Audio Rippers

[MauerPower]

I usually use Easy CD Creator to rip my audio tracks, but I want to find something else that will do the job. Can anyone give me advice about an audio ripper that is really good that will rip in 320 bitrate? Thanks.

[nasrules]

I use CDex, which I know a lot of people here do. If you want to rip in Uberstandard you'll need EAC, go to www.chrismyden.com for a tutorial or www.peerweb.org for listings of loads of Uberstandard music.

[Koffee Bean]

MUSICMATCH Jukebox is an excellent CD Ripper. To configure to rip to a desired bitrate and folder simply open it up once you've downloaded it, go to OPTIONS and then SETTINGS, flip over to the recorder tab, from there you can play with the settings as much as you want. With a regular version it caps the speed of ripping at around 4 kpbs, but with a "paid" version it goes as fast as your CD-ROM can handle.

[Ken17625]

I use CDex.

[KurtCocain]

Originally posted by Koffee Bean
MUSICMATCH Jukebox is an excellent CD Ripper. To configure to rip to a desired bitrate and folder simply open it up once you've downloaded it, go to OPTIONS and then SETTINGS, flip over to the recorder tab, from there you can play with the settings as much as you want. With a regular version it caps the speed of ripping at around 4 kpbs, but with a "paid" version it goes as fast as your CD-ROM can handle.


MUSIC MATCH I S NOT a good ripper. i dont know how much more this needs to be discussed. There are 2 good rippers: EAC and CDex. So , Koffee Bean, do what nasrules suggests -- go to www.chrismyden.com and read. Follow the instructions there and you'll get the best mp3z possible (or wavs).

[Theinfamousone]

Koffee Bean is right, MusicMatch smacks EAC around like a red headed step child in speed, ease or use, and quality control. I ripped tons of CDs at 25x+ at lossless VBR compression.

[TC75580]

Originally posted by Theinfamousone
Koffee Bean is right, MusicMatch smacks EAC around like a red headed step child in speed, ease or use, and quality control. I ripped tons of CDs at 25x+ at lossless VBR compression.
argue over quality control with CHRIS MYDEN (http://www.chrismyden.com/nuke/) and we'll see who wins.

[eivioolla]

It's a known fact that EAC is the best so use that.

[phalkon30]

I'd recommend cdex, but I know a lot of people are happy with EAC, I just have no reason to switch personally

MMJ IMO sucks, but then again, some people like Windows ME! (yeah sick world out there, lol)

MMJ is sorta bloated, dumbed down, not free.....need any more reasons? Cdex is completely free, easy to use, utilizes the best mp3 compression codec available (LAME latest version), or whatever codec you want, its also simple to use if you know how

[KurtCocain]

.. and in terms of quality, the most important thing -- EAC and CDex are THE BEST.

[MusikBeatz23]

I use CDex for Mp3's and Exact Audio Copy for Wav's they are both fast and will give you good quality rips...

[-glitch-]

CDex hands down

[-glitch-]

Of course if I want a perfect digital copy I use win iso and distribute the iso images. Not that I distribute music. :wings

[dandjm2002]

don't know crap about how to download mp3z. Do any of you know where to go and get free mp3z

[notbob]

i have a question is putting a "z:" at the end of a word rather than "s" shorthand for being retarded?

i've wondered about that for a long time

[Theinfamousone]

mp3s are legal, mp3z are illegal.

LAME says it's the best, just like divx 5.03, in reality, xvid can beat the pants of divx now, and I still believe that there is no difference in quality between frauhoffer (sp?) and LAME.

Dumbed down? You mean it's easy? Yeah, that's what I thought. It's the fastest, I've done lots of comparisons, and I've never heard my CD drive rev up like it does when ripping a CD with MMJB, because it's going faster that any other, and free is a completely worthless word these days.

It may be bloated, I'll give you that, but that's just because it's made to be a stand alone player and media library, it was way ahead of WMP for a long time in that respect. It also burns music CDs and DVDs along with regular data CDs and DVDs.

Anyone that thinks it's not the best needs to try it.

Also, you don't have to install seperate codecs, it has it built in. Call me a newbie, but I think that's really nice. Not to mention it does lossless VBR like I said before.

