Creating a service to open software and rip a cd.

Martynt74

Martynt74

Martynt74

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Hi Guys

I’ve got a piece of software (DbPoweramp) which I use for ripping my cd’s. Ideally I’d like to use this on my home server which is a headless machine (running WHS 2011). However it needs interaction when a cd is entered to actually rip it and then to eject it (the software opens automatically on insertion of a cd)

Is there any way to create a service which will auto rip the cd using dbpoweramp and then eject it once finished? And if so how do I go about it?

Ideally it needs to be this particular cd ripper as it can rip as FLAC and simultaneously create an MP3 copy.
 
When you insert the CD, does it let you choose dbpoweramp from the autoplay menu? You should be able to check a box that says something along the lines of 'always do this for music CDs'. You would then just need to make dbpoweramp start the rip automatically when it's launched - not sure if that'll work though?
 
I think it already does that anyway. Its just that dbpoweramp has no built in functions to rip automatically or eject the cd afterwards. Its only through clicking on the buttons in the software that you're able to do so.

I presume this isn't possible as it'd be akin to messing the the software code but was hopefully there may have been a way.
 
From looking at the C# example it looks pretty straightforward. The example is decent. If you aren't comfortable with a scripting or coding language though it might be a problem.

What about the industrial batch ripper on the sites products page?
 
Oh can it? I'll have to check that out.

I did see something called J Rivers Media Centre which i was going to look at as an alternative also
 
Take a look at MyMovies.dk Their WHS2011 add-in has a Music Copier, I've not used it for ripping but it seems to do what you want. Allowing you to create both FLAC and MP3 at the same time, and eject disk when completed.

I can't see that it allows you to use a different ripper though, and I think you will need to donate about £15-20 (1250 points) to unlock this feature of the software.
 
I did try the demo version of MyMovies but it never seemed to work for me and seemed to slow down my server quite a bit.

Seems the functionality is missing from a lot of 3rd party programs, which is odd as the big ones WMP, Itunes etc seem to include it as standard.
 
I use it for the Movies element and don't have any problems, but the SQL database can get a bit big and slows down collection management - but not seen it affect the server itself.
 
It more just didnt ever seem to recognise a cd was inserted into the drive so never really got to the ripping stage. Maybe if i paid it would've worked better i just didnt really want to take the risk.
 
Ahhh fair one, not sure what databases it uses for that, but I doubt paying for it will improve the hit rate for you. I've a full license and it doesn't allow me to change anything other than stop/start the service.
 
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