CD RIPPING- best free and best paid for software? - Club CDFreaks

h0mersimps0n · 20-05-2006

Looking for the consensus on the best FREE software for ripping CD's and best "purchase"/pay for software for ripping CD's..

I've finally decided to take my collection and rip them all, put the original CD's in binder sleaves and in the attic.

Recommendations for bitrate to rip at?

Anything else I should know?

Thanks!

P.S. the only option I'd prefer is something that automatically names the songs as it rips them

haveacigar · 20-05-2006

Cds? Alcohol, clonecd, burrn, nero, itunes(at times) best bitrate is at least 128

**Arachne** · 20-05-2006

EAC or CDex for me. CDex is the one I most use.

- both free!

For backup, I'd rip to .wav.

h0mersimps0n · 20-05-2006

nah, I don't really care about the losses between wave and mp3, I just want to get rid of the CD's and not chew up HD space or 1000 DVD's trying to back everything up...

CD to Mp3 for free with something 128-256 bitrate or better...

I check out the one's suggested thanks

**Arachne** · 20-05-2006

Both EAC (Exact Audio Copy) and CDex will rip to mp3, as well as .wav

h0mersimps0n · 20-05-2006

thanks guys, using CDex now, running two instances of the program and ripping two CD's at a time to mp3. Decided to go with 256 for all the songs, got CDDB setup to remote check automatically- songs are named and ripped perfect and relatively quickly and extremely painlessly...

thanks again

**Da_Taxman** · 20-05-2006

EAC with Lame encoder anytime....
Free and high quality...what better combination can you think of?

*Id33k* · 20-05-2006

I use DeepRipper it is free.

*debro* · 23-05-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arachne

Both EAC (Exact Audio Copy) and CDex will rip to mp3, as well as .wav

Big fan of CDEX here ... coupled with Lame.

If you want high quality, not huge amounts of space taken up, use lame with highest variable bitrate, stereo (rather than joint stereo).

Joint Stereo is Ok, but apparently the phases of the two channels is lost.
But this is really only important if you were doing movies where it needs to be directional.

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h0mersimps0n CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 50	CD RIPPING- best free and best paid for software? <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> Looking for the consensus on the best FREE software for ripping CD's and best "purchase"/pay for software for ripping CD's.. I've finally decided to take my collection and rip them all, put the original CD's in binder sleaves and in the attic. Recommendations for bitrate to rip at? Anything else I should know? Thanks! P.S. the only option I'd prefer is something that automatically names the songs as it rips them

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haveacigar CD Freak Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: UK Posts: 2,087	Re: CD RIPPING- best free and best paid for software? Cds? Alcohol, clonecd, burrn, nero, itunes(at times) best bitrate is at least 128 __________________ The answer to your question is here http://www.alanmonger.co.uk

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h0mersimps0n CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 50	Re: CD RIPPING- best free and best paid for software? nah, I don't really care about the losses between wave and mp3, I just want to get rid of the CD's and not chew up HD space or 1000 DVD's trying to back everything up... CD to Mp3 for free with something 128-256 bitrate or better... I check out the one's suggested thanks

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Arachne Senior Moderator & Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Keeping my media stash safe. Posts: 25,381	Re: CD RIPPING- best free and best paid for software? Both EAC (Exact Audio Copy) and CDex will rip to mp3, as well as .wav __________________ Current drives: Samsung SH-S203N (SB02 patched) + Pioneer DVR-115D (1.06) + Optiarc AD-5170S (1.12) + Litey LH-20A1H (LL0D) + Samsung SH-S182D (SB06 RPC1) x2 + Litey SHM-165P6S (MS0R) + LG E10N (JE07) + BenQ DW1650 (BCDC) x2 + Litey SHW-1635S (YV6P) x2 + BenQ DW1640@164B (BEFB) + LG 4167B (DL13 TDB) + Samsung SH-S162L (TS08) + NEC ND-4551A (1.Z2) + LG GCE-8520B (1.00) + LiteOn SOHR-5239S (2S0B) Retired: LiteOn LDW-851@SOHW-832 + LiteOn SOHW-1693S + LG 4163B My Review PCs How to delete your upper and lower filters : How to check/enable DMA by Womble Click here to join cdfreaks.com and be part of our friendly community! The CDFreaks Distributed Computing Teams need YOU! Join the Team(s) and help save some lives! Read more here

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h0mersimps0n CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 50	Re: CD RIPPING- best free and best paid for software? thanks guys, using CDex now, running two instances of the program and ripping two CD's at a time to mp3. Decided to go with 256 for all the songs, got CDDB setup to remote check automatically- songs are named and ripped perfect and relatively quickly and extremely painlessly... thanks again

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