Ripping my parents CD collection... help needed

[ArkAoss]

Last Weekend, My folks bought an MP3 capable set top dvd player, And they'd like me to rip thier collection of mariah carry, yanni, and other stuff, to mp3, burn it to a cd for them to listen to....

I figure, we've got 4-5 pc's, rip the collection (20 cd's) across those machines then gather them to my pc via our network, and burn the cd, but which program would you people suggest for best quality ripping... and quickness of availability?

 

[tomcat]

use audiograbber nuff said.

 

[divinemartyr]

Arkaoss,

Use Exact Audio Copy for ripping, and LAME for encoding. Your own personal preferences for space will be dependent upon what you want to do and the quality you want to maintain. I highly recommend that you try reading r3mix.net for great information on a space vs. quality solution!

dm

 

[ArkAoss]

ok, I'm going to be trying to do this on 5 different machines, and need the best suggestion, that drops them into mp3 in one run. 1 program.

 

[ArkAoss]

hey need help please!!

 

[RichieZ]

go out and buy some plextors

 

[loup garou]

I use Easy CD-DA Extractor with LAME @ 256 kb/s (all in one). Works great, fast, best sounding output I've come across, and it uses CDDB to name the tracks too.

Easy CD-DA @ Download.com

 

[Namuna]

Or you could use Nero.

EVERY step can be done from this one app. RIP, Encode and burn back to MP3 CD.

I ain't even gonna get into what else it can do (like VCDs).

Good luck.

 

[derek]

Music Match

 

[loup garou]

Oh yeah, almost forgot about Nero. I just got that and never even checked that feature out. I'll have to rip some CDs to compare it and CDDA.

 

[mryellow2]

so i guess you're going to sacrifice sound quality for the convenience of using one program? then again, i've never used nero so i don't know how it compares to other encoder/ripper's such as lame and eac

if you have a couple hours you could rip all the cd's from one computer then just encode all of them overnight

 

[ArkAoss]

i don't have the time gotta appease the folks.... but I own a legit copy of Nero... so It's what I'll try to use.

 

[ArkAoss]

hey, uh this will be from audio, to a folder for each cd (MP3 format) then all the folders to one cd (hopefully) but i can't see how to get nero to RIP

 

[Delusion2001]

use audiocatalyst

 

[axelfox]

audio catalyst baby

 

[Harrald]

When I ripped my collection of Beatles CDs I used "MusicMatch" Jukebox.

It was one stop shopping for me. Music CD in and it ripped to MP3s right as rain. After I ripped the 14 albums in went the CDr and let Nero take over. I don't know if there's a way to have it rip and copy at the same time. I have a lot of HD space so that was the way for me. Also I wanted to make a backup too.