CD Rippers

Mossy Monk · 28-07-2002 3:03pm #1

which cd ripper is the best. i have Audiograbber at the moment and basically it is a load of rubbish. it only rips half a cd at a time. i am desperate for a good one. any suggestions?

Pigman · 28-07-2002 3:10pm

I've been using musicmatch jukebox for about 3 years now and I like it a lot. There's a downloadable demo available http://www.musicmatch.com/. The demo only rips to 96kbps unless you get a registration code but just ask around and you'll be able to find out what it is.

PiE · 28-07-2002 4:40pm

CDex

It's free and it works a charm. Rips to WAV & MP3 up to 320kbps.

Make sure to get v1.4 or later if youre using XP.

Mr E · 28-07-2002 5:13pm

I can't fault audiograbber. Sure, you have to register to get full benefit, but its only $20.

- Dave.

Stephen · 29-07-2002 12:13am

I also recommend CDex - it does pretty much everything that audiograbber does, including cddb lookups, and its free. Uses the great LAME encoder by default too.

Can't fault it.

thegills · 29-07-2002 10:01am

CDex - Downloaded it but problems with the ASPi drivers. I've downloaded them as well and put them in the correct folders (\winnt32\system) but getting same error - any suggestions.

Musicmatch Jukebox - Basic is 8.91Mb to download so is taking an eternity - better be worth it!!

tman · 29-07-2002 4:05pm

if you just want to rip waves & have windoze 9x. try cdfs.vxd, it lets you copy waves directly off of a cd in explorer, pretty damn handy.

Diarmuid · 29-07-2002 4:27pm

EAC (exact audio copy, http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/) is the best. It double checks every sector and if there are problems will recheck again and again. check it out.

It's free and very popular also cf: http://www.freedb.org/freedb_stats.php?type=monthly&topic=clients

You'll have to get a lame binary ... http://irgendwas.mybinaryblocks.com/~mitiok/

use the --r3mix if you want the best quality mp3's http://www.r3mix.net/

I've encoded about 300 of my cd collection using the above and it rules.

Mossy Monk · 29-07-2002 7:47pm

Originally posted by thegills
Musicmatch Jukebox - Basic is 8.91Mb to download

i'll leave that one as a last resort :eek:

daveirl · 29-07-2002 9:18pm

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deco · 30-07-2002 1:28pm

Audiograber is the business....

Nothing I know tops it...

And I find music match awful...

tman · 31-07-2002 2:50pm

anyone here know of a cd ripper that lets you rip multiple tracks into 1 wav/mp3 file?
i have other ways of doing it, but this would save a fair bit of time

Mr E · 31-07-2002 3:01pm

I know audiograbber can do it. I've read about it (but haven't had to try it). Check out the forums on the audiograbber site for more info.

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

- Dave.

tman · 31-07-2002 7:04pm

cool, i need a decent ripper for xp, so i'll download it regardless.

daveirl · 31-07-2002 8:12pm

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tman · 01-08-2002 9:46am

that's handy, the demo of audiograbber doesnt seem to.
i'll try that one out during lunch (save on the home phone bills:) )

daveirl · 02-08-2002 3:46am

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tman · 02-08-2002 1:59pm

i'll let you know in 10 mins
/edit
yup, seems to do the business, i don't have any cd's without gaps between the tracks, so i can't tell if it's any good for mix cd's.

all you have to do is:
select the tracks you want, go to copy, click the 'advanced' tab, then change copy mode to 'on-the-fly single file output'
groovy

daveirl · 02-08-2002 5:16pm

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