[Ken17625]

i have a question is putting a "z:" at the end of a word rather than "s" shorthand for being retarded?

i've wondered about that for a long time

Although I do not have my fucktard to english dictionary handy, I belive it is. Kinda falls in line with things like

"kewl"

[notbob]

Originally posted by Theinfamousone
mp3s are legal, mp3z are illegal.

they are data--they are the same damn thing no matter what you call them--a "z" doesn't make it illegal

uploading an mp3 is illegal no matter how you slice it

[dandjm2002]

Hey guys cut me some slack. I just got off a long shift from work. I already said I didn't know crap about how to download. This is my first copmuter and I am still learning. As for the comment, "Are you a cop;" Bite me, I just want to find some music.

[wonderboy2005]

to give him the benefit of the doubt, i will assume that when he said that "mp3z" are illegal, he was referring to mp3s made/distributed by "warez" groups, which are illegal, whereas a normal "mp3" can be legit.

however, i think the whole concept of changing the spelling of a word and yet making it sound the same is stupid beyond reason. do you gain anything by pushing the "z" key rather than the "s" key? doubtful. and what about stuff like "phat" or "phlame"? why make the word LONGER than it's supposed to be?

[dandjm2002]

What the hell guys, what is up with you being stuck on a z or s. Does it matter that much. The truth is the only reason I used the z is I have been trying to use the key word mp3. That was not working, so I tried to use mp3z. I g the idea from seeing it used by someong else. So could one of you smart mouths give me a clue on a website to share mp3s

[notbob]

Originally posted by dandjm2002
What the hell guys, what is up with you being stuck on a z or s. Does it matter that much. The truth is the only reason I used the z is I have been trying to use the key word mp3. That was not working, so I tried to use mp3z. I g the idea from seeing it used by someong else. So could one of you smart mouths give me a clue on a website to share mp3s

read the thread

it's about RIPPING--we get our mp3 files from taking them off of cds

even if there was a website somewhere, it would be against the rules to tell it to you

download kazaa--you seem to be a perfect fit for it

[MusikBeatz23]

Originally posted by notbob
download kazaa--you seem to be a perfect fit for it @ dandjm2002
Download KaZaA Lite you can find it at www.K-Lite.tk you can download "mp3's" from there... download at your own risk!!!

[Theinfamousone]

Originally posted by wonderboy2005
to give him the benefit of the doubt, i will assume that when he said that "mp3z" are illegal, he was referring to mp3s made/distributed by "warez" groups, which are illegal, whereas a normal "mp3" can be legit.

however, i think the whole concept of changing the spelling of a word and yet making it sound the same is stupid beyond reason. do you gain anything by pushing the "z" key rather than the "s" key? doubtful. and what about stuff like "phat" or "phlame"? why make the word LONGER than it's supposed to be?

The mp3z being illegal was a little joke, man notbob, you used to be funny, what happened? You seem to have had something bad happen to you recently that made you stress out a lot more about little things as simple as letters.

BTW Phat = pretty hot and tempting (like Christina Ricci)

[Wings_of_Azrael]

Yes, Christina Ricci is very hot. Did you see her in that devil movie where she was skankily dressed and full of holes from heroin needles? That scene had me drooling. Mmm... heroin fiend. :heart

Anyway... I use CDex. It's so easy I can give it to my most computer illiterate friends and they catch on, ripping HQ VBR and 192kb MP3's in no time.

[grab_grab_the_haddock]

whoeve said musicmatch is the best ripper ought to be shot. musicmatch just plain sucks, for burning AND ripping. a much better all round jukebox is J.rivers media jukebox.

If you want your rips to be as close to the original CD as possible then technically EAC is best . For most people CDex or audiograbber are perfectly good and easier to use and faster than EAC

[nasrules]

musicmatch is only better than anything at the ease of use. you click the record button and it rips. cdex and eac totally kick ass at everything else!

[overdo]

i use EAC avec the lame encoder (Dibrom). takes about 5 mins of thinking and downloading and then u got excellent mp3s. for all the ppl who can't be bothered to try 5 mins with EAC or CDex then use real audio:shy

[TekHed]

I think today using the word retarded is considered very bad taste , how about f.uckwitt or dick.wadd or maybe even assh.ole ?
Possibly even brains in the anal region?

[mrlipring]

isn't audiocatalyst the best? i think everybody should use it. or, better still how about we all record songs OFF THE RADIO and share them in p2p apps... THAT would be a good idea.

