How to store a .cda file so it's playable in foobar?

[FnG]magnolia · 22 Dec 2008 at 11:19

Feel a bit of nub even asking this

How do I play and store a CD which someone else has authored and burned to a CD for me (Christmas songs) and make it playable in foobar? The .cda files look tiny! I want to add it to my general music folder and then transfer at a later stage to my NWZ-A818.

Help appreciated

edit : and I'm now aware I'm probably in the wrong forum

Liquidfox · 22 Dec 2008 at 14:32

You're going to have to rip it to a standard format (mp3, wmv etc)

asim18 · 22 Dec 2008 at 15:48

Open the CD in foobar (File > Open Disc [IIRC])

Then select all the tracks, then right click and choose "convert to" [IIRC]

You may have to download and install the LAME MP3 encoder, if you dont have it already. As Foobar needs it to encode to mp3.

Inquisitor · 22 Dec 2008 at 16:07

Use Musepack for lossy compression, not MP3!

asim18 · 22 Dec 2008 at 18:44

Inquisitor said:
Use Musepack for lossy compression, not MP3!

He wants to play it on an MP3 player, not a musepack player.

Inquisitor · 22 Dec 2008 at 19:34

asim18 said:
He wants to play it on an MP3 player, not a musepack player.

Touché! Though some MP3 players/firmwares support more than just MP3 files

swinnie · 22 Dec 2008 at 20:41

Use EAC with LAME to rip your CD, then import into Foobar.

I use EAC with FLAC mainly, but have to convert FLAC to MP3 for MP3 players.

BlackAle · 23 Dec 2008 at 05:08

Inquisitor said:
Use Musepack for lossy compression, not MP3!

Nothing wrong with MP3, Musepack is an efficient codec, achieves the same quality as MP3 at a marginally lower bitrate, though has virtually zero compatibility, so it's effectively a useless format, unless you only ever listen to music on your computer.