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Ripping MY CDs for a jukebox project
DrewKaree:
I'm not sure how "dead" this thread is, but Maximum PC has a setup guide for Exact Audio Copy w/Lame as the encoder. Check it out, or let me know...mebbe I'll type up the article for ya. It's the BESTEST way to get mp3's from your CD's, and it's pretty much automated if you set it up right.
My current setup to rip CD's:
1. Make sure I'm connected to the net
(do this to get ID tags, CD names, Song names)
2. Start EAC & insert CD
3. Press mp3.
It can't get easier than that, right?
Minwah:
No-one use WMA's?
I just got a portable MP3 player and have been using Media Player 9 to rip my CD's to the highest quality variable-bitrate WMA. WMA claims to be able to give the same quality as an MP3 encoded at twice the bitrate (or something like that anyway).
So far I've been very happy anyway, I can barely tell the difference from the original CD's. Just 90 or so albums to go... ;)
DrewKaree:
m$ commie bast...whoops, almost sucked me in there! If that's what works for you, that's what you should use.
IIRC, if you want to play your wma's on someone else's computer or even another computer you possess, you need a license (or the CD; kinda defeats the friggen purpose of ripping em, don't it?) on each "unit".
Why M$ wants to babysit us and what we do with our PC's is beyond me, but that's MY reason for using mp3 vs. wma. Once they figure out a way to charge us for creating mp3's it's all over.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: drewkaree on March 22, 2004, 12:30:13 am ---m$ commie bast...whoops, almost sucked me in there! If that's what works for you, that's what you should use.
IIRC, if you want to play your wma's on someone else's computer or even another computer you possess, you need a license (or the CD; kinda defeats the friggen purpose of ripping em, don't it?) on each "unit".
Why M$ wants to babysit us and what we do with our PC's is beyond me, but that's MY reason for using mp3 vs. wma. Once they figure out a way to charge us for creating mp3's it's all over.
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I didn't know that...
I just rip them, transfer to my player and they work fine. So you're saying if I copy them to a different PC they won't work without the CD??
...Actually, I know that is not the case: I brought my player to work the other day, mentioned a CD that I had on it to my colleague - he asked if I had a particular tune, and I did, so I just dragged it from the player to my work PC and then stuck it into his shared folder. He listened to it straight away with no problems.
FWIW I'm not MS's biggest fan either, but IMO for quality vs size WMA's are definately an improvement over MP3's...
arcadecab:
Which issue of Maximum PC was that in? I am a subscriber for a couple of months, but I didnt catch the article. Wondering if I do or dont have that issue--interested in it and the process you explained.
Thanks.
--- Quote from: drewkaree on March 20, 2004, 07:54:34 pm ---I'm not sure how "dead" this thread is, but Maximum PC has a setup guide for Exact Audio Copy w/Lame as the encoder. Check it out, or let me know...mebbe I'll type up the article for ya. It's the BESTEST way to get mp3's from your CD's, and it's pretty much automated if you set it up right.
My current setup to rip CD's:
1. Make sure I'm connected to the net
(do this to get ID tags, CD names, Song names)
2. Start EAC & insert CD
3. Press mp3.
It can't get easier than that, right?
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