MF DIGITAL Ripstation v4.4.11.0, Operating Manual

Page 1: ...erating Manual Ripstation A Division of Formats Unlimited Inc 155 Sherwood Avenue Farmingdale NY 11735 T 1 631 249 9393 F 1 631 249 9273 Authors Robert Warnock Patrick McGrath support ripstation com www ripstation com support ...

Page 2: ...to this software Ripstation shall have no liability including without limitation in negligence with respect to this software Ripstation shall have no liability including without limitation in negligence with respect to any loss or damage directly or indirectly arising out of the use of this software Without limiting the foregoing Ripstation shall not be liable including without limitation in negli...

Page 3: ... copyright laws and international treaty provisions FUI and its suppliers own and retain all right title and interest in and to the Software including all copyrights patents trade secret rights trademarks and other intellectual property rights therein Your possession installation or use of the Software does not transfer to you any title to the intellectual property in the Software and you will not...

Page 4: ...NY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OR FOR ANY AND ALL OTHER DAMAGES OR LOSSES IN NO EVENT WILL TOPIARY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF THE LIST PRICE TOPIARY CHARGES FOR A LICENSE TO THE SOFTWARE EVEN IF TOPIARY SHALL HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE P...

Page 5: ...ease of use and high throughput at the core of its operation Ripstation 4 4 is licensed on a seat or site license basis as selected by MF Digital s clients and subject to the conditions laid down in the applicable license agreement This document provides a user manual to allow basic and advanced operation as well as customisation of all parameters set up and use of robotics Ripstation generally in...

Page 6: ...DIALOG HAS POPPED UP CHOSE TO INSTALL THE DRIVERS FROM A SPECIFIC LOCATION AND SPECIFY THE DRIVER S FOLDER OF THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM DIRECTORY 11 3 0 RIPSTATION QUICK START GUIDE 15 4 0 MAIN USER GUIDE 17 4 1 KEY FEATURES 17 4 3 SUPPORTED CODECS AND BIT RATES 18 4 3 RIPSTATION V4 4 MAIN SCREEN 19 4 3 1 BUTTON AND SCREEN OPERATIONS 20 4 3 1 1 Group 1 Button Controls 20 4 3 1 2 Group 2 CD Rom Drive Di...

Page 7: ... 4 5 3 1 Operations without Robotic Autoloader 36 4 5 3 2 Operations with Robotic Autoloader MFD Pro Series 37 4 5 3 3 Reported errors 37 4 6 ACTIONS FOR COMPLETED BATCH 39 4 6 1 PODLOAD BUTTON LOAD AN IPOD 39 4 6 2 LOADING AN EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE 39 4 7 ERROR DETECTION CORRECTION 40 4 8 OUTPUT REPORTS 40 5 0 INTEGRATION WITH OTHER RIPSTATION PRODUCTS 41 6 0 HELP AND SUPPORT 42 7 0 UPGRADES 43 ...

Page 8: ...utable Ensure target PC is connected to the internet To install the software double click the icon ripstation44setup exe to run and follow the onscreen prompts It is recommended that the default paths be selected for installation 1 2 1 Registration To activate the software installation double click the program shortcut on the desktop When prompted as shown in figure 1 0 please key in the registrat...

Page 9: ...er and verify your code 1 2 2 Limits on Registration In the case of a seat License ONE code for activation is provided The application may be uninstalled at any time and reinstalled on an alternate machine by following the process above Please note however only ONE copy of the software will run at any one time and a second installation of the software with the same code will prevent the first inst...

Page 10: ... pieces and are depended on for proper alignment and functioning of the unit Place the system on a level workspace free of debris dust humidity excessive heat and electronic or electromagnetic interference Keep out of direct sunlight Allow at least six inches of clearance on all sides of unit for ventilation Remove protective plastic cover from system and save along with the rest of the packaging ...

Page 11: ...be placed in the robot reject area in front of the drive stack 2 3 Step by step guide of Robotic Hardware 7601XDP 2 3 1 Step One Remove the Packing Constraints Carefully remove the autoloader from its carton Unlock cover with the key and install the plastic rods Place the system on a level workspace free of debris dust humidity excessive heat and electronic or electromagnetic interference Remove p...

Page 12: ... 12 of 43 Select install from a list or specific location and click next and the Search and Installations window will open Select include this location in this search and browse to the XD Drivers folder which is located in the Ripstation program folder Then click next ...

Page 13: ... the next window select the first driver which is mfd_md1 inf and click next Then another window will open that says breadusb sys cannot be found Browse to and open the XD Drivers folder in the Ripstation program folder Select the breadusb sys file and click OK Then click OK again ...

Page 14: ...an now click finish on the new hardware wizard 2 3 4 Step Four Loading Discs Discs for ripping are loaded to the top of the unit and the unit can hold 80 discs at one time Completed discs are placed in the tray which can be removed from the bottom of the unit Rejected discs are ejected through the slot in the front of the unit ...

