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how do i get songs that are on a CD to my hardrive in MP3 format

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roncarter

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My mom has some cds and I want to put them all on one MP3 disk so she doesnt have to carry around all of her cd's. How do I get them copied onto my harddrive so I can burn them.
 
You need a cd ripping program, and an mp3 encoder.

I cant think of the name of good ones off the top of my head right now, but im sure someone will chime in with some good ones. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: aphexII
You need a cd ripping program, and an mp3 encoder.

I cant think of the name of good ones off the top of my head right now, but im sure someone will chime in with some good ones. 🙂
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I cant just copy them onto my harddrive????
 
Well, if you're using a CDRW drive, chances are you have a Roxio EZ CD Creator. For me it's definately the best and the fastest method to rip CDs. All you have to do is to insert the original CD, press the 'get names' button to auto download song titles and select the mp3 bitrate. I love that program!
 
Originally posted by: Booster
Well, if you're using a CDRW drive, chances are you have a Roxio EZ CD Creator. For me it's definately the best and the fastest method to rip CDs. All you have to do is to insert the original CD, press the 'get names' button to auto download song titles and select the mp3 bitrate. I love that program!
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dang.. I have nero.. neone know how to do this using NERO?

Im sure theres a way
 
Originally posted by: roncarter
Originally posted by: aphexII
You need a cd ripping program, and an mp3 encoder.

I cant think of the name of good ones off the top of my head right now, but im sure someone will chime in with some good ones. 🙂
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I cant just copy them onto my harddrive????
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The audio on your CD is in a CDA/WAV format. You want to change (or encode) them into MP3 format.
 
Originally posted by: iamme
Originally posted by: roncarter
Originally posted by: aphexII
You need a cd ripping program, and an mp3 encoder.

I cant think of the name of good ones off the top of my head right now, but im sure someone will chime in with some good ones. 🙂
Click to expand...

I cant just copy them onto my harddrive????
Click to expand...

The audio on your CD is in a CDA/WAV format. You want to change (or encode) them into MP3 format.
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yes.. this is true.. but how do I do that
 
Originally posted by: roncarter
Originally posted by: iamme
Originally posted by: roncarter
Originally posted by: aphexII
You need a cd ripping program, and an mp3 encoder.

I cant think of the name of good ones off the top of my head right now, but im sure someone will chime in with some good ones. 🙂
Click to expand...

I cant just copy them onto my harddrive????
Click to expand...

The audio on your CD is in a CDA/WAV format. You want to change (or encode) them into MP3 format.
Click to expand...

yes.. this is true.. but how do I do that
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www.r3mix.net
 
the process of getting CD audio off your CD's and onto your HD is what is referred to as "ripping".

You could try a program called MusicMatch

Be aware that if you put those MP3's on a CD, they won't play in CD players. Unless you have a CD player that plays MP3's.
 
Originally posted by: SludgeFactory
Rip with Exact Audio Copy

Encode with LAME
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Someone beat me to it. I guess I am going to have to stop sleeping so much.



roncarter,

Unless the player your mom is using can read MP3 format you make just want to copy the CDs using Nero.
 
I just recently got an iPod and wanted to make some MP3's for it. Ripping with Exact Audio Copy and encoding with LAME works great for me.
 
Originally posted by: sandigga
cdex
fastest/easiest one step program to rip audio cds to mp3s....
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yes, use CDex.

The rest of you - he clearly doesn't need to bother with lame/EAC. He just needs something easy, and cdex is the best for this sort of thing.
 
Originally posted by: snow patrol
Originally posted by: sandigga
cdex
fastest/easiest one step program to rip audio cds to mp3s....
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yes, use CDex.

The rest of you - he clearly doesn't need to bother with lame/EAC. He just needs something easy, and cdex is the best for this sort of thing.
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What are you talking about? Exact Audio Copy and Lame is easy.
 
Can CDex rip copy protected cds?

I want to rip my cds on my other hard drive so I can listen to them while Im at the computer.
 
Originally posted by: yakko
Originally posted by: snow patrol
Originally posted by: sandigga
cdex
fastest/easiest one step program to rip audio cds to mp3s....
Click to expand...

yes, use CDex.

The rest of you - he clearly doesn't need to bother with lame/EAC. He just needs something easy, and cdex is the best for this sort of thing.
Click to expand...

What are you talking about? Exact Audio Copy and Lame is easy.
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I was going to refute that but I just installed it and it's just as easy as CDEx. I'm sold.
 
Originally posted by: amnesiac 2.0
Originally posted by: yakko
Originally posted by: snow patrol
Originally posted by: sandigga
cdex
fastest/easiest one step program to rip audio cds to mp3s....
Click to expand...

yes, use CDex.

The rest of you - he clearly doesn't need to bother with lame/EAC. He just needs something easy, and cdex is the best for this sort of thing.
Click to expand...

What are you talking about? Exact Audio Copy and Lame is easy.
Click to expand...

I was going to refute that but I just installed it and it's just as easy as CDEx. I'm sold.
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The only real hard part can be the intial selecting of your CD-Rom drive.
 
I would use EAC and LAME. The AT FAQs has a write-up on ripping with a specific recommendation for that combination. It doesn't get too much easier and you can set it to go fast or slow by changing quality levels

As for protected cds, I've been able to do the new DMB cd when people with other programs couldn't. Not sure if that applies to more, but it works for that one.
 
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