Martin_Aimless

Hi

I want to rip an audio CD to mp3 files (or wavs if I have to).

Can anyone suggest a suitable piece of freeware/shareware that could to the task?

Thanks in advance.


Mart.

JackClark

iTunes. http://www.apple.com/itunes

Martin_Aimless

Sorry. Just to clarify. I don't want to download any music files, I just want to convert a rather obscure audio CD I have with a load of audio samples on it into a format I can use digitally - mp3 or wav format on my computer. So I'm after something quick and easy to 'rip' the CD into digital files.

Cheers,

M.

MattW

Yes, as he said ITunes, does more than provide a shop front for downloading stuff.

jpor

iTrader: (1)

I know you asked for free/shareware. But I use Ashampoo MP3 Audio Studio. It does it all except what I-tunes can do. Basically it will rip CD's to Mp3 and even normalize the volumes. So all your CD rips have the same volume. I think you can get a 30 day trial Here

Daz34

Windows Media Player 10 does an excellent job of this with no need for any extra applications.

Martin_Aimless

Good grief, so it does!! I just upgraded to version 10 the other day, and sure enough it now has a 'rip' function.

Thanks for the tip.

M

mykp

Get a copy of this. Its fast and more importantly its free.

Typically it will rip a cd on my machine in less than 10 minutes.

mykp

Might help if I tag on the url:

http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

Daz34

You're welcome
In the options you can choose the quality and also the format (mp3, wma) as well.
I used to use cDex but WMP10 does the job just fine now as it rips it to your My Music folder as standard and provides the album art.

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

Audiograbber or Cedex are the benchmark apps to use imo.

john_s

iTrader: (1)

Another vote for cdex

John.

GaryCat

I use cdex too.

davedipster

windows media player 10, rather good and it's very free.

ScoobyJawa

CDEX.

suba

actually, i downloaded CDEX 1.51 last nite but cant get the CDDB to work?! it keep asking me to put in a valid email which i did, but still not work?! any CDEX expert got any ideas???

AllenJ

I use FreeRIP.

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

Works fine here, u sure its a valid email addy, maybe u have a firewall blocking the application?

albob

last nights 'gadget show' did a feature on converting your cassette tapes to MP3 - they recommended a piece of freeware called 'audacity'

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

the 'how to do it' guide is here --

http://gadgetshow.five.tv/jsp/5gsmai...on=How%20To...

alan