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Re: DVD ripper/server

From:

Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>

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Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>

Date:

Fri, 22 Apr 2016 07:34:35 -0400

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During the brief time I played with Win10 (and promptly went back to Win7), I found it necessary to 
download and use a 3rd party shell program that made the GUI similar to but not exactly like Win7. 
In my daily use of Win7, I already dislike the GUI vs XP because it often requires one or more extra 
clicks or steps to do the same things. I also really don't like the whole "libraries" concept, 
prefer the same old My Documents folder structure as has been there since 1995. The "libraries" can 
be undone, it took me a while to figure it out and get back to the standard directory structure I 
was used to.

I probably sound like an old fuddy-duddy with this, but I really resent these companies radically 
changing the GUI's and directory structures without one-click backwards compatability. Apple did it 
when OSX came out (and in fact had little to no compatability with pre-OSX anything since they 
changed the underlying guts of the operating system). Microsoft made Win7, so most but not all XP 
stuff will run on it, but all devices needed new drivers and the GUI was somewhat radically 
different. Win8 was completely different, and failed. Win10 seems to strike a balance, but I found 
it even more steps involved to do things than Win7, which was already less efficient than XP. My 
point is, I'm sure it's very interesting for computer-loving people to learn whole new ways to do 
simple tasks every few years, but for a person who considers a computer a tool like a screwdriver, 
it's very annoying.

Which leads me to give Sony yet another props for Soundforge. They did a somewhat radical change to 
it when the took it over, around version 6 or 7, but everything since then has been a logical 
evolution. My favorite version is actually 9, because it had the seamless integration into CD 
Architect, which for some reason they dumped in V10 and V11. V11, however, has the best editing 
features yet. I run V11 on my main DAW (Win7, 64-bit) and run V9 on my secondary DAW (XP, 32-bit). 
V11 is best for recording and fast processing whereas V9 is best for finalizing and authoring Red 
Book. Both are equal at things like splitting off tracks into separate files, so I can be processing 
on the main DAW and doing file/release work on the secondary, at the same time.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Pultz" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] DVD ripper/server


Since we're geeking out about software, anybody have a real fix for W10's disappearing #$%*@$@ START 
MENU?

-----Original Message-----
From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of 
Richard L. Hess
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2016 11:51 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] DVD ripper/server

Hi, Corey,

OK, so this is a variant of Debian Linux. I was thinking I'd need something like at least a current 
Core i3 processor to keep things snappy under W10. And now that I'm running one instance of the beta 
64 bit Firefox for W10 I am impressed with how much snappier that is, too, and Flash seems to work 
better in that, too.

If I got a Dell micro-tower I'd know what to do--no learning curve with W10. I have 15 instances of 
W10 under my care right now  (and 5 to upgrade still).

I guess my fear is I'd put more time into the Raspberry Pi than the W10 machine. I see there is a 
W10 core for the IOT space, but I don't think I could use that for browsing and VLC playing.

Anyway, thanks for the suggestion and it is interesting. I just don't think I'm ready for it.

Cheers,

Richard

On 4/21/2016 7:35 PM, Corey Bailey wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> Have you checked out the possibility of using a Raspberry Pi (or two)
> for this task? They are cheap, will connect to your TV (HDMI), have an
> Ethernet port or will work with Wi-F and, you can use a wireless
> keyboard & mouse. Perhaps best of all, they will mount, out of sight,
> to the back of your flat screen TV if the wall mount is available.
> What's not to like!
>
> https://www.raspberrypi.org/
>
> Cheers!
>
> Corey
> Corey Bailey Audio Engineering
> www.baileyzone.net
>
> On 4/21/2016 8:15 AM, Richard L. Hess wrote:
>> Hi, Tom,
>> <SNIP>
>> This is working so well that I'm thinking of getting a desktop PC for
>> our two (family room and bedroom) LCD TVs. Although we are not yet
>> ready to give up cable, it's getting closer.
>>
>> I have upgraded my WiFi and have a "long range" USB WiFi adapter for
>> my laptop in the bedroom to increase throughput, but I can easily
>> stream standard NTSC DVDs over WiFi.
>> <SNIP>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Richard
>>
>
-- 
Richard L. Hess                   email: [log in to unmask]
Aurora, Ontario, Canada                             647 479 2800
http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm
Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.

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