Murfie - Interesting Music Digitization/Storage/Trading Platform...

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Here's an interesting solution/service for those interested in having their collection digitized and physical media stored: https://www.murfie.com/

Here's an article on the service from PositiveFeedback.com: Murfie

Basically you can send them your physical CD collection. They will digitize for you (at whatever capture rate you want - lossy to full res), host your digital collection on the cloud, allowing you to stream it or if you prefer to also have it transferred to a NAS storage unit and send that back to you, all the while giving you the option to store your physical CDs at their warehouse or have your physical CDs sent back to you.

There are options to buy/trade your digitized CDs from other members' digitized library and many other features. Looks like an interesting solution/alternative.

Especially attractive is the price they charge to digitize per CD at $0.79 per album which seems extremely cheap!!
 
I wonder if they are going to be the best new streaming service suppliers?
 
Kev...I actually think it's quite an interesting business model/service. And the cost of getting your CDs digitized is insanely cheap compared to other services I have seen locally.
 
Cyril, you know the more I have given this some thought I find I am warming to it & as you have said, it's a good service. My first take is to look for the angle, that would be the huge data base they will achieve from the by-product of said services offered. In all hindsight after getting used to the idea, I think good for them & I too think if they can make it work with or without the streaming angle that I have thought of then good for them.
 
So a person pays someone in this case Murfie to rip their CD's/LP's using the same software ( dbPowerAmp/AccurateRip) avalible to anyone and then they charge you to listen to your own music, via streaming if that's is the intended service chosen. Hum.
I rip my own using the same software, storing my music on my NAS and pay nobody.

The streaming and download service I understand.
 
The idea is that they'd also store your physical media, so you don't have to. You can also sell your CDs in their marketplace, and make a buck.
The streaming thing is just icing on the cake, as I see it...
But yeah, it's not for everybody. If you want to keep the physical media and still stream it, you can roll your own solution at home.


alex
 
Murfie is also integrated with Sonos.

@Chris- where do you see on their site that they use dBpowerAmp?

Vinyl Ripping wow- $2.50/disc in 24/192- not bad.
 
CPP said:
Bill Micheal reported on it on AudioStream Murfie: A New Home For Your CDs In The Cloud | AudioStream
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I wonder if that is still current? I peeked over at the dBpowerAmp page and there's a hint of "Commercial Licensing" in their Batch Ripping but no cost provided.

However as someone alluded or words to the effect:

$3000 Buys one a Core i3 computer with 8GB Ram, four Acronova Nimbie 100 Disc batch rippers, dBpoweramp reference w/ batch converting plug in, and some big hard drives to crush even the most largest CD collections in a few days. Sell the drives when you are done to another AS member.
 
o0OBillO0o said:
I wonder if that is still current? I peeked over at the dBpowerAmp page and there's a hint of "Commercial Licensing" in their Batch Ripping but no cost provided.

However as someone alluded or words to the effect:

$3000 Buys one a Core i3 computer with 8GB Ram, four Acronova Nimbie 100 Disc batch rippers, dBpoweramp reference w/ batch converting plug in, and some big hard drives to crush even the most largest CD collections in a few days. Sell the drives when you are done to another AS member.
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from the Murfie blog scratched discs | Murfie Blog
 
o0OBillO0o said:
Good point, dont wait on me.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tyler Stubbe <[email protected]>
To:
Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2015 3:13 pm
Subject: Re: Ripping Software

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your interest in Murfie. Yes, we still use dbPowerAmp/AccurateRip to rip all CDs that are sent into Murfie. We also use proprietary software during the process.

Let me know if you have any additional questions. I'm happy to help.
Thanks!
Tyler
 
Awesome- I just installed the dBpowerAmp batch ripper!


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FWIW - i have used the Batch Ripper of DBPA in paranoid mode with good results. The FLAC files sound as good as EAC which is ultra paranoid and much slower. DBPA offers a great balance of speed and SQ in my experience.


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crwilli said:
FWIW - i have used the Batch Ripper of DBPA in paranoid mode with good results. The FLAC files sound as good as EAC which is ultra paranoid and much slower. DBPA offers a great balance of speed and SQ in my experience.


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Excellent!

I just installed Windows 8 on my iMac and plugged in the five USB CD/BD/DVD drives laying around and tested an unregistered version last night. Works.

Issues:

  • Unreadable/damaged/dirty CDs will slow down or stop a drive from importing.

Make sure you have no fingerprints, basically flawless CDs. There are a number of tools to clean CDs. There are even some resurfacers too.​

  • Metadata Matching has less scrutiny.

Several discs (Tony Bennett, MTV Uplugged is an example) are mismatched, even with 5 metadata services. The batch mode skips over the step asking if you have the right metadata.​

  • Verify Imports into your media player ever 10 or so albums.

Today, I use Roon Lab's music player and it has excellent metadata services. It helps to organize and label albums correctly and provides some small level of oversight to what dBpoweramp is doing.​
 
I don't get the part about selling your ripped CD's. That's illegal and a sleazy business venture. Other than that for people without the time it is a good option.
 
still-one said:
I don't get the part about selling your ripped CD's. That's illegal and a sleazy business venture. Other than that for people without the time it is a good option.
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Jim, one could sell their music within Murfie's storage locations, of course, once sold, owners will no longer have their backed up music files saved at Murfie's locations.

I suppose if you had the music files on your computer you would have to delete them if you lived in the US. I see the loop-hole you describe.
 
o0OBillO0o said:
Jim, one could sell their music within Murfie's storage locations, of course, once sold, owners will no longer have their backed up music files saved at Murfie's locations.

I suppose if you had the music files on your computer you would have to delete them if you lived in the US. I see the loop-hole you describe.
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Bill
Correct. You expressed it much better than me.
 
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