Page 15: ...he multiple FreeDB options Second then Click OK You can open a GD3 account by clicking on the following link http www getdigitaldata com AppSignUp MFRipstationSignUp aspx You can add GD3 look ups by clicking on the following link http www getdigitaldata com Login aspx ReturnUrl Secure AccountManager GD3Acc ountManager aspx Figure 3 0 Preferences Dialog Box 3 In the main screen click the new batch ...

Page 16: ...igure 3 2 MT2 4 Properties Dialog 1 Shake mode was introduced to address sticking discs being double loaded into drive tray It is not supported by the MT1 robotic loader 6 Enter your name testrip or myfirstrip into the Client Name box A folder of the same name will be created This is where the audio files will be saved 7 In the output formats section highlight the MP3 codec and tick the Use box on...

Page 17: ...metadata cover art support and embedding Web based lookup and embedding for missing cover art during batch process Automatic grooming of tag data during encode process Embedded company information UID client watermark embedding Switchable Unicode support ID3 2 4 inc 1 1 Batch preview window discs ripped to go no cover art codecs client name Single touch start and drive control Drive stop control F...

Page 18: ...dard are the following codecs Codec Supported options FLAC Lossless MP3 VBR CBR 64 128 192 256 320 kbps WMA VBR CBR 64 96 128 160 192 256 320 kbps Lossless WAV Embedded ID3 wav Request WAV Sonos RIFF WAV AAC VBR CBR 96 128 160 192 224 320 kbps OGG 45 64 80 96 112 128 160 192 224 256 320 499 kbps AIFF Lossless APE Lossless WAVPACK Lossless ...

Page 19: ... interface is shown in figure 4 1 below Operations are carried out using the button controls at the top of the screen and information is displayed throughout the rest of the screen Figure 4 1 shows the interface split into groups from 1 7 Section 4 3 1 of the manual details each of these groups in turn Figure 4 1 Ripstation Main User Interface ...

Page 20: ...sks and configurations of all codecs codec selection Button 4 Save Opens a browser dialog to save the current batch settings into a rsf file Button 5 Delete Client Files Deletes the last client folder that was ripped Will display a confirmation dialog showing the name of the folder about to be deleted NOTE If no client folder loaded deletes all files ripped from the top level folder down Button 6 ...

Page 21: ...y bar for a drive will change the information displayed on the cover art metadata and batch status windows 4 3 1 3 Group 3 Cover art Preview The cover art preview window displays album cover art as shown in figure 4 3 for example Disc Cover dimensions are displayed at the top of the window and the Provider box shows the source of cover art Web indicates a web retrieved cover art source e g amazon ...

Page 22: ...ng error correction Missing Covers number of discs in current batch for which album art was not obtained from metadata services or the integrated web search Elapsed Time time elapsed since the start of the batch Open Client Folder button opens the client folder for the current batch in Windows Explorer This is useful for checking that folders and files are being created as expected This can be cli...

Page 23: ...or green while no response from the provider will turn the indicator red 4 3 1 7 Group 7 Batch Logging Window Real time logging of robotic operation disc loading metadata lookup ripping and encoding process and failed CDs Each log entry is time stamped 4 3 2 Main Screen Menu Options Right clicking in the top left corner of the main screen over the Ripstation V4 heading opens the menu shown in figu...

Page 24: ...ni For metadata retrieval from a local cache check the Local cdplayer ini checkbox and key in the full file path to the cdplayer ini file e g C Windows cdplayer ini GD3 GD3 access is activated by entering a Username and Password key in the spaces provided To get a Username and Password you can open a GD3 account by clicking on the following link http www getdigitaldata com AppSignUp MFRipstationSi...

Page 25: ...rtist tag and artist folder name The album name will be generated using a unique ID All albums ripped in this way will be placed into an artist folder called Unknown Artist for later tagging and naming There are several added options to automatically rip The second new option is to have a cddbid text file placed in the album folder for unknown discs Automatically Reject Discs will be rejected and ...

Page 26: ...album name o Click on each track to rename it o Click the OK button to save and continue o Or Click Skip to reject this CD and continue Figure 4 8 Metadata Manual Entry NOTE This facility cannot always provide 100 accurate cover art particularly for Various artists discs Include track count in TRCK frames Check this option when ripping for iPod or iTunes ...

Page 27: ...a tab as shown in figure 4 9 Figure 4 9 Preferences Dialog Box Data Tab The company URL may be keyed in here such that it becomes embedded in the encoded by field in the ID3 tag Alternatively the box may be left blank 4 4 3 SQL Tab In the preferences dialog box select the SQL tab as shown in figure 4 10 Figure 4 10 Preferences Dialog Box SQL Tab ...

Page 28: ...list These are supplied as standard with Ripstation v4 4 and are updated by MF Digital on a regular basis Capitalize every word Check this box to capitalise every new word of a phrase e g a new day becomes A New Day Click the edit list to edit the exceptions for this rule e g of a the Standardise composer names Ensures consistent composer naming e g J S Bach Johann Sebastian Bach J Bach all become...

