Favorite Software to rip CD's to Mp3's?
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Lame is the only way to fly. 160-190 VBR mp3s should work well. Normal preset is good.
Blind "taste" tasters can't detect the difference between original and compressed once you get up to 160 VBR - that includes audophiles.
You can find plugins if you don't want to use CLI with lame for WinAMP or QMP. A user friendly setup is QMP and lame encoder plugin (you have to download the LAME library separate since some people like certain builds better than the others).
Blind "taste" tasters can't detect the difference between original and compressed once you get up to 160 VBR - that includes audophiles.
You can find plugins if you don't want to use CLI with lame for WinAMP or QMP. A user friendly setup is QMP and lame encoder plugin (you have to download the LAME library separate since some people like certain builds better than the others).
EAC - Lame
EAC + Lame = free and kickass.
Word!
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CDex
It will connect to CDDB and name the files in any format that you want. (Track # - Album Name - Song Name, ect)
:biggrin:
Edit: It is free as well
It will connect to CDDB and name the files in any format that you want. (Track # - Album Name - Song Name, ect)
:biggrin:
Edit: It is free as well
iTunes?
iTunes creates ACC files, no? Then you'd have to convert them in a second step to MP3's.
Back a few years i used the CDRipper that came with WinAmp, but I think that's been taken out of the more recent versions...
SWITCH - easy and fast !
I'm pretty sure there's an option in iTunes to have it convert files to MP3, or just straight rip 'em into MP3. At least I thought there was that option...
You're right. I just checked. In the 'Advanced' tab you can set the encoder to MP3.
From what i'm reading and hearing, AAC (not, as i previously typed, ACC) has a 'more advanced codec' than the original MP3, and rivals the newer OGG [gah!] codec.
A few audiophiles have mentioned that the AAC-MPEG-4 codec is not as good as the older MP3 and nowhere near as good as the new OGG sound.
I can't tell the difference on files ripped above 160 anyway....
A few audiophiles have mentioned that the AAC-MPEG-4 codec is not as good as the older MP3 and nowhere near as good as the new OGG sound.
I can't tell the difference on files ripped above 160 anyway....
EAC/LAME....
there's nothing else which comes close.
there's nothing else which comes close.
Which lame mix are y'all using?
I'm using --r3mix. I went to something else but I could tell the difference and went back to it.
EAC/LAME all the way
that's gibberish to me...
i use V2 (aka 'alt-preset-extreme)
i can send you my config profile file (.cfg) if you want, and you can load it in.
i can send you my config profile file (.cfg) if you want, and you can load it in.
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Free RIP... awesome freeware... it's SO easy to use and finds the album online in less than a second so you can import track lists and all that stuff. I have been looking for something like this since I got my ipod and between my and my boyfriends apporx 1000 CD's, all 60 GB are full. 
if you give a damn about the quality of the rip, EAC/LAME is the only option. and it's free.
sure, it's a little bit more involved to use, but there are tons of FAQ sites out there via google to get you going, and once you set it up, that's it.
sure, it's a little bit more involved to use, but there are tons of FAQ sites out there via google to get you going, and once you set it up, that's it.