Best prog to rip music cd's to mp3's

volt9291 · 17 Apr 2006 at 14:38

As title ^

After a free prog that can rip cd's and get track names...

Thanks

benjo · 17 Apr 2006 at 14:43

Doesnt Windows Media Player do this?

volt9291 · 17 Apr 2006 at 14:46

Yeah but is there not better/quicker?

M0KUJ1N · 17 Apr 2006 at 16:13

Exact Audio Copy with LAME is generally the best in terms of options and quality. Media Player only does CD -> .wma out the box

iGiDK · 17 Apr 2006 at 16:17

M0KUJ1N said:
Exact Audio Copy with LAME is generally the best in terms of options and quality

Yeah that's what I use, recommended

I don't know how to get the track names from EAC though, it's not really relevent to me anyhow...

lemonkettaz · 17 Apr 2006 at 16:17

volt9291 · 17 Apr 2006 at 16:19

can winamp do it?

marc_howarth · 17 Apr 2006 at 16:25

lemonkettaz said:
cdex

that's what i use but i haven't find it too helpful for putting on track names

M0KUJ1N · 17 Apr 2006 at 16:25

Winamp Pro can, it'll cost you tho

p.s. EAC has a CDDB interface for getting track data, and the output filenames can be customised by the end-user provided you're not scared of variables, although the presets are OK.

volt9291 · 17 Apr 2006 at 16:41

ok i will take a look at EAC

thanks

BONES__69 · 17 Apr 2006 at 16:52

EAC --> WAV
DBPowerAmp WAV --> Musepack or Ogg

Mp3 Sucks

M0KUJ1N · 17 Apr 2006 at 16:55

Which is all well and good if you are one of the 0.002% of the population who owns a digital music player that supports those file formats

oddjob62 · 17 Apr 2006 at 17:53

M0KUJ1N said:
Exact Audio Copy with LAME is generally the best in terms of options and quality.

Agreed.

volt9291 · 17 Apr 2006 at 18:04

ok now using Exact Audio Copy with LAME and all is good

FatRakoon · 18 Apr 2006 at 00:47

I myself use Creative's Media Player, but my mate uses RealPlayer.

I have tried RealPlayer and its perfect I have to admit.

Mekrel · 18 Apr 2006 at 01:28

EAC, load CD then get file name from selected files via the freedb option, then rip to mp3 using lame (lame and EAC go together like peas in a pod).

Then mp3tag the files, freedb -> amazon.com and this will get the album art for you and voila. Fully tagged complete with album art media.

Itunes, add folder -> new album added to library.

Chocki · 18 Apr 2006 at 11:22

How do you find exact audio copy for performance?.

I currently use musicmatch jukebox Pro as it came bundled with my Archos, I only use it for ripping since it is very very fast!, less than 2mins max for a complete CD into mp3 with name and art lookup as well and normalizing etc.

Simmy · 18 Apr 2006 at 12:03

I used audiograbber a year or so ago. Fastest ripping program I've used. I think it's become freeware now aswell

Simian · 18 Apr 2006 at 12:18

Another Vote for EAC+LAME... Check the Special settings in the on-line manuals for some nice tweaks!...

As for performance... if your quite cirtain your source material (the CD) is good quality and un-scratched, turn off(or reduce) the Error correction it'll rip at about 16x upward!... otherwise it'll be about 3-4x... Me I'm in no hurry!...

StefanHolmes · 18 Apr 2006 at 16:22

EAC is the daddy of all things for getting a really good backup of your audio CD's. I eschew mp3 in favour of ogg at around 128k. Ogg really does sound stunning. I trialled AAC and AAC+ and ogg captured more of the original sound than anything else at the same bitrate (to my ears and a pair of Mordaunt Short 906's).

EAC+Monkey's Audio is the top quality. Same (literally) as the original CD. I don't know of any portable players which support it, and filesize is an issue (typical compression of only 2:1). Still, I have some 192KHz 24-bit audio packed with Monkeys and it truly is awesome.

I believe iRiver portables support ogg and their audio quality (not ogg, the iRiver) is at least as good as iPod.