Page 29: ...st of keywords to perform this function on Remove Non ASCII Characters Non ASCII characters will be replaced with the closest ASCII character equivalent For example Götterdämmerung Funeral March will become Gotterdammerung Funeral March NOTE These options may be selected or unselected 4 4 5 Logging Tab In the preferences dialog box select the Logging tab as shown in figure 4 12 Figure 4 12 Prefere...

Page 30: ... the details for your email account and you will receive email alerts connected with your batch when any error condition occurs 4 4 6 Ripping Tab In the preferences dialog box select the Ripping tab as shown in figure 4 13 Figure 4 13 Preferences Dialog Box Ripping Tab Skip Heavily Damaged Discs This allows the software to skip discs that are badly damaged and or unreadable This will allow ripping...

Page 31: ...late Replay Gain This will switch on the option to calculate the replay gain value and embed it in the file Rip all tracks to one file This will rip all tracks on the disc to a single file and will also write out a cue file for the ripped track NOTE These options may be selected or unselected ...

Page 32: ... with no robotics Edit additional edits can be made such as COM port Shake mode on off and for MFD 7602 7604 devices the option to select which side the drives are on Shake mode was introduced to address sticking discs being double loaded into drive tray It is not supported by the 7601 robotic loader Figure 4 15 Source Device Edit Dialog Box Number of CDs key in the number of CDs in the batch or 0...

Page 33: ...am to use this path as the root location for all files and will override the setting within each codec Unicode ID3 tags is defaulted to on as standard Copy Data Tracks Copy data tracks option introduced to copy data CDs as part of the batch process Audiofiles only Audio files only option filters out non audio files by only copying the following mp3 wav flac aac wma Make a duplicate copy of output ...

Page 34: ...Delete To modify a CODEC s settings select the codec you wish to modify and click the Edit button For the MP3 CODEC the box in figure 4 17 appears List of variables used in the output paths A AlbumArtistName B BatchClientUID C BatchClientName D AlbumName E AlbumCreditName If CreditTitle is Narrator F AlbumCreditName If CreditTitle is Co Author G TrackArtistName H ISRC I CDDBId J Date in YYYYMMDD f...

Page 35: ...tten into the output Path This represents the path the codec s output will use as a root folder This may be overridden however in the batch properties screen figure 4 14 by checking the Use this output path option Tracks This is the full track path and name under the root folder These settings are configured for each codec and MF Digital recommends that the same convention be used for all Cover ar...

Page 36: ...codecs only The quality slider determines how rigorous the codec will be during the audio encoding phase Higher quality settings will slow down the encoding process very slightly Challenging audio for example classical music or heavy metal generally requires that the slider be moved toward the Slow setting The resulting increase in quality is somewhat subjective a slower speed higher quality setti...

Page 37: ...art Batch button load the input spindle with CDs At the start of the batch process each drive on the MFD series will open and will be checked for the presence of a CD in the case of none found the drive will be loaded with a CD from the input spindle closed and read This step is followed for each CD in turn When each CD is completed it is collected and either placed on the Accept spindle as a good...

Page 38: ...ng to collect a CD from the input spindle When this occurs either click yes to allow the autoloader to retry the collection or click no and remove the CD from the stack Figure 4 18b shows the error while rejecting dialog box which occurs when the robotic autoloader experiences a problem while trying to collect a CD from the drive When this occurs either click yes to allow the autoloader to retry t...

Page 39: ... music files to the iPod using the iTunes interface 4 6 2 Loading an external Hard Drive Clicking the Send to HD button loads the client folder to a hard drive The standard Windows explorer dialog appears Figure 4 26 Selecting a folder to load to Hard Drive HD Select the Location of the external USB hard drive unit network hard drive or USB device and click OK The files will then be loaded to the ...

Page 40: ...t The clientname_log txt file will be appended to for batches with the same client name so they will not be overwritten The log window shows a running transaction trail of all functions of each part of the process detailing and time stamping each error for trapping and monitoring purposes Another feature is real time writing of the log window to a log file in the batch output folder called log txt...

Page 41: ...diofile may be added to Ripstation as an additional module to support automatic generation of the client output catalogue in PDF or HTML Ripstation AudioFile Generates fully customisable and printable HTML album catalogue using cover art and customisable logo and colours Please contact Ripstation for further information or visit www ripstation com ...

Page 42: ...offer an extended warranty package which includes remote access to your site from our headquarters and extended hardware warranty coverage Support response is guaranteed within 24 hours Contact details Ripstation A Division of Formats Unlimited Inc 155 Sherwood Avenue Farmingdale NY 11735 US Support T 1 631 249 9393 F 1 631 249 9273 EU Support T 44 2890 022342 Email support ripstation com Support ...

Page 43: ... of 43 7 0 Upgrades Ripstation 4 4 includes an autoupdate push client This client will sit in your system tray and poll our servers for the latest updates When an update is found it will notify you with a pop up message and allow you to ignore or download the upgrade ...