;)

sorry for the rant folks, i just hate it when i spend ages looking for something and it's done one of the above ways.

For the terminally stoopid, please DO NOT use audiocatalyst, and ffs, don't rip songs off the radio. we know who you are, and we're gonna get you while you're sleepin' :devil

[Ken17625]

Of course if I want a perfect digital copy I use win iso and distribute the iso images. Not that I distribute music.

Sounds dandy. For the life of me though, I don't think i've ever come across something like this on any P2P network.

[mrlipring]

why download 700mb of perfect audio when you can download 100mb of near-as-goddamnit perfect audio? i have my pc hooked up to my av amp, playing through some nice speakers, and i have an archos jukebox too, so even if i was downloading cda isos, i'd only go and rip them anyway :)

[eivioolla]

Because when you grow up and buy that $5000 B&O sound system you'll be happy you spent those extra 5 mins to download CD quality. :)

[mrlipring]

if you've got 5 grand to spend on a hifi, buy a linn one.

oh, and BUY THE FUCKING CDS! :)

really though, your argument is slightly flawed...

anyway, with your calculations it seens you have a 16mbit connection? and the other guy can upload that fast too?

sorry for nitpicking. :)

[tollgate]

Well i'm new to ripping too and downloaded LameFE 2.2. Is it any good?

[grab_grab_the_haddock]

Originally posted by Ken17625
Sounds dandy. For the life of me though, I don't think i've ever come across something like this on any P2P network.

and youre not likely to come across anything like this either. Given that there is lossless compression which will reduce a wav file to half its file size with no loss of quality whatsoever. The idea of sharing cda ISOs is kinda dumb. Unless you have a super fast connection and are FTPing with a few friends.

[phalkon30]

Actually, I sorta like that idea, when I burn a cd, I'd like it so I can stick it in something like Cdex, and it will be able to do a CDDB search

If somebody ripped good quality, and you got the complete set and burned it, do you think it would be recognized so you don't have to do tags?

[mrlipring]

tagandrename can recognise albums from mp3s using cddb. surely what you want is already possible?

[eivioolla]

Originally posted by mrlipring
if you've got 5 grand to spend on a hifi, buy a linn one.
oh, and BUY THE FUCKING CDS! :)
really though, your argument is slightly flawed...
anyway, with your calculations it seens you have a 16mbit connection? and the other guy can upload that fast too?
sorry for nitpicking. :)

Well, I wasn't that serious, hence the -> :) <- in the end. But seriously speaking, connections will get faster with time and hd space gets cheaper and cheaper. Lossless compression can shrink an album to about 450MB so it's big but not impossible. I mean, people exchange movies that are 2x700MB all the time, why not music? And yeah, I don't have a 16Mbps connection... but a 100Mbps. ;)

[wonderboy2005]

Originally posted by eivioolla
Well, I wasn't that serious, hence the -> :) <- in the end. But seriously speaking, connections will get faster with time and hd space gets cheaper and cheaper. Lossless compression can shrink an album to about 450MB so it's big but not impossible. I mean, people exchange movies that are 2x700MB all the time, why not music? And yeah, I don't have a 16Mbps connection... but a 100Mbps. ;)
umm... just because your ethernet card says 100mb/s doesnt mean your connection is that fast. for christs sake, 100mbit? it would take you under a minute to download 700mb! theres just no way. ISPs charge ~$100 for 2-3mbit connections. t3 (about 440mbit/s) costs ~$25,000/mo. ! so a)how can you afford somthing likes this and b) what kind of connection would it be? pardon me if i find this extremely hard to believe.

[eivioolla]

It's a campus network, direct fast ethernet connected to the Finnish University network core which is 2,5Gbps I think. But yeah of course it's a shared medium like everything else out there so it's not 100Mbps across the atlantic naturally. It's pretty fast anyways. OH and it's available to all students for about $10/month.

[grab_grab_the_haddock]

exchanging lossless albums isnt something for the future, i download them all the time. They are less than 450mb usually weighing in at around 300-350MB

[mrlipring]

lossless compression is all fine and well, but a lot of us use mp3s in our mp3 players and stuff.

i agree it's perfect for people who listen to music off of cds, but for those of you who have crazy hi-fis wouldn't you be looking for sacds or beyond?

[metale]

I use Windows Media, i am NOT saying that is the best, but is just right for me,.