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The biggest issue I have with USB drives in the car is the larger the drive the longer it takes for the system to finally start playing music. A 16GB or 32GB isn't too bad with the 16GB starting within seconds, the 32GB is 5-10 seconds but a 64GB drive can take a full minute. In all fairness...

From another site (who's really pushing their converter program so don't get a link): Convert FLAC to MP3 Using VLC VLC can play audio files, extract, audio or convert any audio/music file into another media format easily. One of its most popular file conversions, is FLAC to MP3 File...

Win7 codes can be used to activate Win10 and you can still upgrade to Win10 over a Win7 install.

I keep looking at setting up a Plex server - just can't bring myself to spend the money on the required equipment (server + NAS) - but it *would* greatly help with the "storage crisis" I have currently (you know... more media than room in which to store it). Honestly, it'd be quite easy to set...

Just be patient. When I ripped my 1400 title collection (around 2000 discs) it took almost 9 months to rip everything. I'd come in from work and rip stuff until I went to bed - every day, and all day on Saturdays with about a half day on Sundays. If I missed some time or days I didn't let it...

I'm one of those "A phone is for phone calls" kind of people. I don't own a "smart phone" as I can't stand the interfaces on them and find the apps quite annoying, often being a royal pain to use effectively. My wife has an iPhone (which would not be my choice even if I owned a "smart" phone)...

I averaged around 10 discs per day when I did mine. I'd come in from work and start a disc, usually get in 3-6 more depended on the day and if I had issues with the rip *and* if I was paying attention as I'd start one going and then sit in my comfy chair across the room where it isn't that easy...

You could see if there's a "browser app" for your TV. If so, use it for your navigation console. If not - use your gaming system (assuming you have one - IIRC both PS and X-Box have a browser built in).

You'll be quite some time with the ripping. I had ~1500 CDs when I started mine about 4 years ago. It took me about 9 months to get it all done - that was doing as many in a day as I could from the minute I walked in the door from work until I went to bed. I ran across a half dozen or so that...

I just don't understand why it wouldn't come with a manual that details *all* the system commands and menu structure, especially considering how little it would cost to manufacture one of these devices. It's not like they're dumping you at the BASH command for you to figure things out. There's...

There was a blurb on their site in the area I found that command that also said something about not being able to swap the drive out of a "SD" model - whatever that means. Found it - it's on this page: https://thebrennan.com/pages/techy-stuff-pi-linux ---------------------------------------...

Could it be that you need to initialize the new drive before it can be recognized? If you purchased a raw drive that's likely the issue. Looking at their site shows this may do the trick: Settings->Maintenance->Format HDD You might also be able to do it via external PC faster. It must be...

What are the USB dongles? The one with the small strip of red looks similar to what Logitec uses for wireless mouse/keyboard.

That almost sounds like they expect the internal drive to fail if used for large collections. I'd like to see how they have the internal drive connected as it just sounds odd that a USB drive would be faster than an internal drive connected directly to the main board. Then, too, I've not...

I'd not heard of the Brennan B2 before reading about it in this thread. Since you made it your device of choice I just looked it up. It looks to be a nice solution. A custom box and interface built on a Raspberry Pi platform. It's also reasonably priced, IMHO. Yeah, you'd really expect it...

Yes, that's exactly what's meant by lossless, no matter which file conversion method is used. It's why I rip to FLAC and convert to MP3 only if needed. The FLAC files would allow me to create an exact duplicate of the original disc if needed. While, unlike Mike, I don't "need" FLAC in the...

Well... I didn't know for sure so did some research and found what I said isn't correct. Apparently MP3 only goes up to 320mbps and that drop down is ignored depending on how you have the command line set. Here's a site with fairly good documentation on some setup attributes of EAC...

I missed you mentioning TagScanner. I looked it up - pretty good program *and* it has a portable version. Always a plus.

I totally forgot about that one little checkbox - "Delete WAV after compression". If that box is unchecked your export folder will have both the WAV files *and* compressed copies of whatever scheme you've selected. They'll have the same name, just a different extension. Those higher bit rates...

I really appreciate having those song titles in the car as I often have one of the grandkids with me. For decades I purchased and album and a blank tape (cassette) at the same time and recorded the album to tape as soon as I got it home. I used that tape for all my listening, home and car...

Rather than try myself I'll refer you to this article which, IMHO, sums it up pretty well: https://reactual.com/audio-equipment/real-differences-mp3-cdquality.html

EAC puts all the tracks into the folder you specify. If you don't change it, it all goes into a single folder. I have a folder for the artist and under that a folder for each album and for multi-disc albums a folder under the album title for each disc. I rip to the folder where I want the...

All a FLAC file is is a compressed WAV file. EAC does those with ease so if your car plays them you could avoid the whole compression part completely and not have to double encode/convert. I've watched the folder when a disc is ripped. EAC rips it to a WAV file and then converts, or rather...

When I was faced with that challenge after purchasing a car without a CD player I researched and settled on "Exact Audio Copy": https://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ It's an excellent program, but Windows only. It rips to FLAC (vastly preferred as it's an exact, compressed, copy of your disk), or...