Ripping Music - Best Tool

[roadsweeper]

I'd like to rip my CD collection into various formats, chiefly MP3 (various bit-rates), WMA and AAC. Any suggestions for a good (hopefully free!)? If there is a shareware project out there for this kind of thing that would be ideal...

[DanBoy]

I have something called CDex (I think) which is really easy to use and great for ripping to MP3. I'm not sure if it does other formats too.

[Bodo]

I haven't checked all other ones, but CDex is the bee's knees


www.cdex.n3.net/

[roadsweeper]

2-0 to CDex so far then. Thanks guys.

[DanBoy]

Failing that, of course, all wave editors such as CoolEdit, Wavelab, Soundforge and so on have "Import CD audio options" which will save CD audio tracks from disc and enable you to convert them to virtually any format you like, and then some.

You can find cracked copies of those all over the place, although of course I wouldn't condone it on an internet forum.

[mondeoman]

Musicmatch jukebox

[sjg]

EAC and LAME.

[dern]

Another big thumbs up for cdex.

Mark

[davidd]

I use CDEX and I'm very happy with it

D.

[barry sheene]

roadsweeper said:

If there is a shareware project out there for this kind of thing that would be ideal...

there is a freeware tool that I use (so far I used it to rip 12,000 mps3), called Freerip..

www.mgshareware.com/frmmain.shtml

[zumbruk]

Another vote for CDex from me. Did my entire collection with it over a few weekends.

[hornet]

Use either EAC or dBPoweramp. Seem to be lots of plugins available for dBPoweramp too - I've got .shn, .flac and .ape added for lossles audio compression. Also seem able to work around copy protected CDs if you rip a track at a time, not that I'd ever advocate doing that of course...