Is there a (free) program to convert the music from a CD to MP3 or other form so it can be played on a portable player or phone?
How can I converd music from a CD into MP3???
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I use Windows Media Player. Pop in the CD, and click on the "RIP" tab. You need to select the type you want to convert it to and the quality you want it ripped at.
What device in question?
I suggest iTunes using 80Kb/sec AAC+ (HE) for music, you can cram a LOT of music on a device that sounds great using this codec. However, not every device will play AAC+ but most new ones will.
I suggest iTunes using 80Kb/sec AAC+ (HE) for music, you can cram a LOT of music on a device that sounds great using this codec. However, not every device will play AAC+ but most new ones will.
Originally Posted By: bdcardinal
I use Windows Media Player. Pop in the CD, and click on the "RIP" tab. You need to select the type you want to convert it to and the quality you want it ripped at.
I use wma format, which is supported by most mp3 players. I read somewhere that wma is a much better format and sounds as good as mp3 at half the kbps (kilobites per second). I always rip 128 kbps for my mp3 player and have burned disks from 128 with no sound problems in the Ranger (classical, blues, or rock). I found I can put some music to 64 kbps, particularly piano sonatas, with no problem, but some things, espectially choral works suffered from a nasty degradation of sound. But 128 kbps wma seems more than sufficient. If you go mp3 then probably should go 256 kbps, but will fit only half as much on your mp3 player.
I use Windows Media Player. Pop in the CD, and click on the "RIP" tab. You need to select the type you want to convert it to and the quality you want it ripped at.
I use wma format, which is supported by most mp3 players. I read somewhere that wma is a much better format and sounds as good as mp3 at half the kbps (kilobites per second). I always rip 128 kbps for my mp3 player and have burned disks from 128 with no sound problems in the Ranger (classical, blues, or rock). I found I can put some music to 64 kbps, particularly piano sonatas, with no problem, but some things, espectially choral works suffered from a nasty degradation of sound. But 128 kbps wma seems more than sufficient. If you go mp3 then probably should go 256 kbps, but will fit only half as much on your mp3 player.
I wasn't really looking for a format, but a program to convert the files on my CD to some sort of portable format.
I just found Audio Grabber. It is a small (free) program that converts the files to *.wav files. It finds the files on your CD, then you just press the "grab" button, and it converts them. Easy.
If anyone is interested, it is here: http://www.filehippo.com/download_audiograbber/ click on the "download latest version" button and wait for the download to start. Don't click anything else otherwise you will download junk.
I just found Audio Grabber. It is a small (free) program that converts the files to *.wav files. It finds the files on your CD, then you just press the "grab" button, and it converts them. Easy.
If anyone is interested, it is here: http://www.filehippo.com/download_audiograbber/ click on the "download latest version" button and wait for the download to start. Don't click anything else otherwise you will download junk.
Originally Posted By: bdcardinal
I use Windows Media Player. Pop in the CD, and click on the "RIP" tab. You need to select the type you want to convert it to and the quality you want it ripped at.
Thanks. I searched the Microsoft help site, but they didn't mention this.
I use Windows Media Player. Pop in the CD, and click on the "RIP" tab. You need to select the type you want to convert it to and the quality you want it ripped at.
Thanks. I searched the Microsoft help site, but they didn't mention this.
I use CDex and am satisfied with it. It has just enough controls to satisfy me, but still reasonably simple. I have it set to rip at 192 kbps (seemed like a reasonable compromise), the Options... Settings tab is your friend.
If you use Windows, the built-in media player, I think, can rip to .mp3. If you care at all about the quality of the ripped audio you might think about staying at *at least* 192kbps. Other codecs can definitely get (marginally) better quality at any given bit rate relative to .mp3 but you will very likely run into compatibility issues with some device or other; probably right when you really need it to work!
Originally Posted By: TallPaul
I read somewhere that wma is a much better format and sounds as good as mp3 at half the kbps (kilobites per second).
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But 128 kbps wma seems more than sufficient. If you go mp3 then probably should go 256 kbps, but will fit only half as much on your mp3 player.
That's not entirely true. WMA may be marginally better at the same bit rate, but it is not 2x better. Modern MP3 codecs such as LAME 3.98 do a pretty good job even at 128 kbps. Very few people can actually distinguish between it and the original.
At very low bit rates, AAC+ is king. It can sound pretty good even down to 32 kbps. So, if storage space is an issue, that's the way to go. Otherwise, I'd probably stick with something near 150 kbps AAC.
I read somewhere that wma is a much better format and sounds as good as mp3 at half the kbps (kilobites per second).
[...]
But 128 kbps wma seems more than sufficient. If you go mp3 then probably should go 256 kbps, but will fit only half as much on your mp3 player.
That's not entirely true. WMA may be marginally better at the same bit rate, but it is not 2x better. Modern MP3 codecs such as LAME 3.98 do a pretty good job even at 128 kbps. Very few people can actually distinguish between it and the original.
At very low bit rates, AAC+ is king. It can sound pretty good even down to 32 kbps. So, if storage space is an issue, that's the way to go. Otherwise, I'd probably stick with something near 150 kbps AAC.
I use EAC (exact audio copy) to rip to wave.
Then I use the latesy LAME binary in conjunction with Razorlame as the GUI front end to convert to MP3. In Razolame's GUI I set it to use only custom options "-V 0 --resample 44.1 -m j --noreplaygain" This produces mp3s that are right around 5MB and are transparent to the original CD version.
To do my tagging I use MP3 Tag Tools v1.2.
All of these are older programs with Razorlame last updated in 2006 and MP3 Tag Tools in 2004. The LAME binaries are up to date (2011). EAC has also been relatively recently updated.
They all work fine on XP/Vista/7.
A bit of extra work? Sure. But it gives me much finer control over the output. Also EAC can recover audio from damaged discs that other rippers cannot using the recovery methods it uses.
Then I use the latesy LAME binary in conjunction with Razorlame as the GUI front end to convert to MP3. In Razolame's GUI I set it to use only custom options "-V 0 --resample 44.1 -m j --noreplaygain" This produces mp3s that are right around 5MB and are transparent to the original CD version.
To do my tagging I use MP3 Tag Tools v1.2.
All of these are older programs with Razorlame last updated in 2006 and MP3 Tag Tools in 2004. The LAME binaries are up to date (2011). EAC has also been relatively recently updated.
They all work fine on XP/Vista/7.
A bit of extra work? Sure. But it gives me much finer control over the output. Also EAC can recover audio from damaged discs that other rippers cannot using the recovery methods it uses.
Originally Posted By: Loobed
Is there a (free) program to convert the music from a CD to MP3 or other form so it can be played on a portable player or phone?
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/home
Is there a (free) program to convert the music from a CD to MP3 or other form so it can be played on a portable player or phone?
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/home
Originally Posted By: buickman50401
I use EAC (exact audio copy) to rip to wave.
Be sure to configure EAC following this guide to ensure you get an exact copy: http://blowfish.be/eac/
Also in the guide are instructions on ripping directly to MP3 to bypass your intermediate step of using the Razolame GUI.
I use EAC (exact audio copy) to rip to wave.
Be sure to configure EAC following this guide to ensure you get an exact copy: http://blowfish.be/eac/
Also in the guide are instructions on ripping directly to MP3 to bypass your intermediate step of using the Razolame GUI.
freerip works good.
www.freerip.com
just make sure you do advanced install..
and uncheck the install yahooooo toolbar etc.
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www.freerip.com
just make sure you do advanced install..
and uncheck the install yahooooo toolbar etc.
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