View Full Version : Converting CD's to MP3's?
Jacen McCullough
21 Sep 2002, 04:24 PM
Hey all. I know there are some computer wizards around here, and I was wondering if anyone could answer a question. I'm trying to take tracks from CD's I own, and download them to my computer so I don't have to carry a million cd's with me when I want to listen to music. Is this possible and if so, how the heck do you do it?
Thanks!
JMac
Spartak
21 Sep 2002, 05:58 PM
Originally posted by Jacen McCullough
Hey all. I know there are some computer wizards around here, and I was wondering if anyone could answer a question. I'm trying to take tracks from CD's I own, and download them to my computer so I don't have to carry a million cd's with me when I want to listen to music. Is this possible and if so, how the heck do you do it?
Thanks!
JMac
All you need is a program like RealOne or Windows Media Player and it is fairly simple. You just record the CD onto your PC.
phats_away
21 Sep 2002, 08:37 PM
exact audio copy is the best one out there
sanariot
22 Sep 2002, 12:14 AM
If you had a Mac, you'd have iTunes bundled with your computer. All you do is pop in a CD and click the "import" button. But what do I know anyway?
Dante
22 Sep 2002, 12:55 AM
iTunes rocks. It's MEGA easy to import MP3's.
Damn am I glad I made the switch.
eneste
22 Sep 2002, 01:45 AM
Originally posted by phats_away
exact audio copy is the best one out there
NotAbbott
22 Sep 2002, 02:36 AM
CDex is pretty good for Windows, too. RealOne isn't that great, because the basic version only rips at up to 96 kbps. There used to be a free plug-in to get higher-quality MP3s, but that went away when they switched from RealJukebox to RealOne.
Does Exact Audio Copy convert directly to MP3, or just to .WAV?
Later,
COZ
Barbara
22 Sep 2002, 10:36 AM
Music Match is excellent.
EXCELLENT!
Jacen McCullough
22 Sep 2002, 01:33 PM
I downloaded the Musicmatch jukebox freeware, but I can't see how to make MP3's off of CD tracks. It'll convert MP3's to WAV and vice versa. Am I missing something?
Thanks!
JMac
phats_away
22 Sep 2002, 01:35 PM
Originally posted by NotAbbott
CDex is pretty good for Windows, too. RealOne isn't that great, because the basic version only rips at up to 96 kbps. There used to be a free plug-in to get higher-quality MP3s, but that went away when they switched from RealJukebox to RealOne.
Does Exact Audio Copy convert directly to MP3, or just to .WAV?
Later,
COZ
to mp3
it's also vairable output, so it encodes at the best rate every second