Mp3 Riping Software

[Inline 6]

hey just brought a mp3 player and i was wondering what software every uses to turn their cd's into mp3 files.

ahead nero came with my pc and used to let you get a few mp3's onto the pc but for some stupid reason it only let me do so many.

cheers all

[funkymonkey]

lame... its the industry standard. works in DOS, but is quick and very very clean (no clicks, pops artifacts etc).

I usually use "-V 2 --vbr-new" for a 192 kbps variable bitrate compression. On a regular hi-fi system/car stereo you won't be able to tell the difference between it and the CD.

http://lame.sourceforge.net/

[Samon]

There are a few options... (actually heaps, but a few good FREE ones)

1. AudioGrabber. This software is a dedicated CD-> MP3 ripper. Connects to the 'net and grabs the titles, pretty basic but does the job.

http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

2. Quintessential Player (+ the free LAME MP3 Encoder Plug-in). This is what I use most of the time... it's a media player kinda like Winamp, but I use it mainly for it's ripping features (you can easily specify the bit-rate, etc) and fantastic MP3 Tag editing capabilities.

http://www.quinnware.com/

3. iTunes. This free player from Apple has the ability to rip to MP3, but it's disabled by default. From memory, you go into the Advanced tab of the options window and change it from AAC format to MP3, then play around with the desired bitrate, etc. If you're not using iTunes as a media player though it's a fairly bloated piece of software, especially when you have a lot of music in your library... runs okay but can take a bit of time to load up, and uses a fair chunk of your RAM.

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

[funkymonkey]

Oh forgot to mention, if you'd like a point and click interface to lame rather than fiddlign with DOS commands, then you should use RazorLAME

http://www.dors.de/razorlame

pretty much anyone that pirates music/video uses lame to compress their MP3's. A lot of software that "streamline" the process just use lame to encode in the background.

[Samon]

A lot of software that "streamline" the process just use lame to encode in the background.

Absolutely... I know that AudioGrabber and Quintessential both use LAME... not 100% sure about iTunes though...

[Samon]

The main advantage of using one of the GUI tools I suggested is that you don't first have to rip the CD tracks into WAV format first, as you do with RazorLAME (IIRC).

[Atomnaya]

+1 Audiograbber. Correct me if i'm wrong but its also free too

[Leon.T]

audio grabber me also.

[infamous_t]

Easy CD-DA Extractor is my weapon of choice... who pays for software anyway?

Don't go below 128 kbps for quality sound.

MP4 (AAC) is my choice, and for a few reasons, but mainly because its the best lossy codec available for iPod (which I use)... IMHO anyway.

[Birnie]

Chuck in the disk and hit RIP using Windows Media player.

Don't need any extra software.

And yes it rips to MP3

[Samon]

Chuck in the disk and hit RIP using Windows Media player.

Don't need any extra software.

And yes it rips to MP3

That works, but make sure you go into Tools > Options > Rip Music, set the Format to MP3 and set the 'Audio Quality' slider to 192kbps MINIMUM... (I rip all mine at either 256 or 320Kbps...)

[nice 28]

Chuck in the disk and hit RIP using Windows Media player.

Don't need any extra software.

And yes it rips to MP3

thats how i do it.

if you have the latest windows media player (the one with now playing, library, rip etc. at the top) then just click the little arrow underneath rip and set the format to mp3 and change the bitrate to 192 (default is 128).

[funkymonkey]

That works, but make sure you go into Tools > Options > Rip Music, set the Format to MP3 and set the 'Audio Quality' slider to 192kbps MINIMUM... (I rip all mine at either 256 or 320Kbps...)

yeah but the WMP compressor is shithouse compared to Audiograbber and other lamegenc rippers. WMP ripped MP3's may sound OK on headphones or PC speakers, but on a proper hifi you'll hear all the artifacts it creates.

[elusiver]

nero... it's installed on almost every pc... no need for other software. Think its under tools--> save tracks. Lets u choose bitrate, even cbr/vbr... and it's already there in most cases.

el