need a CD ripper.. FreeRip/FS dont work

The Running Man · 19 Jun 2008 at 18:59

Guys, please can someone help. i have vista 64 and 2x SATA DVDRW drives. Neither freerip, or Fairstars are picking up audio discs inserted into either drive (pair of pioneer 18x dvdrw).

i could really do with ripping asap~!

thanks

Hamster · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:22

EAC is regarded as the best ripping program and best of all it's free. This guide is all you'll need. Might look a bit daunting but the instructions are simple to follow and it doesn't take that long to set up. Once you've configured it, ripping is a doddle and you'll get excellent results.

http://xs.vc/eac/

JM

The Running Man · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:33

hmm trying now, installation requires LAME.exe? however the online documentation never mentioned lame at all?!

gash why cant things just be straight forwardf.

Hamster · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:44

http://xs.vc/eac/Lossy/lossy.html#no2

james.miller · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:47

you need lame if you are ripping to mp3. if you are ripping straight to wave, you dont need it. however if you want to keep 100% of the originals quality, then rip to flac instead of wav. still true to the original but about 60% of the size.

Hamster · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:52

I assumed OP was wanting to rip to mp3. You're correct, flac is the best option if storing the rips onto hard disk but flac can be a royal pain to install in vista 64 from what i've read.

The Running Man · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:52

done it got the lame.exe and inserted into folder and set the dir:

i just want to rip an mp3 thats all for a ringtone, just need to add tags now.

james.miller · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:55

JoeMama said:
I assumed OP was wanting to rip to mp3. You're correct, flac is the best option if storing the rips onto hard disk but flac can be a royal pain to install in vista 64 from what i've read.

shouldnt be, its just an .exe really like the Lame encoder. I've not had any problems with mine anyway

Hamster · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:56

if you look up the cd in freedb (database\get cd info from\freedb) before you start the rip then the tags will be done with the rip.

Hamster · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:57

james.miller said:
shouldnt be, its just an .exe really like the Lame encoder. I've not had any problems with mine anyway

you must have a golden touch. I had problems in vista32 (got it working eventually) but maybe a new version of flac has been released more compatible?

james.miller · 19 Jun 2008 at 20:00

oh, are you downloading it with the installer and front end too? i just got the bare encoder since i knew i'd only be using it with EAC. perhaps that's what it is?

Hamster · 19 Jun 2008 at 20:04

yes, that's what the problem was! It was flac installer with frontend that gave me the headaches.

Greenlizard0 · 19 Jun 2008 at 20:11

What's the general bit rip at which FLAC files are formed?

james.miller · 19 Jun 2008 at 20:15

ive not really looked but looking at my ripped madonna album (hard candy), they are all about 1mb/sec or so

Hamster · 19 Jun 2008 at 20:23

flacs are lower bitrate than cd files but they lose no musical information whatsoever. They're just compressed.

Greenlizard0 · 19 Jun 2008 at 21:52

james.miller said:
ive not really looked but looking at my ripped madonna album (hard candy), they are all about 1mb/sec or so

Cool, my old CD's are ripped and they vary slightly around the 900kb/s mark.