Transferring CDs onto a memory stick
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I bought a DVD drive which copies DVDs as well as CDs. It didn't come with software (or if it did, I don't remember as I ignored it). I did a bit of research and found some free or cheap software to copy and write, including a small piece of software which needs to break the copyright restrictions on a disk (possibly not needed for all CDs).
You "rip" the disk onto your hard drive, or direct onto whatever storage you have connected. I'd not copy direct to stick as you want to have an original copy in case you lose or break your memory stick.
Not got more detail than that as there are lots of software options, free and paid and it won't take you long to find the one you need.
You "rip" the disk onto your hard drive, or direct onto whatever storage you have connected. I'd not copy direct to stick as you want to have an original copy in case you lose or break your memory stick.
Not got more detail than that as there are lots of software options, free and paid and it won't take you long to find the one you need.
Edited by prand on Friday 6th May 14:47
You'll need an external CD/DVD drive and a copy of CDex:
http://cdex.mu/
Rip your CD onto your laptop in whatever format you want then copy them onto the USB stick.
http://cdex.mu/
Rip your CD onto your laptop in whatever format you want then copy them onto the USB stick.
itunes does it for free.
Remember to set the import format to .mp3 rather than the itunes default of .aac
Most of the metadata will be retained, which you may want as your car will probably display it. (Album art, album/artist names, track listings, etc).
I found a free metadata editor as well, which I used to iron over the bits that itunes doesn't copy across neatly.
itunes sometimes doesn't find the album artwork. Go to Amazon, find your album, and copy and paste the artwork into the itunes editing - "Get Info", for your album edit facility in itunes.
itunes should organise the files logically into folders containing Artist/Album/Tracks, so you can just uplift the whole itunes music folder onto your memory stick. Or do it manually if you wish to cherry-pick.
Depending on car model/make, you may find that it only accepts FAT32 formatted memory sticks, rather than NTFS.
If it's larger than 32gb, you'll then need a way for format it in FAT32 outside of Windows (actually very easy using the DOS prompt) as Windows thinks FAT32 should be restricted to 32gb for some reason.
Practice first, rather than upload your whole collection onto a 'stick to then find that the file format or sorting isn't as desired.
Remember to set the import format to .mp3 rather than the itunes default of .aac
Most of the metadata will be retained, which you may want as your car will probably display it. (Album art, album/artist names, track listings, etc).
I found a free metadata editor as well, which I used to iron over the bits that itunes doesn't copy across neatly.
itunes sometimes doesn't find the album artwork. Go to Amazon, find your album, and copy and paste the artwork into the itunes editing - "Get Info", for your album edit facility in itunes.
itunes should organise the files logically into folders containing Artist/Album/Tracks, so you can just uplift the whole itunes music folder onto your memory stick. Or do it manually if you wish to cherry-pick.
Depending on car model/make, you may find that it only accepts FAT32 formatted memory sticks, rather than NTFS.
If it's larger than 32gb, you'll then need a way for format it in FAT32 outside of Windows (actually very easy using the DOS prompt) as Windows thinks FAT32 should be restricted to 32gb for some reason.
Practice first, rather than upload your whole collection onto a 'stick to then find that the file format or sorting isn't as desired.
Monty Python said:
You'll need an external CD/DVD drive and a copy of CDex:
http://cdex.mu/
Rip your CD onto your laptop in whatever format you want then copy them onto the USB stick.
This.http://cdex.mu/
Rip your CD onto your laptop in whatever format you want then copy them onto the USB stick.
There's also a portable version of CDex, so no need to actually install it.
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