Ripping on unauthorized server?

I have ~2000+ CDs to rip. I have 4x dvd-rom bays at my disposal. Is it possible to rip a CD on a fresh Roon/Rock install without logging in first? I’d like to have Roon rip/embed metadata on everything for easier transfer to final library later. To accomplish this I’d run Rock or Roon on linux VMs in proxmox and pass through the drives.

Roon OS (not Roon) may have a very rudimentary feature to rip CDs but not sure you can make it work on a virtual installation. If you can make it work, it’s capable of ripping one CD at a time and needs to be controlled over the web administration page of Roon OS. Roon OS will also not embed metadata AFAIK. Roon on the other hand may, if you check and correct if necessary the identification of the albums and then export them – this of course requires that you login and authorize the server.

Thx, I knew it ripped and assumed it would embed . . I will check that now.

I have most of my music successfully running on a Proxmox install now. If one will work multiple should as well . . i just can’t be logged into multiple at a time. But if it doesn’t embed I’ll be searching for another solution anyway.

As far as I’m aware, all the previous threads came up with the strong advice to use an external solution to rip and tag if you want metadata in your files (and some control over it) or want to use your files with another device than the Roon OS device you ripped the CDs with.

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Thanks for the heads up

The ripping function in Roon OS does NOT embed any metadata into the ripped files. All Roon’s metadata is held in the Roon database - never written to files. The sole exception to this rule is the Export function, which will write basic metadata out to the exported file copies.

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It also doesn’t use artist/album/track folder and file names but dates and numbers

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I’m sure a few folks here have different approaches but here is mine in case it is of any help…

I rip my CDs on my desktop PC using a high-quality SATA DVD drive in a USB3 enclosure and the dbpoweramp software.

The Plextor PX-891SAF-R drive (a bit old now) is pretty fast and seems to successfully manage error-free reads of “difficult” or damaged CDs that don’t work well in cheap PC drives. There is probably a better reference drive now. You may get along fine with your 4x existing drives but worth bearing in mind if you run into any difficult CDs.

dbpoweramp handles naming, tagging, and album art etc really well.

If I need to edit tags and album art after that I tend to use MediaMonkey as it has a nice UI for making bulk changes. It is also very handy for exporting a 320kbps MP3 copy for a USB stick for the car.

Once I am done I just copy the folders to a NAS drive that my Roon Server is set to use as library storage.

2000+ is a LOT of CDs to work through though. That is going to get a bit tedious :-/
My 400 or so were bad enough. I did a few at a time every day for months. I was glad then that was finished.

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