Classical ripping

[Mike - H]

Most classical CDs come with more than one piece on them, do you rip them as one, or take the opportunity to split them?

[brucew268]

Perhaps sacrilege but it is not unusual for me to prefer a particular movement and to occasionally choose it over the whole piece. I understand that JRMC 19 allows one to link multiple movements of a piece so that in shuffle mode they are kept together. Haven't tried it myself.

[Desmo]

Ripping and playback are two different things, but I believe that it's important to get the metadata correct at the ripping stage. Therefore I split them up every time, and correctly edit the tags to reflect the piece.

As you say, often discs have more than one piece on them, and sometimes by different composers. Once you have a sizeable database of rips you need to be able to search, and find, a specific piece by name, or by composer, or by conductor....

I find that the online databases of metadata are often poor/inconsistant for classical works, so it does usually involve quite a bit of editing. I have multiple versions of the Ring Cycle in my collection, and they are as you might expect, a nightmare to get right!

Hope that helps.

[Andrei]

Most classical CDs come with more than one piece on them, do you rip them as one, or take the opportunity to split them?
How do you rip them as one piece? I did not know this was possible.

[Gordon Steadman]

How do you rip them as one piece? I did not know this was possible.

Quite, so I thought. Mine certainly always come up as separate tracks. You can then split them up or not in the player by way of the tags.

[TAD12]

hi, Take a look at a program called XLD. This allows the user to specify single or grouped files. Please advise how you get on.
http://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html
T12:)

[Mike - H]

By one piece I mean one work example: a CD containing Elgars variations and Holst planets. Do you rip it as is, or do you split it in two?

[TAD12]

Mike,

Using XLD, it would be entirely your choice. I would always keep the integrity of the work, i.e. record whole pieces. Some pieces require a pause between movements, based on the composer's thoughts. Oh, I wish for those 12 inch sleeve notes again. I've even thought of recording silence and putting in between symphonic movements on something like heavy duty Mahler for example. Just a half minute or so works a treat. Apologies, I digress. I usually listen to complete works, not just the "bits". Of course, you could have complete works in one drive and your favourite sections in another. Storage is cheap these days. It's just how you listen to your music really. Hope this is of assistance to you. Please advise how your getting on.
T12:)

[Gordon Steadman]

By one piece I mean one work example: a CD containing Elgars variations and Holst planets. Do you rip it as is, or do you split it in two?

I rip complete and split after. Always into separate works though. My classical music is sorted in 'composers' and then individual works.

[Mike - H]

I rip complete and split after. Always into separate works though. My classical music is sorted in 'composers' and then individual works.

Yes Gordon, that's what I've started doing. I just wondered if others did the same, also another reason for building my classical collection on CD. I rip the whole CD and keep a copy on an archive drive, then move a copy broken into its individual works across to JRiver on another drive.