What app to rip CDs to mp3s?

[_deano]

I can't seem to find the thread that recommends a small app that will rip CDs to MP3s and also use the cddb to name the tracks. Could someone remind me of this please?

trying to stear clear of iTunes.

[mattyb123]

Windows media player does this, just make sure you change it from its default setting which is to rip cd's into wma format

[twister]

CDex is my weapon of choice for this task

Edited by twister on Tuesday 20th March 19:04

[Caduceus]

Sorry for the thread highjack.
But is there a piece of software that can remove the mp3 content (music) from an mpeg/mpg movie clip?

Thanks

[_deano]

twister said:

CDex is my weapon of choice for this task

Edited by twister on Tuesday 20th March 19:04

that's the one
thanks

[egomeister]

Another CDex user here!

[Cooky]

Depends on the quality you want to rip. I always use a Lame encoder. dB Power amp is an excellent utility and you can use variable bit rate to ensure decent quality whilst saving disc space. Exact audio copy is also a preffered weapon of choice, but you need to make sure you use the latest lame encoder, just rename the existing one before relacing it with a later version.

[PJ S]

_deano said:

I can't seem to find the thread that recommends a small app that will rip CDs to MP3s and also use the cddb to name the tracks. Could someone remind me of this please?

trying to stear clear of iTunes.

Why? What's wrong with iTunes? It's all there that you're looking to achieve.

[Stigmundfreud]

windows media player - just because it's MS doesnt mean its no good

[peterperkins]

My favourite is Easy CD-DA extractor which can rip CD's into many formats, it can convert between formats, it can create audio cd's from the stored files, and it can create mp3 cd's from the stored files. Yes you have to pay a small amount £16.50, but it's excellent with regular updates.

www.poikosoft.com/

My method is.

Rip all my CD's into a lossless format using Easy CD-DA (I use FLAC Level 8).

I have a CD archive now exact copies of the originals.

You can play FLAC files directly on your PC with Winamp.

I then transcode the ones I want to use on my portable device into mp3.

If you lose/damage an original CD you can create an exact replica no bother.

As Music compression techniques improve you can transcode your master lossless FLAC files into whatever is the state of the art at the time.

AACPlus Parametric Stereo at 56kbits has to be heard to be believed, miniscule files and better quality then MP3 at 160kbps!

Peter

[mcarrick69]

Another vote for windows media player. 320KBPs MP3's all the way.

I try not install extra software onto windows if it has it built in.

[zumbruk]

Stigmundfreud said:

windows media player - just because it's MS doesnt mean its no good

As long as you like DRM and spyware, that is.

(Another vote for CDex, here.)

Edited by zumbruk on Wednesday 21st March 12:56

[mattyb123]

zumbruk said:

Stigmundfreud said:

windows media player - just because it's MS doesnt mean its no good

As long as you like DRM and spyware, that is.

(Another vote for CDex, here.)

Edited by zumbruk on Wednesday 21st March 12:56

You can turn that off!

[wolves_wanderer]

Media Player 11 here.

[Tonsko]

CDeX is indeed the daddy.

[ThePassenger]

Tonsko said:

CDeX is indeed the daddy.

Used to use CDex here as well, it's better than chips!

[Scraggles]

audiograbber (free) and the radium frauenhoff ? codec(not free) seem to be a good combination, otherwise lame works well to give me DRM free mp3

[David Godfrey]

for free wmp11 works