http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/ Engadget Comments for The Ripserver may make your CD collection history http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/
I just wish it was ~$500 cheaper.]]>Mar 5th 2008 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/
and why wouldnt someone want to be a like a successful company?

capitalism woot woot!]]>Mar 5th 2008 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/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.]]>Mar 5th 2008 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/
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.]]>Mar 6th 2008 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 6th 2008 3:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.ripstyles.com they just introduced it in the USA today. $845.00]]>Mar 19th 2008 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/

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I hate apple and would never buy anything they make.]]>Mar 5th 2008 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/
oooo Burn. =)]]>Mar 5th 2008 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/
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...]]>Mar 5th 2008 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/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.
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3. Vorbis is free as it is open-source. Win!]]>Mar 5th 2008 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/
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. ]]>Mar 5th 2008 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/
http://www.ripfactory.com/mediagrabber.html]]>Mar 6th 2008 3:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/
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...]]>Mar 5th 2008 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/
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..]]>Mar 5th 2008 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/
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.

]]>Mar 5th 2008 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/
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...?]]>Mar 5th 2008 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/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.]]>Mar 6th 2008 1:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/It uses freeDB

http://www.freedb.org

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you might want to check out "Tag and Rename" and Music Brainz

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sorry...I've paid less for my Se3rver which has 3TBs and rips DVDs.......

smh.........]]>Mar 5th 2008 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/
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.]]>Mar 5th 2008 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVI-I#Connector]]>Mar 5th 2008 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/the-ripserver-may-make-your-cd-collection-history/Mar 5th 2008 1:54PM