Filename prefix “Scan_” with “Start number” set to zero.Set “Auto Exposure Type” to “Photo” – Epson scanners.Deselect all adjustments like unsharp mask, color restoration etc. The following are the scanning options I use with my handy Epson scanner: We will use the folder called “Raw” in the root of the CD folder.īefore you begin don’t forget to clean your scanners glass! You may even need to clean the inside of the glass: Cleaning the Epson 3170 scanner’s glass This phase is the initial raw scanning of the CD artwork. I usually achieve this by creating three empty folders for the first album, Fixed/Raw/Stuff, and then copying these folders to all of the other CD folders. Imagine we are ripping “The Beatles – Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band” create folders “Fixed”, “Raw” and “Stuff”: Regards the artwork I put that ONLY into the “…- CD1/Raw” then “…- CD1/Fixed” and finally “…- CD1/Stuff” folders.īy the end of the ripping and tidy up processes the CD2 rips will be merged into the CD1 folder – AFTER the songs have been tagged as “disk 1” and “disk 2”. I just rip them into folders “Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life – CD1” and “Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life – CD2”. If you have a multi CD set, say Steve Wonder’s “Songs in the key of life”. My personal approach is to rip all the CD, scan all the CD artwork, tidy up all the artwork and so on. You can do one CD at a time from beginning to end or you can do each phase for all CDs together. There are two broad approaches you can take when doing a bunch of CDs. By the time you are finished they will be combined to one folder, but initially they should be in separate folders. When ripping a CD you create a folder for each CD – so if it contains multiple CDs, like a double album then you have two folders. There is a lot of effort required to archive the artwork of a CD and it is a bit pointless if the rip doesn’t work □ If the CD rips without error then and only then, do I start archiving the artwork. So the first thing I do is RIP the CD using Archiving a CD using Exact Audio Copy (EAC). My experience is that the biggest problem when archiving a CD is the quality of the disk itself – often it will have scratches or pin holes meaning a perfect rip is not possible. I believe in having a standard naming convention for files and folders, this means that in the future if you want to automate things like unzipping them it will be much easier. By backing up the artwork as well as the disk you have everything and should not need to get to the actual CD.įor each CD’s artwork that I archive I put everything in one folder per CD. Additionally there are occasions where you need extra info, like checking the actual track listing, checking if it is remastered etc. It is amazing how interesting and illuminating the CD booklets can be. I don’t have as big a collection as many but I like most of the CDs I have got and I don’t want to have to hunt for them again if we have a fire or burglary.įor me it became clear the artwork from the CD was very important. The goal when I archive CDs is to get the best possible digital quality from my CDs and be protected against the loss of my collection.
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