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How do you make MP3s from a CD?

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I've done this before but don't remember how I did it. One way I could do it is to play the CD in my PC's burner and use software to produce MP3's at intervals. I'd have to attend or split the resulting MP3. To do this I'd use my Total Recorder Standard Edition 7.1. I know there must be an easier way.
 
Originally posted by: lxskllr
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Rip the CD in WMP using mp3 format.
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Do you have to play the CD in WMP in real time while ripping? My Total Recorder wants to rip while the CD is playing in WMP is why I'm asking.
 
No, you just go to the rip tab, set the format and bitrate, then tell it to rip. It probably takes 10 minutes max on a decent machine.
 
Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
CDEX works great
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I'm running CDex right now, using the default settings, which look OK to me (128 bitrate, 44 sampling rate). I don't know where it's putting the MP3s, will find out...

Edit: It's going under ...\My Music\MP3\...

It does a nice job. Tags all there in accordance (I think) with the CD Text (it may have gotten the track info from CDDB, but maybe the CD Text, can't tell).
 
Originally posted by: tcsenter
EAC + LAME

I would do 192Kbit.
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Not sure I'd hear the difference between 128 kbit and 192 kbit. I always use LAME when I can, have the latest version. Thanks.
 
Its not entirely a matter of whether you can hear the difference between first-encoded 128K and 192K files, but whether you can hear the difference between your first-encoded file and any lossy effect introduced by subsequent transcoding or conversion.

IOW, higher bitrate originals give you some protection against the effect of any future lossy conversions.
 
Originally posted by: tcsenter
Its not entirely a matter of whether you can hear the difference between first-encoded 128K and 192K files, but whether you can hear the difference between your first-encoded file and any lossy effect introduced by subsequent transcoding or conversion.

IOW, higher bitrate originals give you some protection against the effect of any future lossy conversions.
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Thank you. I had to look up transcoding. Conversion would be what? Conversion to ogg vorbis, for instance? The only reason I wouldn't want to rip originally to 192 k would be space on my 2 GB MP3 players. I assume 192 k rips would be much larger, e.g. 2x.
 
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