And here’s how a CD gets from HMV on to my iPod…



Hmmm, it’s complicated alright.

But it needs to be as I have several goals I am trying to meet.

Never have to rip the CD more than once.
I rip to FLAC format which is lossless so I can recreate the original wav file at any time.

Be able to play my music back from a variety of sources.
I need to be able to play music on both my iPod(s) and through MPD.

The ripping and encoding bit is done with a Java app I…