[sloday10]

I would like to rip my existing CD collection using a LAME_320 encoder, similar to the format I like to download on Mp3Sparks. Can anyone reccomend any good software to do this? What do other people use for Ripping?

Thanks!

Sloday

[aom3]

I use dBPowerAMP: dBpoweramp Music Converter

But I will do some research for you

[Wren]

i am using easy cd-da extractor
Easy CD-DA Extractor - Music Converter
very good program

[Bruno]

I'm using Exact Audio Copy.

Here's what the website says:

"Exact Audio Copy is a so called audio grabber for audio CDs using standard CD and DVD-ROM drives. The main differences between EAC and most other audio grabbers are :

It is free (for non-commercial purposes)
It works with a technology, which reads audio CDs almost perfectly. If there are any errors that can’t be corrected, it will tell you on which time position the (possible) distortion occurred, so you could easily control it with e.g. the media player

With other audio grabbers you usually need to listen to every grabbed wave because they only do jitter correction. Scratched CDs read on CD-ROM drives often produce distortions. But listening to every extracted audio track is a waste of time. Exact Audio Copy conquer these problems by making use of several technologies like multi-reading with verify and AccurateRip. "

[jasn]

Originally Posted by Bruno

I'm using Exact Audio Copy.
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Ditto. My only issue I had was with an older DVD drive which ran very slow with EAC for certain CDs. New computer now so no longer a problem.

[Wren]

Originally Posted by Bruno

I'm using [url=http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/][b]Exact

very good product too
but not very easy to use

[sloday10]

Originally Posted by Bruno

I'm using Exact Audio Copy.

Here's what the website says:

"Exact Audio Copy is a so called audio grabber for audio CDs using standard CD and DVD-ROM drives. The main differences between EAC and most other audio grabbers are :

It is free (for non-commercial purposes)
It works with a technology, which reads audio CDs almost perfectly. If there are any errors that can’t be corrected, it will tell you on which time position the (possible) distortion occurred, so you could easily control it with e.g. the media player

With other audio grabbers you usually need to listen to every grabbed wave because they only do jitter correction. Scratched CDs read on CD-ROM drives often produce distortions. But listening to every extracted audio track is a waste of time. Exact Audio Copy conquer these problems by making use of several technologies like multi-reading with verify and AccurateRip. "

Thanks! For those that may be interested, here is a wikipedia link describing Exact Audio copy.

Exact Audio Copy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Nightfly]

Originally Posted by sloday10

I would like to rip my existing CD collection using a LAME_320 encoder, similar to the format I like to download on Mp3Sparks. Can anyone reccomend any good software to do this? What do other people use for Ripping?

Thanks!

Sloday

I use LameFE 2.2.3 it's free- here's the Link and review on Cnet:

LameFE - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com

I also use dbpowerAmp most recently as well, and like it a great deal
here's the link:

dBpoweramp Music Converter

[sloday10]

Originally Posted by Nightfly

I use LameFE 2.2.3 it's free- here's the Link and review on Cnet:

LameFE - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com

I also use dbpowerAmp most recently as well, and like it a great deal
here's the link:

dBpoweramp Music Converter

Thanks! I will give this a try.

-sloday10

[Nightfly]

Originally Posted by sloday10

Thanks! I will give this a try.

-sloday10

Excellent..Hope it works out...let us know what you find.

Take care,