CD->mp3 Converter Program

[Topha]

I know there are probably several threads about this already, but the search won't accept mp3.

I need a good, free program to convert some of my CD's to mp3.

thanks

[Fat Tone]

wmp10?

[High_Jumbllama]

I use DBPoweramp to rip to OGG. It supports many different formats of course including MP3.

[Fat Tone]

Update: I found this in a review:

Well, in WMP 10 the wait is finally over, though it has sort of a anticlimactic ring to it: You can now rip music to MP3 format from WMP 10 directly, without needing an add-on. There's just one problem: Microsoft's MP3 encoder only supports 128, 192, 256, and 320 Kbps MP3 ripping. Because I prefer to rip songs to 160 Kbps MP3 format, I still need to install a third party MP3 encoder. Hey, it's better than nothing, and it's certainly better than the crippled MP3 ripping in RealPlayer 10.5 Plus.


HTH

[isochar]

Exact Audio Copy or Plextools to rip the wav files. Then RazorLame to convert them to mp3. Make sure to use the 3.90.3 version of LAME as later versions have problems. According to the peeps at Hydrogen Audio, this is hands-down the best (quality-wise) - I'd have to agree.

[ZokesPro]

I have one at home with the registration. I use Mp3 to wave Coverter, yup tis the name of the proggy I use, and it's fast too.

[Maggi]

http://www.exactaudiocopy.org/ with latest LAME release !!!

[az]

Ditto.

AZ

[GuchiGuh]

CDex is quite nice in my opinion

[UtwigMU]

CDEX or EAC with Lame encoder, both are free.

[Topha]

Will try EAC (don't like WMP), thanks

[Helevitia]

EAC is good if you like 10 million options and your brain won't explode from the learning curve.

Otherwise, use CDex, it does quite well and it is fairly simple. I ripped my entire CD collection into OGG with CDex.

[Maggi]

I couldn't find it exactly difficult to choose between "I want quality" or "I want speed" ...

[Helevitia]

I consider myself somewhat picky on quality, but to me, the differences between EAC and CDex were so insignificant, that I took the "I want speed" road

[Maggi]

LOL


best thing about EAC in my opinion is the note about possible errors with according critical timecodes, giving me an option to try the disk in another drive ...