CD to MP3

[nobbybombshell]

Just got myself an personal mp3 player for the gym. What i want to do is turn my CD's into MP3'S can anyone recommend the software to do it.
Thanks.

[bga]

CD-DA Xtractor works fine for me on Win2K

http://xtractor.sourceforge.net/

[whoozit]

Musicmatch Jukebox is pretty good as well, and free.

[fatsteve]

Agreed, nice a simple to use also. Does all the CDDB look-up for you (ie works our the cd name, artist name and track titles - saves typing them in!)

www.musicmatch.com

Steve

[nobbybombshell]

Nice one thanks.

[puggit]

Just want to say - found musicmatch through this thread and it's really, really good

[slinksport]

aye, i've used musicmatch for a good while, does the job very well, haven't found any other freebie that matches it..

W

[ribol]

Nero Burning software converts to MP3 format no problem, saves it to anywhere you want so no need to write CD. I think it can pick up track names from CDDB too, but never done it.

Ivan

[Plotloss]

Why bother converting.

They will already be out there in MP3 format...

[whoozit]

Plotloss said:

Why bother converting. They will already be out there in MP3 format...

Oooh, I can think of a few reasons to rip them from cd.

- Guaranteed your desired quality
- ID3 tags accurate
- Consistent filename format
- Autosave into artist/album folders
- Get whole album in one go

[meeja]

whoozit said:

Plotloss said: Why bother converting. They will already be out there in MP3 format... Oooh, I can think of a few reasons to rip them from cd. - Guaranteed your desired quality - ID3 tags accurate - Consistent filename format - Autosave into artist/album folders - Get whole album in one go

Not to mention the legal issues.....

Whoops..... can open.... worms everywhere!

[fluffy]

if you get XPPlus it does it for you.

[d3ano]

I rec iTunes from Apple/quicktime. Not sure if you need an Ipod, but its so simple to use and user-friendly.
Failing that, there is also MP3 PRO.

[polar_ben]

I use EAC (& get fantastic quailty variable bitrate mp3s ) Once you've sussed it out, it's a fantastic bit of software.

www.exactaudiocopy.de

[rico]

d3ano said:

I rec iTunes from Apple/quicktime. Not sure if you need an Ipod, but its so simple to use and user-friendly.

SOOOOOO true.

I've used iTunes for months now and just recently bought an iPod, copied 20gb of music in no time. Fantastic.

iTunes is by far the best jukebox and automatically copies cds with access to the online database. Can't fault the program.

I had musicmatch on my pc and it crashed all the time and didn't always copy the tracks properly.

iTunes OH

[fatsteve]

polar_ben said:

I use EAC (& get fantastic quailty variable bitrate mp3s ) Once you've sussed it out, it's a fantastic bit of software. www.exactaudiocopy.de

Even better when you configure it to use FLAC. I'm re-ripping my CD collection (again) using FLAC since it's lossless (files are a bit bigger though - about 2/3 wav)