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cd to mp3

gary the great · 2004-09-25 18:50:58

Hey what do you guys think is the best program for ripping,encoding,decodeing? i keep doing it with my mp3 but the mp3 quality is absoulute crap! even at 256kps!

25-09-2004 6:50pm

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gary the great

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Hey what do you guys think is the best program for ripping,encoding,decodeing? i keep doing it with my mp3 but the mp3 quality is absoulute crap! even at 256kps!

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#2 25-09-2004 6:54pm

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why don't use you use eac with lame. not even with very expensive hardware can audiophilles discriminate between 192kbps and the original.

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#3 25-09-2004 6:58pm

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EAC and CDex are easily the best ones.

I haven't used anything else since getting EAC.

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#4 25-09-2004 7:01pm

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I use a program called AltoMP3 Maker. Does the job nicely.

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#5 25-09-2004 8:43pm

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gary the great wrote:

the mp3 quality is absoulute crap! even at 256kps!

Then there is something wrong with your source CD at 256 it should be perfect.

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#6 25-09-2004 9:30pm

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FreeRip 2.0
Nice freeware program with no ads or spy-stuff.

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#7 25-09-2004 10:22pm

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Bard wrote:

I use a program called AltoMP3 Maker. Does the job nicely.

Me too and it does CDDB to save from typing tags . Great Proggy.

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#8 25-09-2004 10:25pm

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EAC is the best but the not easiest to use for a new person starting off ripping

Cd_ex i would recommend to a new person starting to rip

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#9 25-09-2004 10:29pm

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#10 25-09-2004 10:59pm

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CDex is quite good. I've used it quite a while now, but it's a bit on the slow side, which I guess is ok, cos it minimises errors/jitters

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#11 25-09-2004 11:08pm

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Yeah, 256kbps should sound perfect, might be something wrong in the settings?

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#12 25-09-2004 11:40pm

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I'd also recommend this program

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#13 26-09-2004 6:13pm

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Audiograbber was one of the simplest. can be found here http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/download.html

You will need the lame encoder, follow the link from their website.

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#14 26-09-2004 8:15pm

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Thanks!
ok i have tried a couple of these programs and it all works well except for the fact i can hardly hear the singers voice! Just the music!
I have messed around with a few options on the player and got a decent set of headphones but with no luck still cant heaR the singing.
There is also an option of which rate to use ranging from 8000hz to 32000hz which should i use?
another option on the player is "encoder" and then gives me the option of
- IM ADPCM
-MS ADPCM
-PCM

What the hell do they mean?
Im beginning to think that its just a brutal mp3 player but it got decent reviews(its a Medion MP3 player).

Anyway thanks for your help.

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#15 26-09-2004 8:21pm

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Is it only the mp3 player that plays the songs to low? Do they play ok on your pc?

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#16 26-09-2004 9:55pm

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they work ok on my computer so it has to be my player????

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#17 27-09-2004 6:40am

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AAahhhh! I think i know the problem. You're using windows built in MP3 encoder. Its a great big pile of gently steaming *insert expletive here*.

Download Exact Audio Copy (or ripping app of choice, but these instructions are for EAC), and follow the instructions from my post containing the lame zips on this thread.

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#18 27-09-2004 6:10pm

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iTunes is ok too. Personally I use it for ripping but not for playback.

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#19 30-09-2004 12:24am

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thanks mutant fruit that did the trick!

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#20 30-09-2004 11:21am

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NotMe wrote:

FreeRip 2.0
Nice freeware program with no ads or spy-stuff.

Have to agree, one of the best around.

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