From a reader: I would like to know how I can rip my old CDs and not lose them when I get a new computer. I have ripped them once before using iTunes but didn’t realize they were stored on my PC and ...

I had an email exchange with a reader last week about replacing a small CD player. He asked me for a CD player recommendation and I had to tell him that I don't really play CDs since I've ripped all ...

The fact that you're reading this blog says you have (or at least have access to) a computer. Chances are you've also ripped a CD to MP3 files on your computer. But there are plenty of people out ...

Each time I look at a new MP3 player, I feel this urge to reboot my music collection—to sacrifice a weekend or two and re-rip all my CDs onto one system so I have everything in a consistent format.

As a DJ I finally got sick of hauling around 1200+ cds to events, so I've converted most of them using Lame and stored them on a rack-mounted PC. I'm still working on ripping the rest and discarding ...

If you use an iPod or iTunes, you're familiar with the process of ripping songs from CD to convert them from their uncompressed audio file format, AIFF, to a compressed file, usually MP3 or AAC. The ...

Think again. Apparently, the RIAA is thinking better of its statement in the case. If you followed the case, you may be aware that the RIAA stated that "it's perfectly lawful to take a CD that you've ...

In a grab-bag installment of The iTunes Guy, I look at how to ensure that tags and metadata get retained when you re-rip CDs, how to deauthorize computers for iTunes Store accounts, and how to change ...

A fledgling effort to divorce compressed-audio portables from the PC continues with the introduction of Panasonic’s SV-SR100, a headphone portable that combines a CD player with a flash-memory player.

[Photo: Paul Rea] I must have some 300-CDs and DVDs full of archived music, anime, and movies lying around. I know I should probably move the data over to hard drives before they degrade. But it’s a ...