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Old 06-19-2005, 12:11 AM   #1
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best prog. to rip audio tracks

have some retail cd's and i want to rip the audio tracks onto my hdd but not sure what program to use. what do you guys recommend? someone told me about exact audio copy. is that a good prog. to use? went to the website but all they have is beta versions, seems like they don't release final version for the program. thanks for any help.
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Old 06-19-2005, 12:24 AM   #2
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this is the one i use to rip my cds that i purchased:
http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/
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Check out CDex for a great free tool for ripping CDs.
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Old 06-19-2005, 02:36 AM   #4
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the audiograbber program i mentioned above is free as well.
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I use exact auto copy. It's can be slow depending on how you set it but it's nice and it's also free
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Old 06-19-2005, 08:22 AM   #6
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CDex always get's my vote. Best going as far as I'm concerned.
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Old 06-24-2005, 09:27 PM   #8
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U guys know of a good program, that will convert WAV files (realAudio) to MP3 format? Like a shareware / freeware type prog.
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Another vote for EAC. I suggest downloading LAME to use for encoding if you do. EAC can be a bit complicated to set up (if you do it manually rather than have it auto-configure), and as zyphera said, a little slower, but I get very good quality rips using it.
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U guys know of a good program, that will convert WAV files (realAudio) to MP3 format? Like a shareware / freeware type prog.
Are the files WAV files or RealAudio files (.ra, .ram, .rm)?

If they are actual WAV files, CDex can handle that chore with ease. If they are RealAudio proprietary files, you've got somewhat of a chore on your hands because RealAudio licenses their codec and most freeware/shareware programs are not going to support something they would have to pay for.
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damn, i thought maybe i would get lucky and everyone would say overwhelmingly one prog. is better than the others. oh well, looks like i will get EAC. what is the best version of this program? the site has all beta versions of the prog. should i just get the latest beta version? also, i know nothing about cd ripping, so is this the only program i need? should i just let it autoconfigure or should i manually set it up? thanks.
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You should be fine just using the auto configure. If I remember right in the auto configure, you just have to tell it which drive to use, using LAME encoder to make it MP3, and if you want it to rip for quality or speed. Quality takes longer to rip but it's generally better quality than just ripping for speed.
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damn, i thought maybe i would get lucky and everyone would say overwhelmingly one prog. is better than the others. oh well, looks like i will get EAC. what is the best version of this program? the site has all beta versions of the prog. should i just get the latest beta version? also, i know nothing about cd ripping, so is this the only program i need? should i just let it autoconfigure or should i manually set it up? thanks.
I'm using EAC v.95 Beta 2 and LAME 3.95.1.

As zyphera said, you should be fine using the auto-configure. I had found a guide awhile back on how to set it up manually so I used that, however I can't seem to track it down anymore.
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WMP 10 - With one click ripping, what else do you need?
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