Ripping ready for Roon

Roon Software Discussion
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Hi there, I’m pretty sure I’ll be heading down the Roon path once it’s released; at the moment I’m still CD and iTunes based, so I’m going to need to re-rip my music.

In all of the chat on the forum there’s been little talk about ripping, can you advise on what you recommend so I can start pre-emptively ripping.

Thanks.

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Exact Audio Copy, dbpoweramp, and X Lossless Decoder all come highly recommended by us, you’ll be in great shape when we launch if you use any of those. Glad to hear you’re on board!

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Would you anticipate any downside to utilising an existing library of Apple lossless files, ripped on a Mac in iTunes with error correction switched on?

Thanks

George

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Hi George,

I had a play with dbpoweramp a while back and found that it refused to rip some CDs after multiple re-read attempts, whereas iTunes ripped quickly with error correction switched on.

So I think iTunes error correction is exactly what it says it is and will give non bit-perfect rips (hence my question abut re-ripping).

Cheers, David

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I’ve been using jRiver, and after each rip there’s a report if any errors existed. Seems to do a good job… anyone else have an opinion on jRiver Media Center 20? Cheers, Rob

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I’m part-way through my ripping process (FLAC lossless level 8 in dBpoweramp with the AccurateRip check).

The difference from the iTunes ripped ALAC has been surprising (and I’m not the most critical of listeners).

Cheers, David

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I am on the same journey as Mesmo with re-ripping my 500+ CD collection for my iTunes library to RIP.

I am using EAC and wonder if there are any recommended settings to use when creating the Flac files for Roon e.g. for matching of files with artists and albums.

BR//Joakim

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A good option would be the microJukebox. The microJukebox is a self contained CD ripper and music storage server. Soon it will be able to run Roon Server as well.

You don’t always want a computer to be on in order to access your Roon library. This way your music is always available.

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for ripping an entire cd collection you’re not going to get better than dbpoweramp’s batch ripper which enables concurrent ripping of multiple cds.

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As you have invoked the holy name of DBPowerAmp :grinning: , do you have a recommended string for the dynamic output settings ? My goto string which has evolved occasionally over the years may not be outputing optimal directory paths for multi-CD albums. Anyone have a strong opinion ?