Best MP3 Ripping Software

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What's your opinion?

Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Thursday, 15 April 2004 05:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Nero

Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Thursday, 15 April 2004 05:54 (twenty-two years ago)

iTunes

Ed (dali), Thursday, 15 April 2004 06:15 (twenty-two years ago)

or rather iTunes + LAME

Ed (dali), Thursday, 15 April 2004 06:15 (twenty-two years ago)

AAC 4evah!

...in bed. (Chris Piuma), Thursday, 15 April 2004 06:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Ogg? Flac?

Ed (dali), Thursday, 15 April 2004 06:17 (twenty-two years ago)

CDex.

James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Thursday, 15 April 2004 10:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, that's a clear consensus.

39 Steps + 40 Winks (39 Steps + 40 Winks), Thursday, 15 April 2004 11:43 (twenty-two years ago)

CDex it is. i tell ya...

Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Thursday, 15 April 2004 11:44 (twenty-two years ago)

CDex or EAC with Lame doing the encoding.

Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Thursday, 15 April 2004 15:59 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

I'm bumping this for any updates - I'm trying to set something up on my Windows XP and don't know which one is the best.

2for25, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 02:54 (seventeen years ago)

EAC with Lame doing the encoding.

thereminimum chips (electricsound), Wednesday, 19 November 2008 02:57 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah, I went w/EAC for years and years before switching to Mac. Do it.

Nhex, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 03:12 (seventeen years ago)

RazorLame is pretty awesome for encoding. I'm guessing that it's just another Lame frontend cos I downloaded it years ago and haven't had to look at it since, it works perfect!

I use iTunes to rip from CDs though. It's a small hassle cos I dont organize my MP3s the way iTunes does but it's still pretty good at it!

Adam Bruneau, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 03:31 (seventeen years ago)

Itunes is a shitty ripper, you may as well use anything else because it does not do secure ripping. Go with EAC and lame.

svend, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 03:44 (seventeen years ago)

http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Category:EAC_Guides

mookieproof, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 04:07 (seventeen years ago)

I've been using Poikosoft Easy CD-DA Extractor for years and it's great. There is a small fee but it's worth it:

http://www.poikosoft.com/

sam500, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 04:24 (seventeen years ago)

I still use CDex. It's especially useful because some cd anti-piracy thingies dont recognise it as a ripper and dont prevent the cd being ripped. ha!

Trayce, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 04:33 (seventeen years ago)

I'll rep for audiograbber too, but CDex and EAC are both awesome products. iTunes is only for people who hate music. Really.

Live from the Witch Trials (SeekAltRoute), Wednesday, 19 November 2008 08:38 (seventeen years ago)

I wish there was something a little better out there for Mac OS X, though. I'm using Max right now, which seems to be a good ripper and uses LAME, but the program itself is pretty damn buggy.

Nhex, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 08:54 (seventeen years ago)

EAC 4evah!

anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 10:40 (seventeen years ago)

i've noticed major glitches on a few itunes-ripped tracks only after random playback - figured this was due to browsing while ripping or something equally ridiculous.

GSOHSHIT (blueski), Wednesday, 19 November 2008 11:32 (seventeen years ago)

EAC, definitely!

AndyTheScot, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 12:15 (seventeen years ago)

EAC with Lame doing the encoding.

Enrique (Raw Patrick), Wednesday, 19 November 2008 12:22 (seventeen years ago)


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