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Operation - Ripping
5.1 The Ripping Process
Ripping CDs to a NaimNet music server is a simple process.
It is preferable while ripping for the music server to be
connected to a working and reliable internet service.
Note:
An internet connection is necessary for the music
server to identify CDs and download their artist, title, track
listing and artwork data. If the music server is unable to
access the internet while ripping, it will initially interrogate a
small internal database for the CD’s associated data. If the
CD is not found on the internal database, only the ripped
audio data, the CD’s title and its identification code will
be stored. Manual input of CD data or further AMG and
Freedb database requests can be made via the NaimNet
Desktop Client application once internet connection is re-
established.
To rip a CD press the front panel or handset
open
button
and place the CD on the drawer. Press the
open
button
again, or nudge the drawer, to close it. Ripping will begin
automatically and the process will take seven to eight
minutes for each CD.
Note:
It is good practice to check the playing surface of
each CD is clean before ripping.
When the music server has ripped the CD and
downloaded its associated data it will eject the CD
automatically. As soon as a CD has been ejected, the
music server is ready to rip the next one. The
Ripping
Monitor
menu of the Local Interface user interface
provides feedback on progress as the ripping process
takes place.
The CD will be included in the music server’s music library
listing about 30 seconds after it has been successfully
ripped. It will then be available for playback either locally
or across the NaimNet network.
5 Ripping
A music server will only fulfil its potential if it holds a significant library of music. Depending
on the size of your CD collection, you may need to decide which to rip and which to
leave for replay on a conventional CD player. A typical music CD carries approximately
600MB of data and the 400GB storage capacity of a NaimNet music server will hold
approximately 550 CDs.
5.2 Copyright Issues
The programme material carried on a CD, and the
recording of the CD itself, is likely to be the subject of
copyright restrictions which restrict the owner of the CD
only to make copies (ripping in effect copies a CD) for
personal use only. Ripping CDs that you don’t personally
own is likely to infringe copyright restrictions.
