ripping newbie... pls help...

[andylawcc]

ok, so I got an audio cd and I wanna convert it to mp3,

so I went to Preference.... select output to Disk writer, and convert from .cda to .wav, then I got a program name RightClick-mp3 and uses its Blade-encoder to make .wav to .mp3,
question is, how I convert straight from .cda to .mp3?

I can also convert from .cda straight to .mwa with Winamp 2.7, but I wanna know the way for mp3 too.

meanwhile, is there another encoder? coz I can heard noticable degradation from .cda to .wav, let alone going from .wav to .mp3 and also .wma

 

[nuttervm]

check out audiocatalyst. it can rip/encode in one step so you dont have to deal with winamp. i personally think teh quality id good and its very easy to use

 

[Shockwave]

Audio Catalyst is ok, I've heard its encode quality isnt as good as some others, but that would do a 1 step conversion...Personally, I EAC it to wav, then LAME it to mp3.....Cause I am ALL about quality...

 

[Ronstang]

I have also used EAC (damn nice proggy BTW) to convert from CD to MP3 on the fly in one process and it works really well. It takes me less than a minute a song this way and the quality of the MP3s is very good.

 

[Taz4158]

<< Personally, I EAC it to wav, then LAME it to mp3 >>


Same here, gives very good quality and relatively fast.

 

[andylawcc]

with is EAC?

 

[Czar]

Try Musicmatch, best of all those I´v tried

 

[camshi]

Easy CD-DA Extractor

Audiograbber with Fraunhoffer MP3 Codec


what i use.

 

[GustySoul]

Hey andylawcc,

Was that question What is EAC? If so go to this address...

http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/

It is a compact disc digital audio extraction program - and an excellent one I might add.

 

[Taz4158]

<< Audiograbber with Fraunhoffer MP3 Codec >>


I far prefer the LAME encoder, the later ones are much better than the previous.

 

[SlimHarpo]

<< Personally, I EAC it to wav, then LAME it to mp3.....Cause I am ALL about quality... >>



You get the same quality by selecting your desired LAME bitrate in the EAC .wav format list box (assuming you have the LAME .dll). Maybe that's what you meant, though.

 

[wyvrn]

I would say to go here, but the site is not up at the moment.

Haha, I thought you mean needing help ripping a newbie on the forums

EDIT: The site is back up. Considered one of the best on mp3. Check her out

 

[SonOfZeuz]

You should try EAC (Exact Audio Copy) Click here

 

[Radboy]

Linkage to EAC tutorial.

 

[SiliconVandal]

AudioCatalyst has worked fine for me for a long time now...

 

[Vyle]

Ya know, not everyone should be ripping CDs. Why? Because I hate downloading songs that sound like crap. I downloaded a song the other day that I haven't heard in a long time. It's not available on CD so somebody ripped it from vinyl. The song starts, plays for like 3 seconds...then stops...you can tell the guy lifted the stylus and then starts it again with all the snap crackle and pop of vinyl. Then it starts. Grrrrrr...

 

[Philly C]

Try CDex. It's small and simple.