Multimedia: Convert music cd to mp3
Convert music cd to mp3
by asfisher - 10/16/04 8:43 PMI was told there is a free program to download of the net but can not remember the name of it. I t converts music cd to mp3 so i can get more songs onto a disc. I love making my own mixture cds from all my own discs and sometimes would love to be able to fit more on.
Re: Convert music cd to mp3
by timwerx - 10/16/04 9:19 PM In reply to: Convert music cd to mp3 by asfisherI downloaded a program called Gold Wave a couple of years ago that works great for this. I don't know if the free version is still available or not, however.
Also, Windows Media Player works great for copying from/to CDs, letting you mix and match and make your own musical concoctions. It won't be MP3, but the disks will play anywhere and the quality is very good -- at least the ones I've made are.
Anyway, the problem is quality. You mention "fitting more on." Well, keep in mind that there are certain limits: You may be able to put lots of audio onto a disk, but you'll be sacrificing quality if you try to do too much.
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by Art - 10/17/04 2:04 AM In reply to: Re: Convert music cd to mp3 by timwerxhttp://www.download.com/Rippers-Encoders/3150-2140_4-0.html?tag=dir
Take a look. There are a few freebies here.
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by - 10/18/04 10:38 PM In reply to: Re: Convert music cd to mp3 by ArtI recommend CDex or Exact Audio Copy
Both should be used with the LAME mp3 encoder.
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by poph - 10/22/04 1:00 PM In reply to: Re: Convert music cd to mp3 byI would also recommend CDex 1.5
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by tonjon - 10/29/04 2:01 AM In reply to: Convert music cd to mp3 by asfisherTry Audiograbber I've found it excellent and it's free and it's quick
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by llucyy - 10/29/04 12:53 PM In reply to: Re: Convert music cd to mp3 by tonjonTrouble is free version of Audiograbber doesn't do all tracks. It only lets you do a few
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by irvi26 - 10/29/04 2:50 AM In reply to: Convert music cd to mp3 by asfisherWhy dont you just use itunes ... it is a great piece of software and is available at download.com
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by jpjones23 - 10/29/04 4:20 PM In reply to: Re: Convert music cd to mp3 by irvi26The problem with iTunes, from my understanding, is that the tunes have a proprietary format to their music. That's why the doiwnloaded files are *.m4p files. This prevents them from being burned to CDs as *.mp3 files. Thay have to have the iTunes formatting removed to convert them to *.m4a files that can then be converted to *.mp3 files. All this wonderfulness can be done. Given the fact that this thread began with a request to convert CD files to *.mp3 files iTunes seems inappropriate. I use a little utility called CD to MP3 Ripper with no problems.
Take care,
Jeff
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by bruce1 - 10/29/04 5:41 AM In reply to: Convert music cd to mp3 by asfisherTry dbPowerAmp Music Converter it's available on CNet download and PCWorld download.
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by llucyy - 10/29/04 12:55 PM In reply to: Re: Convert music cd to mp3 by bruce1Yup, thats the one. and don't forget to get the Audio CD plugin
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by saastad - 10/29/04 5:47 AM In reply to: Convert music cd to mp3 by asfisherI have found CDex to be a VERY good program, and can be found at: http://www.cdex.n3.net/
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by Cnet User - 10/29/04 6:12 AM In reply to: Convert music cd to mp3 by asfisherA freeware program I use is 'CDex v1.51' found right here: http://www.download.com/CDex/3000-2140_4-10226370.html?tag=lst-0-1
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by amadensor - 10/29/04 6:40 AM In reply to: Convert music cd to mp3 by asfisherThere are two steps to this. The first being getting the music off the CD, the second being the compression. Many tools do both steps, making it seamless.
If you have the luxury of an axailable Linux or Unix machine, there is no better audio extraction tool than CDParanioa. It can read even scratched or damaged discs a good share of the time. This adds a second use for it: Copying your scratched CD's to WAV on your PC, then burning a new audio CD to prevent paying again for what you already bought. As for this and compression grip is a nice tool which is very easy to use and had CDDB integration.
If you are only able to use Windows for the task, CDEX is nice. It is much faster than CDParanoia, but does not recover scratched discs, and can have more jitter on hard to read discs.
As for compression, both of these have compression tools built in that support multiple codecs. If your plan is just to put many more songs on a CD to play in your PC, you should also check OGG Vorbis as an alternative to MP3. At the same file size, in my opinion, the sound quality is much better. I am a professional audio engineer as well as a computer programmer.
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by Anom - 10/29/04 11:33 AM In reply to: Convert music cd to mp3 by asfisherIt is all quite easy and fast. For converting the music I use a free ripper from Download.com, there are many listed. Also a program or ripper that can convert from wav to MP3 and back again is also useful. In order to beat the copyright protection on some disks I use AnyDVD from slysoft. Note also that for some MP3 disk players (like my pioneer car CD/Radio) you need to put the songs into groups of 100 in folders to be able to play all of them.
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