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Dave2002
15-05-12, 20:04
... when this happens when trying to rip a CD into iTunes?

http://i.imgur.com/Ss08E.jpg
visualnickmos
15-05-12, 21:06
Yep! Why, why, why??????
AmpH
15-05-12, 21:14
Why bother in the first place ? Why not just play the cd with a cd player :winkeye::winkeye:
Dave2002
15-05-12, 23:32
Why bother in the first place ? Why not just play the cd with a cd player :winkeye::winkeye:Bet you can't figure out what piece(s) were on the CD.
AmpH
16-05-12, 01:51
Bet you can't figure out what piece(s) were on the CD.

Berlioz , Symphonie Fantastique , Concertgebouw , Colin Davis ?
MrGongGong
16-05-12, 07:53
Bet you can't figure out what piece(s) were on the CD.

Ryoji Ikeda : Dataplex ?
Bryn
16-05-12, 08:42
Berlioz , Symphonie Fantastique , Concertgebouw , Colin Davis ?

But why would the tracks be so out of order?
mercia
16-05-12, 09:19
Berlioz , Symphonie Fantastique , Concertgebouw , Colin Davis ?

spot on, by my reckoning

what a great idea for a quiz thread

name that CD
ferneyhoughgeliebte
16-05-12, 10:09
But why would the tracks be so out of order?
?
1st movt (Reveries) - 15mins
2nd (Bal) - 6 mins
3rd (Champs) - 17 mins
4th (Supplice) - 6 mins
5th (Sabbat) - 10 mins

... seems about right for Symphonie Fantastique?
amateur51
16-05-12, 10:57
spot on, by my reckoning

what a great idea for a quiz thread

name that CD:yikes::laugh: Down boy! :biggrin:
Stunsworth
16-05-12, 12:30
... seems about right for Symphonie Fantastique?

I think it was a joke
AmpH
16-05-12, 13:16
I think it was a joke

Well of course it was. But there's no harm in having a bit of fun :winkeye:
ferneyhoughgeliebte
16-05-12, 13:45
I think it was a joke
http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-basic/dunce.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)

.. apologies, Bryn!
Resurrection Man
16-05-12, 17:24
I gave up long ago on the CDDB database or whatever iTunes uses these days for looking up the track details of a CD. The iTunes database schema and/or the people that provide the database information bear no relationship, much of the time, to anything sensible for classical music. It gets even worse when you have to factor in the data subset that the iPod ventures to offer us which is pop-oriented ...no more, no less. The only piece of technology that I think is worse when it comes to filing classical music is the Brennan machine.
Dave2002
18-05-12, 08:13
Well done to all those who spotted the Symphonie Fantastique. I'm assuming that no-one actually read the Japanese (I think it was Japanese). Other possible candidates might have been: Beethoven Piano Sonata 9 in E (there's also a string quartet in F based on the same sonata}, Barber violin concerto, Bliss Ballad of Heroes - but the track times would not have matched.

Normally there's at least one option in the database which is readable, so I choose that, and then make changes as necessary. This one was slightly more challenging!

Giving reasons as to why to do rips (or not) could probably fill a thread by itself.
Stunsworth
18-05-12, 11:33
Giving reasons as to why to do rips (or not) could probably fill a thread by itself.

There have been one or two over the last 12 months or so. Opinion seems divided between those who don't see the point and those that think it's the best thing since Wonderloaf. I'm in the latter camp myself and my system has evolved into one where my laptop is plugged into my DAC and my DAC directly feeds my power amps.
cloughie
18-05-12, 11:48
spot on, by my reckoning

what a great idea for a quiz thread

name that CD

Getting bored with AA merc?
Dave2002
21-05-12, 17:59
And here's another http://i.imgur.com/wTX5x.jpg http://i.imgur.com/wTX5x.jpg
MrGongGong
21-05-12, 18:47
And here's another http://i.imgur.com/wTX5x.jpg

Obviously something by Rammstein
Dave2002
22-05-12, 09:48
Obviously something by Rammsteinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rammstein

Actually no, not on this occasion. You are educating me though.
Flosshilde
22-05-12, 11:39
There have been one or two over the last 12 months or so. Opinion seems divided between those who don't see the point and those that think it's the best thing since Wonderloaf.

I wonder why people use this expresion, given that sliced bread is overwhelmingly awful & bears no relation (or only a very distant one) to real bread?