD..
Please. I have over 1,000 CD's. A couple of LaCie TB HD's, a few agonizing weeks later, and I have bit-for-bit AIFF copies (plus 256Kbps MP3's) of everything I own (thank you, iTunes), as well as a backup copy (thus the two HD's). And this was a year ago, it'd probably only cost me $300 currently.
For the first time in my life, though, I'm seriously starting to wonder why I own so many CD's, and whether or not I'll keep buying them, or just be content with digital downloads like all you hip kids use. Hmph.
Frank -yer profile is set private. I have a question for you.. email me?
Or you can get a PS3 for $400 and it can rip away to either MP3 or ACC (all without DRM).
it doesn't say anything about whether it completes ID3 tags as well as ripping the music.... for me, adding this information takes at least as much time as just converting the CD in iTunes. since services like MusicBrainz have never worked all that well, i end up doing every tag by hand---i'd be more than willing to pay for a device like this, if it could reliably take care of that for me.
i wonder if Ripserver has access to this info at all, though? can it at least get to CDDB? or should i expect 5000-some songs all named "Track 1," "Track 2," etc...?
That is a good question someone please answer that.
I know I had a friend who had ripped more than a 100 CDS 10 years ago on a 98 system. He would rip it to MP3 to make mixed cds and store it. He only had album names with track 1, track 2.
I remember this guy had some great collection which was useless.
We would have our entire group of friends come over play each cd and then rename it by looking at the covers. It took months.
I was wondering the same thing about tags and CDDB access. I can't think of how many times I wanted to stick a fork in my eye trying to edit tags. Seems like the few people out there that still have CDs might find this useful. I agree, if something could take care of naming my library I'd pay up for that.
It uses freeDB
http://www.freedb.org
@tyler,
you might want to check out "Tag and Rename" and Music Brainz
but you still need to have cd's to rip...
so umm yea......
sorry...I've paid less for my Se3rver which has 3TBs and rips DVDs.......
smh.........
"Need some solution to get all of that music onto a hard drive, but simply don't have the patience or skill to use iTunes and an external hard drive?"
If you don't have the patience or skills to use iTunes and a hard drive... would you have the patience and skills to use a credit card? I think not. A solution looking for a problem that just isn't there. Get back to me in 1980 and we'll talk.
VGA? Boo! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVI-I#Connector
Doesn't my computer do the exact same thing?
Put a DVD-ROM, let hackers put DVD Shrink in it and cut the price in half. Then you'll have a product.
That case is a Psile from Nexus. And as others have posted you can get a Psile bundle and build your own. Plus they have them in black or in other fancy designs.
DLNA server? I guess they don't want to incite the wrath of the mafIAA and put DVD ripping in too.
Also with most optical drives having CD (if not DVD) burning built into them, where's the "Duplicate" button?
Oh, it would be so easy to make that a completely infringing device.
maniacal laughter
http://www.ripfactory.com/mediagrabber.html
MP4, please ... let it rip MP4 and I'm sold ... maybe ...
This is one truly stupid product. Outside of George Bush who is stupid enough to need it and still have the money to buy it.
That thing looks like it would suck in your cd, copy it and then grind it to dust before expelling it somewhere.