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Best mp3 ripper?

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de8212

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I have some mp3's that i would like to convert down to 128kbps for my portable mp3 player. What's the best software that will do this? I really don't want to have to put the cd's in and re-rip them if something out there can just do the whole batch of them.

tia
 
its never a good idea to compress data twice. It would be better to do it straight from the CD's, unless you don't care
 
Originally posted by: jimithing2077
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

CDex is what I use for converting everything and anything. You can also convert down using it. I find it extremely useful.

Enjoy
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Agreed.

Originally posted by: rleemhui
its never a good idea to compress data twice. It would be better to do it straight from the CD's, unless you don't care
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Also true. Two lossy compressions could lead to some quality issues with the resultant files.

 
Originally posted by: rleemhui
its never a good idea to compress data twice. It would be better to do it straight from the CD's, unless you don't care
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I agree. I use EAC + LAME to rip CDs.
 
Originally posted by: Megatomic
Originally posted by: jimithing2077
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

CDex is what I use for converting everything and anything. You can also convert down using it. I find it extremely useful.

Enjoy
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Agreed.

Originally posted by: rleemhui
its never a good idea to compress data twice. It would be better to do it straight from the CD's, unless you don't care
Click to expand...
Also true. Two lossy compressions could lead to some quality issues with the resultant files.
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While I agree with everyone's points about recompressing MP3's, I do the same thing for my flash MP3 player. All of my original MP3s are ripped at 192 CBR or 256 VBR (max), but I will convert them into 128kpbs WMA files for my 128mb flash player to use while working out.

I can certainly tell a difference in the sound, but sound quality isn't an issue when exercising and I can get a good bit more on my flash player compared to the original files.
 
I have used cdex in the past but I kept getting some error about missing .dlll files when compressing certain mp3's.
I should have mentioned that in my oroginal post that I wanted something besides cdex.

But when I originally ripped it from the cd I used cdex.

And since this is just going on my flash player I do not really care about the quality so much. I just want a smaller file size.

thanks for the suggestions.
 
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