Converting CD's to MP3's

[RyBoy]

Hello, simple question here. I have never converted any of my cd's to mp3's and want to make sure I do it right (the first time, lol). So, what program do you guys recommend i use and any advice would be great.

 

[Aevron]

I highly recommend Exact Audio Copy with the LAME MP3 encoder.

http://www.exactaudiocopy.de

http://www.bestmp3guide.com also has a good tutorial you can follow if you need any help.

 

[4keatimj]

I use CDex, which also uses the LAME encoder.

http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/index.php

Basically the LAME encoder will pretty much always give you great quality music. I like CDex because it is small and doesn't use a lot of system resources.

 

[BO(V)BZ]

If you want to do it right the first time, you really should rip to FLAC. Screw lossy algorythms =]

 

[TechHead]

If you want to do it right the first time, you really should rip to FLAC. Screw lossy algorythms =]

And screw HDD space too!


I kid, I kid!

 

[ambientZ]

WMP10 is pretty damn easy to use to rip with. I don't know about the quality, 320kbps sounds fine to me with it ( you can specify others).

 

[Worminater]

WMP10 is pretty damn easy to use to rip with. I don't know about the quality, 320kbps sounds fine to me with it ( you can specify others).

wimp10 is fine if you never plan on formatting or sharing your music between mutliple computers

 

[uzor]

You don't have to rip to wma if you use Windows Media Player. I use it to rip mp3s because it's a nice all in one package that does the tagging for me.

The goods:
http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak877.aspx

What to do:

1. Install MP3 creation pack
2. install emablemp3.reg
3. install hqwmp8.reg
4. open Windows media player|Tools|Options
5. click on the copy music tab
6. change the copy settings format to MP3
7. select desired encode quality on slider at bottom.
8. click apply, then close.

 

[BO(V)BZ]

And screw HDD space too!


I kid, I kid!

Eh =]

In a time when 200gig drives cost all of 60$ on sale, I don't see it being a problem any more.

 

[TechHead]

Eh =]

In a time when 200gig drives cost all of 60$ on sale, I don't see it being a problem any more.

I know .. you don't know how lucky you Americans have it. Here, a 160GB HDD still costs about 80-90$ American..

 

[BO(V)BZ]

Ouch, that's no fun at all. Never bothered to think what pricese would be like in different countries...if it makes you feel any better, I ordered some stuff form a place in the UK, and the exchange rate totally raped me..at that time, 1 pound was about 1.95$ US, so I paid about double what the total came out to =[

 

[Mister X]

Thread crap---->

If you want to do it right the first time, you really should rip to FLAC. Screw lossy algorythms =]

Reply to thread crap---->

And screw HDD space too!

Reply to reply of thread crap----->

In a time when 200gig drives cost all of 60$ on sale, I don't see it being a problem any more.

Off topic reply to reply of reply to thread crap. ----->

you don't know how lucky you Americans have it. Here, a 160GB HDD still costs about 80-90$ American..

Even more off topic stuff that has nothing to do with Converting CD's to MP3's ------------>

Ouch, that's no fun at all. Never bothered to think what pricese would be like in different countries...if it makes you feel any better, I ordered some stuff form a place in the UK, and the exchange rate totally raped me..at that time, 1 pound was about 1.95$ US, so I paid about double what the total came out to =[

Very nice example of why thread crapping is against the forum rules.
Would you mind restricting any further comments to the topic at hand?
(that is a rhetorical question..... please don't reply to it)

 

[Newbify2]

This might be another thread crap but use the search this question gets asked every 2 weeks or so. The most common answer always being use EAC->FLAC for best quality and EAC->LAME if you don't have the hd space.