My workflow is
1. Buying used and reasonably priced original music CDs
2. Ripping them with EAC[1] and an external LG BH16NS55 to FLAC format (takes 120 seconds per CD - this drive is FAST and ACCURATE)
3. Auto-import the ripped FLACs into my beets.io database via cronjob (which also unifies the metadata automatically in 99% of the cases)
4. Inplace-convert the FLACs to 192kbps mp3 via `beet convert`
5. Archiving the converted perfectly tagged FLACs to Bluray discs, as soon as the archive size hits 25GB
6. Point a self-hosted Navidrome instance and a Windows VM with iTunes to the beets folder
7. Use Substreamer App with Navidrome's smart playlists[2] and "favoriting" on my Android phone / iPhone as well as iTunes syncing my iPod Nano 7 via smart playlists
Works absolutely flawless and is less work than I expected. Since I automated everything possible, the only manual thing I need to do is the BUYING, the RIPPING and the Bluray ARCHIVING part.
1: https://pilabor.com/blog/2022/10/audio-cd-ripping-hardware/
2: https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome/issues/1417
1. Buying used and reasonably priced original music CDs
2. Ripping them with EAC[1] and an external LG BH16NS55 to FLAC format (takes 120 seconds per CD - this drive is FAST and ACCURATE)
3. Auto-import the ripped FLACs into my beets.io database via cronjob (which also unifies the metadata automatically in 99% of the cases)
4. Inplace-convert the FLACs to 192kbps mp3 via `beet convert`
5. Archiving the converted perfectly tagged FLACs to Bluray discs, as soon as the archive size hits 25GB
6. Point a self-hosted Navidrome instance and a Windows VM with iTunes to the beets folder
7. Use Substreamer App with Navidrome's smart playlists[2] and "favoriting" on my Android phone / iPhone as well as iTunes syncing my iPod Nano 7 via smart playlists
Works absolutely flawless and is less work than I expected. Since I automated everything possible, the only manual thing I need to do is the BUYING, the RIPPING and the Bluray ARCHIVING part.
1: https://pilabor.com/blog/2022/10/audio-cd-ripping-hardware/
2: https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome/issues/1417