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Nyeehg
Jul 14, 2013

Grimey Drawer
Hey guys, so my ex destroyed my Windows laptop and I'm looking into replacing it. Thing is, the only thing I used my laptop for was managing files across devices (pdfs/ebooks and MP3/MP4 files)and ripping CDs to put music on my phone. On paper it looks like a good Chromebook would do what I want.

The issue. From what I've seen Chromebooks can't run iTunes at all. up until now the only program I've used to rip and burn music CDs is iTunes so not having it has me concerned. Does anyone know of an alternative to iTunes that I could use to organise my music files? Basically need something that can rip CDs and add album artwork to my MP3 files.

Thanks

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Nyeehg
Jul 14, 2013

Grimey Drawer

Tankakern posted:

?

there is no laptops with dvd drives anymore, so i assume you use an external drive

i'd be hard pressed to think of a computer that couldn't rip cd's given an external drive

edit: oh you mean like software... well, get a chromebook you can put linux on proper :P

Yeah I should have clarified I meant software. Already use an external disc drive. I just have no idea what software I can use on a Chromebook to rip CDs.


Xiphas posted:

Chromebooks do not support DVD or CD-ROM drives, not even in Crostini.

Not even an external disk drive? Darn :(

Nyeehg
Jul 14, 2013

Grimey Drawer
Thanks for the help guys. Gave me enough information to get started.

Tankakern posted:

if you want to dabble with proper linux it will work though, loads of software there. ironically i use eac in wine for my ripping needs

Only had time for a cursory glance but this might be workable. I have very limited Linux experience though. I'm guessing I'd need a separate piece of software for managing tags/adding artwork.


cruft posted:

I use a Raspberry Pi to rip CDs and DVDs. I wrote https://git.woozle.org/neale/media-sucker for this: it does a great job 80% of the time.

This is really neat. Unfortunately I don't have a raspberry pi. Grabbing one of those and a Chromebook puts the price into the same realm as a decent laptop

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