Do It Yourself CD Changer

SuperDuG writes "This is a true homebrew solution to saving a few bucks when it comes to cd changers. And to make it even better the whole setup is controlled by none other than linux. Seems like a nice setup to do batch burns without user interaction. Source is provided if you wanted to build your own." Not sure if this is very practical, or even if it would be cheaper than buying a changer, but it sure looks cool.

Oh no!

[mgcsinc]

How long until the RIAA sends out a cease and desist for the publication of this "device to potentially increase the efficiancy of copryright-infringment?"

Great!

[sebi]

Not sure if this is very practical, or even if it would be cheaper than buying a changer, but it sure looks cool.

Nothing spells chick-magnet like a wooden contraption designed to require less movement.

Made out of wood?

[MCMLXXVI]

What kind of geek are you?
Geek code 101: You are supposed to make things like this out of Legos.

Five gig photo collection?

[Anonymous Coward]

A five gigabyte photo collection?

Can we say: porn?

Actually...

[UncleBiggims]

Wouldn't a "do it yourself" CD changer be where you actually get up and change the CD yourself?

how to improve it

[calethix]

" If I wanted to, I could SSH log into it while at work, load a CD in the tray, burn it, and remove it all remotely. Of course, the CD would still be in my basement, so the exercise would be somewhat pointless!"
That's simple. Just build an add on that carries it up stairs, sticks it in an addressed envelope and drops it in the mail. :)

Looks cool

[MC68040]

But still I would have preferred it in aliminium or likewise... But it's cool to see non-computer materials (wood etc) beeing used in a computer environment in that way.

(Back off all modders that built a wooden case ;)).

I got better

[Anonymous Coward]

Bah, I just use my kid brother. "Yo, urchin! Fetch the next batch of CD's will you? There's a nice shiny nickel in it for you and if they get burned before 5 o'clock, a chocolate bar!"

I'm working on training my dog next.

I always wondered...

[Esion Modnar]

...what a CD changer would look like if it was built by the Amish.

say wha?

[qoncept]

"Do-it-yourself cd changer" ? Isn't that the way a single disc cd player works already?

This reminds me...

[Botchka]

of the time when my friends dad couldn't afford a new Playstation 2 for Christmas. Christmas morning rolls around and my friend finds a Playstation 2 carved out of wood under the tree.....

Call that a geek project?

[eyeball]

Now if they were truely geeks, they would've made it out of a Lego Mindstorm kit.

Cool but...

[taped2thedesk]

Isn't there some way to build this out of floppy disks?

Lazyness

[CompWerks]

Is the mother of invention. Gotta love it. :)

is it just me....

[sputnikid]

or does every Flintstones episode come to mind at this moment?

Call the RIAA!

[Zog The Undeniable]

I wonder how many devices this counts as, given the RIAA's suspect formula? [slashdot.org] If his CDRW writes at 24x, boy is he in the s**t ;-)

Yes, but...

[tds67]

...what about an automatic beer changer? Something that would remove an empty beer can from my hand as I sit in my lazy boy recliner, then put a fresh beer in my hand.

Now that would be progress!

Re:Usefull for a small inde band.

[Esion Modnar]

but tropically managed less than that.

Yes, in the tropics I'm lucky to have the ambition to burn even 3 CD's per hour. (It's not the heat, it's the humidity.)

Re:Now that's a *true* hacker

[mistered]

Yeah, Matthias has done some pretty cool projects. I like the Marble [sentex.net] Machines [sentex.net] personally. They're just so delightfully useless.

Build a bridge out of her!

[indros13]

...Ah, but can you not also build "do-it-yourself cd changers out of stone?"

(-1, Pythonic)

Re:Yes, but...

[Anonymous Coward]

The beer changer feature is available in Girlfriend 3.2. However all attempts to port it to Wife 1.0 have failed.

Re:Now that's a *true* hacker

[DChristensen]

I am however much more impressed by his organ as he does not only need some manual skills but also a good ear to set it up.

Too easy, dear god! Must...not...become...Slashdot...troll...!

Batch burns??

[dfn5]

I've been looking for something like this for a while to do batch rips. I was going to build one out of legos but I couldn't find a supplier for a suction mechanism. I'm not crazy about that spreader mechanism in the pictures. Too much pressure and you'll have twice as many CDs.

Re:Color Coding

[Anonymous Coward]

I'll save you time, it's: black, brown, rainbow, gray, white. Why remember 10 things when you can just remember 5?