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The device you found might be the right combo of easy and price for your tastes. But if you're still hunting about for options... You can rip all your media on your PC, then store it on a standard NAS, and use a variety of software options running on the NAS to play the music to your home...

If you haven't, you should inquire: * Are they using a drive meant for constant use, long life, like a server drive? * What are your options to backup its data? You don't want to spend days ripping all your discs, only to have the drive die a year later and have to do it all over again with a...

As previously noted by a couple of us: 256 kbps VBR or 320 kbps CBR and you’ll be fine.

@Mike Frezon Your goals and restrictions I think lead to this solution: RIp all CDs to lossless format. Pick your transcoding software Rip to lossless according to the transcoding software needs to ensure metadata is preserved, be it in filenaming or other Batch transcode all music to MP3...

Are you now using y our Plex system for all your music too? (You can use it as with your movies to be your own home ”cloud” music streaming service, and listen via the Plex app on your streaming devices.) I planned to do this with my Emby system. But Emby app on AppleTV has been really buggy...

@Mike Frezon The initial question was “how do I rip CDs to play music in living room and car”. The answer to that question per se is trivial: let iTunes (or preferred music app) do it at its defaults, then sync music to iPhone / Android to play to all devices you want. You’re also getting a...

Also, lossless, high-bit rate, for the car is silly. The road noise will drown out whatever nuances you‘re hoping are preserved in the music. Even if your car stereo was good enough to reveal such nuances, which it’s not.

AAC is like MP3, but a bit better (more efficient). It’s the default format iTunes and iPhones use. But everything plays it, as it’s an open format. My library is ripped to AAC, except for digital music I bought from Amazon. None in practical terms. If you wanted to, you could enlist your...

I’m being strident because this is a super easy thing that was figured out and automated for the masses a decade or two ago. Honestly, the real answer in 2021 is, “Don’t bother. Just sign up for Spotify or Apple Music and enjoy music, and spend your free time on the stuff you enjoy doing...

What I see is the car doesn't support lossless, or it's support is unknown. So, I'm saying, do the easy thing that is definitely supported.

Then use iTunes. If your software is making you think about filenaming and organization, you've got the wrong software. Unless you actually want to think about this. If you do want to groove on naming conventions and folder hierarchies, and how to organize it on your Z-drive, and etc..., then...

He also wants to play them in his car which doesn't support FLAC or WAV. Everything about dealing with a personal music library is optimized for MP3 or AAC. Breaking from that adds complexity that I recommend against, unless the person explicitly says they want to do it the hard way. And...

If you rip lossless, then you need to separately compress to MP3 or AAC. And you need to then manage two separate libraries and integrate that into your audio listening and music management and ratings process. Everytime you rate music, you have to rate it twice. Everytime you search for album...

No. Absolutely not. Not unless you're a crazy person who likes fondling his digital audio files and managing multiple digital audio libraries. Normal people should not do this. :) Everything a normal person uses is made to work with MP3 or AAC. This includes dealing with metadata and cover art...

If you want screenshots to illustrate: Use the rippers default music settings. Don't use lossless. Don't use FLAC. All of that is for crazy people* for whom managing and ripping and fondling digital audio files is the hobby itself. Normal people who want to listen on their smartphone, and not...

1) Let the software do it. You should give zero thought as to the behind the scenes organization of the CDs. This question is like asking, "How should I organize the XML data that comprises my Word document?" Software has been dealing with this for 20+ years. Don't waste your time on it. Don't...