Audio CD
Identify and import CD tracks, with album metadata and edition-aware publication into Core.
RC25 QUALIFIED · PHYSICAL MEDIA
Your old music. Preserved properly.
Bring CDs, DVD-Audio, Blu-ray Audio, MiniDiscs and analogue recordings into a modern, edition-aware library.
WHAT RC25 DOES
Qualified functionality, not a feature wish-list
Tested RC25 features, built around your own library and compatible equipment.
DVD-Audio and Blu-ray Audio
Select audio programmes and stereo or multichannel streams from supported optical media for archiving and import.
MiniDisc and NetMD
Import MiniDisc material, retain supported native ATRAC masters, and prepare FLAC listening copies where supported.
Analogue input
Record from a connected Mac audio interface, choose the input and channel count, monitor levels and preserve a recording master.
REAL-WORLD COMPATIBILITY
What to know before you install
These qualified workflows use Brimstone Control for macOS and Core Ingest where appropriate. Physical drives, interfaces and optional helper software must be compatible and installed; some Blu-ray access uses external tools such as MakeMKV. Only archive recordings you are entitled to copy.
EXPLORE MORE
The other sides of Brimstone
All part of the qualified RC25 music platform.
Multichannel audio
Qualified surround playback uses the Core host HDMI output into a Meridian HD621 and compatible downstream equipment; native Meridian V3/MS200 network playback is a separate stereo-limited route.
Album editions
RC25 maintains distinct album/release editions and stereo versus multichannel masters, with precise queue and track identity.
Indie music and spoken word
Qualified independent music discovery (including Bandcamp Radio, Audius and Jamendo), internet radio, podcast queues and audiobook chapter/progress management.
Ripping and archiving
Qualified optical and analogue ingest: CD, DVD-Audio, Blu-ray Audio, MiniDisc/NetMD, and Mac audio-interface capture.
How does it compare?
See a balanced comparison with Roon and twelve other media-player or music-server systems, including excellent free options.