What CD ripper do you use?

[JoeBaD]

Looking around for a freebee to rip my audio cds to mp3. Any recommendations?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Covered like a champ in the AT FAQs, but here's the Coles' Notes.

Exact Audio Copy, and LAME CBR @ 192kbps

- M4H

 

[Fausto]

EAC + LAME: accept no substitutes.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Fausto1
EAC + LAME: accept no substitutes.

"Nine out of Ten pirates agree!"


What is the best program to use to rip audio CDs?
What is the best program (encoder) for making MP3s?

There ya go.

- M4H

 

[Kevin]

I like CDex...

 

[Platypus]

EAC + Lame 1.92 + VBR =
I also rip to .mpc with EAC.

 

[mk]

EAC + mppenc: accept no substitutes.

 

[Spikey217]

No one encodes to MPC?

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Spikey217
No one encodes to MPC?

way to read.

 

[mk]

Originally posted by: Spikey217
No one encodes to MPC?

Good timing.

 

[Spikey217]

Internet connection a bit slow...

 

[CraigRT]

CDEX using LAME
192 kbps.

 

[Platypus]

Question for you guys, why don't you use VBR?

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Question for you guys, why don't you use VBR?

I sometimes use VBR.. since I can't really tell any differences, I just pick when I feel like using VBR and not.

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Yield

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Question for you guys, why don't you use VBR?

I sometimes use VBR.. since I can't really tell any differences, I just pick when I feel like using VBR and not.

Trust me, there is def. a difference. It all depends on the music you listen to and what kind of speakers you have too.

 

[Sid59]

EAC + LAME392 + --alt-preset standard

 

[joohang]

I use WMP8 since I normally just rip at 96 Kbps WMA for Nomad and iPAQ.

 

[WTT0001]

DBMusicConverter w/ Lame (Built-in Support)

 

[notfred]

iTunes + LAME

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: kevin000
I like CDex...

 

[BatmanNate]

EAC + Lame

192 CBR True Stereo

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Question for you guys, why don't you use VBR?

I used to use the R3 Mix vbr switch, but quit for several reasons. For one, my car CD player would sometimes have troubles reading it. (it supports VBR, but LAME 3.89's VBR didn't jive sometimes) Also, it was more efficient than 192k for some music, however not for all music. Since a good deal of the music that I like has a lot of high frequency noice (symbals, guitars, etc) it isn't as viable an option.

 

[DaveSimmons]

EAC + FLAC -- lossless baby!

Since it's lossless I can also convert FLAC -> WAV -> MP3 for my flash player as needed (with the same quality as if I went CD -> MP3) , or burn a true CD quality audio CD if I need to.

Of course it does take 300 MB per CD, but disk space is cheap.

 

[DaMutha]

I've read a lot of snide comments about Creative's software, but it mostly seems to be aimed at its bloated characteristics. I've been using Playcenter to rip my CDs at 192 bitrate, and they seem to be coming out fine. Should I be worried about the quality I'm getting? I like the fact that it rips CDS in about a minute---I've got about 200 to do, so I'm not really up for using a method that takes too long. That said, I don't want to get through 200 and realize that they all sound like crap.

Any thoughts appreciated---thanks.

 

[rb56]

EAC and Lame
rb56